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Atrocity in warfare: a social and cultural history. This project aims to investigate how and why atrocity in war is understood, questioned, and given meaning. It plans to focus on a pivotal historical moment in the conceptualisation of legitimate and excessive violence in war – the medieval crusades from c. 1095–1300 – to analyse how societies came to establish the limits of violence and why it was historically important for them to do so. The anticipated outcomes of the project are new understa ....Atrocity in warfare: a social and cultural history. This project aims to investigate how and why atrocity in war is understood, questioned, and given meaning. It plans to focus on a pivotal historical moment in the conceptualisation of legitimate and excessive violence in war – the medieval crusades from c. 1095–1300 – to analyse how societies came to establish the limits of violence and why it was historically important for them to do so. The anticipated outcomes of the project are new understanding of how and why the medieval period was crucial in the formation of ideas about the boundaries of war; new insights into how concepts of atrocity become culturally and socially important; and expansion of Australia's knowledge base in the history and conduct of war.Read moreRead less
War and memory in European culture: a long perspective. This project provides a new account of the integration of the crusades into European cultural memory. As an innovative study of war it offers a long perspective on European history; as a study of religious warfare, it will enrich present-day debates on the consequences of international conflict.
The Italian wars, 1494–1559. This project aims to re-evaluate the Italian Wars, a conflict fought between 1494 and 1559 mainly on the Italian peninsula but which reshaped the political map of early modern Europe. The project will investigate newly identified textual and material source to produce a big-event history. Its findings will have significant impact both scholarly and general communities, from identifying new textual and material sources for historical study to potential ramifications f ....The Italian wars, 1494–1559. This project aims to re-evaluate the Italian Wars, a conflict fought between 1494 and 1559 mainly on the Italian peninsula but which reshaped the political map of early modern Europe. The project will investigate newly identified textual and material source to produce a big-event history. Its findings will have significant impact both scholarly and general communities, from identifying new textual and material sources for historical study to potential ramifications for historical warfare interpretation in television, radio and gaming environments.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE150100838
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$320,890.00
Summary
Memory and Authoritarianism: The Struggle for the Past in Putin's Russia. Over the past decade, the Russian state has reasserted a role in shaping how the past is narrated and represented, both within Russia and beyond. This project critically examines this phenomenon, drawing on close readings of sources including history textbooks, monuments and mass media. The project aims to enhance understanding of how narratives about the past are being mobilised in contemporary dynamics between the Russia ....Memory and Authoritarianism: The Struggle for the Past in Putin's Russia. Over the past decade, the Russian state has reasserted a role in shaping how the past is narrated and represented, both within Russia and beyond. This project critically examines this phenomenon, drawing on close readings of sources including history textbooks, monuments and mass media. The project aims to enhance understanding of how narratives about the past are being mobilised in contemporary dynamics between the Russian state and Russian civil society.Read moreRead less
In the shadow of the concentration camp: responses to allied internment in Germany since 1945. The project improves Australia's understanding of a major European power and enhances national expertise in European history, memory studies and transitional justice. The project informs Australian discussions of the global modern phenomena of camps, internment without trial, regime change, democratisation, historical responsibility and justice.
How fire remade the European city, from 1550 to 1850. This project examines the fire history of urban Europe from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Seeing European cities as fire environments, largely shaped by the everyday uses of fire and by attempts to manage it, will enable an entirely different understanding of their history.
Peasant writings and social identities in Europe, 1850-1920: towards a new history from below. War and emigration threw up a mountain of writing by semi-literate peasants for whom the act of writing had previously been a very laborious and occasional chore. They wrote letters home, diaries, memoirs, songbooks and home-made encyclopaedias, which all give a fresh perspective on national, local and personal identities, seen 'from below'.
Emotions of Power: Strategic affection in the correspondence of Catherine de Medici. This project investigates the hitherto under-researched correspondence of Catherine de Medici. Taking into account emerging trends in scholarship on women and on elite correspondence, it will provide new insights into early modern female political participation and power, and a new view of Catherine's own activities. The project promises an exciting new analysis of a leading individual at the heart of early mode ....Emotions of Power: Strategic affection in the correspondence of Catherine de Medici. This project investigates the hitherto under-researched correspondence of Catherine de Medici. Taking into account emerging trends in scholarship on women and on elite correspondence, it will provide new insights into early modern female political participation and power, and a new view of Catherine's own activities. The project promises an exciting new analysis of a leading individual at the heart of early modern history.Read moreRead less
Rethinking the history of Soviet Stalinism. This project will provide a more sophisticated understanding of the complexities of Stalin's Russia by considering critically the data now available in Soviet archives. It will explain how the system evolved in response to real social, economic and international problems, rather than exclusively in response to individual or psychological factors.
Mussolini and Hitler: fascism, the cultural history of diplomacy and male friendship. The relationship between Mussolini and Hitler was central to the history of the 20th century. The project will study this relationship through the prism of the cultural history of diplomacy and reappraise the central role of male friendship in modern history and politics. In particular, it will broaden our view of German-Italian relations and European fascism. The project will explore the significant alliance b ....Mussolini and Hitler: fascism, the cultural history of diplomacy and male friendship. The relationship between Mussolini and Hitler was central to the history of the 20th century. The project will study this relationship through the prism of the cultural history of diplomacy and reappraise the central role of male friendship in modern history and politics. In particular, it will broaden our view of German-Italian relations and European fascism. The project will explore the significant alliance between the two leaders and their regimes which paved the way for the unprecedented destruction wrought upon Europe and the world during the Second World War. The project will also help us to understand the significance of the interpersonal dynamics of international relations in an increasingly complex and interconnected world.Read moreRead less