This week saw the long-awaited launch of the new Arts West building at the University of Melbourne, designed by ARM&Architectus, which… Read more Digital Studio
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Batmania
John Batman may well have signed his so-called “treaty” somewhere by the banks of Merri Creek in present-day Northcote in… Read more Batmania
AHA presentations
Six of our students and eight former students presented papers at the recent Australian Historical Association Conference at Federation University in… Read more AHA presentations
Centering the city: spaces of practice in Australian urban and regional history
Terrific Australian Historical Association plenary panel on 6 July with Simon Sleight (King’s College, London), Lisa Murray (City of Sydney)… Read more Centering the city: spaces of practice in Australian urban and regional history
Lockout laws repeat centuries-old mistake of denying value of cities as messy places
This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Andrew J. May, University of Melbourne and James… Read more Lockout laws repeat centuries-old mistake of denying value of cities as messy places
Localities and suburbs
The development of Melbourne’s suburbs and localities has been shaped by many factors, from the originating patterns of land alienation and… Read more Localities and suburbs
Present Past
Two former PhD students Dr Pete Minard (‘A history of zoological acclimatisation in Victoria, 1858-1900’, 2015) and Dr Tom Rogers… Read more Present Past
Footy’s back
Beautifully evocative piece by Dugald Jellie on the Melburnian connection to place and seasonality as the footy season dawns like… Read more Footy’s back
Hansen Chair and Lectureships in History
An exciting moment as the School of Historical & Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne advertises a cluster of… Read more Hansen Chair and Lectureships in History
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