The history of advocacy and guardianship for people with disabilities in Victoria, 1986 - 2006. The history and analysis of the Victorian Office of the Public Advocate will benefit the national community by providing a fuller understanding of guardianship and advocacy in daily action, and of the interaction between people with disabilities and the state. It will make an important contribution to understanding the changing ways that governments act and deliver services. The project will also deep ....The history of advocacy and guardianship for people with disabilities in Victoria, 1986 - 2006. The history and analysis of the Victorian Office of the Public Advocate will benefit the national community by providing a fuller understanding of guardianship and advocacy in daily action, and of the interaction between people with disabilities and the state. It will make an important contribution to understanding the changing ways that governments act and deliver services. The project will also deepen understanding of volunteering, in particular of the role ordinary citizens can play in guarding the rights of their fellow citizens. Read moreRead less
A History of Women's Political Thought in Europe 1700-1800. This research will contribute to Australia's reputation for innovative scholarship on women and feminism and foster the development of models of active female citizenship and political participation by deepening our knowledge and understanding of the contribution that women made to political philosophy in the pre-revolutionary period.
Peace, Politics and Love: Christine de Pizan and the political thought of medieval women. The project aims to translate into English Christine de Pizan's 1412-14 work Le Livre de la Paix and to provide it with a scholarly introduction discussing the context of its production, its relationship to the political thought of other medieval political thinkers (both women and men) and its relevance for contemporary feminist political thought. It also aims to produce an edited volume of essays on de Piz ....Peace, Politics and Love: Christine de Pizan and the political thought of medieval women. The project aims to translate into English Christine de Pizan's 1412-14 work Le Livre de la Paix and to provide it with a scholarly introduction discussing the context of its production, its relationship to the political thought of other medieval political thinkers (both women and men) and its relevance for contemporary feminist political thought. It also aims to produce an edited volume of essays on de Pizan as a political thinker. The project will both illuminate an unjustly neglected political theorist and make available to English audiences a better appreciation of women's distinctive contribution to political theoryRead moreRead less
The Origins of Homosexual Politics in the British World: A Transnational Study. This project's findings will be of national and community benefit in three ways. Addressing the origins and early development of one of the most important social movements of modern times, it will contribute to the understanding of the ways in which social inequality has been so successfully tackled in Australia over the past fifty years. By attending to the international context of this history it will expand knowle ....The Origins of Homosexual Politics in the British World: A Transnational Study. This project's findings will be of national and community benefit in three ways. Addressing the origins and early development of one of the most important social movements of modern times, it will contribute to the understanding of the ways in which social inequality has been so successfully tackled in Australia over the past fifty years. By attending to the international context of this history it will expand knowledge of the nature, extent and longevity of Australia's connections to global political cultures. Finally, it will strengthen Australian scholarship's already well-established claim to world-class research in gay and lesbian and queer studies.Read moreRead less