Resolving fundamental problems in the dating of marine shell in the tropics. This project will model variability in the way carbon is distributed in marine environments and animals in tropical Australasia. Results will provide key enabling tools for accurate dating of marine materials, realising the potential of previous research and forming the basis for accurate reconstructions of cultural, sea-level and climate changed.
Augustus and the Roman Triumph: A Study in Creeping Authoritarianism. This proposal aims to produce novel comparative insights into the genesis of despotism in sophisticated republics and democracies. To this end, it focuses on the transformation of the public victory ritual of the triumph from a shared aristocratic privilege into a lasting imperial monopoly by Augustus, Rome’s first emperor. Enhancing our knowledge of the rise and inner workings of Augustus’ New Order will provide modern politi ....Augustus and the Roman Triumph: A Study in Creeping Authoritarianism. This proposal aims to produce novel comparative insights into the genesis of despotism in sophisticated republics and democracies. To this end, it focuses on the transformation of the public victory ritual of the triumph from a shared aristocratic privilege into a lasting imperial monopoly by Augustus, Rome’s first emperor. Enhancing our knowledge of the rise and inner workings of Augustus’ New Order will provide modern political science with a new archetype of creeping authoritarianism, readily applicable to some of the most notorious tyrannies of the modern era and contemporary variants. The proposal will, therefore, substantially inform the field, theorists and practitioners of government, and Australia’s secondary school curriculum.Read moreRead less
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE0668026
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$350,000.00
Summary
The Australian Dictionary of Biography Online and Emerging National Information Systems: Networking Research Capability. The Australian Dictionary of Biography Online and Emerging National Information Systems Project will link the dictionary's scholarly biographical articles with the resources of national cultural institutions, making visible and available to researchers everywhere an unprecedented number of sources for the lives of historical actors and a much larger volume of contextual inform ....The Australian Dictionary of Biography Online and Emerging National Information Systems: Networking Research Capability. The Australian Dictionary of Biography Online and Emerging National Information Systems Project will link the dictionary's scholarly biographical articles with the resources of national cultural institutions, making visible and available to researchers everywhere an unprecedented number of sources for the lives of historical actors and a much larger volume of contextual information about them. Its leading-edge cultural informatics will make more efficient use of existing information infrastructure and stimulate further development. Researchers using the service will be enabled to make conceptual advances and produce new knowledge about Australian history and society.Read moreRead less
Elocution Lessons: A History of Elocution, Speech and the Auditory Self in Australian Cultural Life. This project makes a contribution to the national and community benefit by showing that speech and voice has played a central role in how Australians have come to define and understand their national identity.
A study of the aural dimension of Australian culture will also shed light on how Australians have heard themselves as well. By understanding the influence of sound and listening, this p ....Elocution Lessons: A History of Elocution, Speech and the Auditory Self in Australian Cultural Life. This project makes a contribution to the national and community benefit by showing that speech and voice has played a central role in how Australians have come to define and understand their national identity.
A study of the aural dimension of Australian culture will also shed light on how Australians have heard themselves as well. By understanding the influence of sound and listening, this project will open up a new understandings of cultural life. Finally, an analysis of the shifting sonic environment through technological discoveries will highlight the ways in which the experience of listening has changed over time. Read moreRead less
Selling Sex: A History of Female Prostitution in Australia since 1788. Prostitution has played an important role in Australian society since the arrival of the First Fleet. There was always a high demand for commercial sex in 'frontier'settlements. In the twentieth century, the treatment of prostitution remained a highly contested area of public policy. This project will produce the first comprehensive history of this subject. It will analyse the changing roles of prostitutes and prostitution, e ....Selling Sex: A History of Female Prostitution in Australia since 1788. Prostitution has played an important role in Australian society since the arrival of the First Fleet. There was always a high demand for commercial sex in 'frontier'settlements. In the twentieth century, the treatment of prostitution remained a highly contested area of public policy. This project will produce the first comprehensive history of this subject. It will analyse the changing roles of prostitutes and prostitution, examining the culture and economics of the sex industry as well as its symbolic, legal and political meanings. Of direct relevance to policy makers, it will also form the basis for international comparative studies.Read moreRead less
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE0452798
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$376,066.00
Summary
The Australian Dictionary of Biography Online: A Database of National Biography Facilitating Research into Australia's History. The project will publish the sixteen existing and all future volumes of the Australian Dictionary of Biography as a freely available relational database on the Internet. The A.D.B. is a fundamental research tool and teaching resource for Australian history, and a valuable source of knowledge about ten thousand past Australians. An innovative web-publication model will ....The Australian Dictionary of Biography Online: A Database of National Biography Facilitating Research into Australia's History. The project will publish the sixteen existing and all future volumes of the Australian Dictionary of Biography as a freely available relational database on the Internet. The A.D.B. is a fundamental research tool and teaching resource for Australian history, and a valuable source of knowledge about ten thousand past Australians. An innovative web-publication model will maximise the availability and searchability of the A.D.B., enabling researchers to pose new questions that will yield novel insights into Australian history. Interoperability with other on-line resources will result in a powerful addition to the country's information infrastructure, one capable of supporting high-quality research projects.Read moreRead less
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE0560774
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$260,338.00
Summary
The Australian Dictionary of Biography Online Enhancement Project: Additional Search Capabilities and Greater Interoperability for the ADB Online. The Australian Dictionary of Biography Online Enhancement Project will augment the capabilities of the ADB Online. It will provide additional search categories and means of visualising the data in the dictionary's ten thousand biographical articles, enabling researchers to discover relationships, trends and developments, and thus to explore new them ....The Australian Dictionary of Biography Online Enhancement Project: Additional Search Capabilities and Greater Interoperability for the ADB Online. The Australian Dictionary of Biography Online Enhancement Project will augment the capabilities of the ADB Online. It will provide additional search categories and means of visualising the data in the dictionary's ten thousand biographical articles, enabling researchers to discover relationships, trends and developments, and thus to explore new themes and gain new insights into the nature of Australian history and society. The project will also develop the website's interoperability with resources provided by the National Library of Australia and other trusted institutions, making the ADB a key element in an evolving national information architecture supporting research in the humanities and social sciences.Read moreRead less
Frontiers of Labour: Identity and Belonging in Australian Mining and Industrial Towns, 1850-2000. This study of mining and industrial towns will be an important intellectual and cultural contribution to understanding the significance and diversity of regional Australia. The research will provide historical information on eleven case studies as well connect those case studies to patterns of national history. The research will highlight the history of places that are often overlooked or disparaged ....Frontiers of Labour: Identity and Belonging in Australian Mining and Industrial Towns, 1850-2000. This study of mining and industrial towns will be an important intellectual and cultural contribution to understanding the significance and diversity of regional Australia. The research will provide historical information on eleven case studies as well connect those case studies to patterns of national history. The research will highlight the history of places that are often overlooked or disparaged in the eyes of outsiders.
The outcomes will provide rich material for other researchers and policy makers to study the historical conditions which generated long-term sustainable prosperity and town development in the often isolated and vulnerable localities that are the subject of this research.
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Subversion and National Security: ASIO and the new social movements, 1968-1972. The project will break new ground through an investigation of security surveillance of the anti-war, student, New Left and Women's Liberation movements in the period 1968-72 , using the most recent archival records. It will also explore covert measures to counter the influence of these movements. The interpretation of events will be based on the organising concept of subversion. The project will analyse historically ....Subversion and National Security: ASIO and the new social movements, 1968-1972. The project will break new ground through an investigation of security surveillance of the anti-war, student, New Left and Women's Liberation movements in the period 1968-72 , using the most recent archival records. It will also explore covert measures to counter the influence of these movements. The interpretation of events will be based on the organising concept of subversion. The project will analyse historically the practical application of this concept, including its management of political difference and dissent, thus casting light on contemporary questions of internal security and the war on terror.Read moreRead less
Beyond Gallipoli: An Australian History of Pilgrimage, Commemoration and the Great War. The Great War has cast a shadow across four generations of Australians: from 1915 to today, young and old have made pilgrimages overseas, seeking to discover the 'lost' graves of their countrymen. This project will determine who made such journeys and why. It will be both an historical study, charting ways in which the ritual of pilgrimage has changed, and an investigation into the motives and experience of ....Beyond Gallipoli: An Australian History of Pilgrimage, Commemoration and the Great War. The Great War has cast a shadow across four generations of Australians: from 1915 to today, young and old have made pilgrimages overseas, seeking to discover the 'lost' graves of their countrymen. This project will determine who made such journeys and why. It will be both an historical study, charting ways in which the ritual of pilgrimage has changed, and an investigation into the motives and experience of today's travellers. Oral history, archival research and personal survey will offer new insight into the emotional world of loss and mourning and explore the intersection between popular memory, history and national identity.Read moreRead less