Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0557300

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0557300

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Renegotiating the Origins of History: A Study of Early Modern Historical Writing as Practiced by Leonardo Bruni and His Contemporaries. This project will pioneer a new account of the origins of modern historical writing, one which will focus on the political affiliations of foundational figures. Such a study is of vital importance to the community in a time when an intense public debate is being waged over conflicting interpretations of our national past. Participants in this debate have sometimes appealed to pure disciplinary origins, accusing their opponents of politicizing history. This study will show that political engagement was a central feature of Western historiography from its inception, and will explore the way politics underpinned the early development of the discipline.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 09-03-2005

End Date: 31-12-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $70,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Literary Studies | Latin And Classical Greek | Italian | History: European

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Studies in human society |

Other Keywords

History: European | Italian | Languages and Literature | Latin And Classical Greek | Literary Studies | Studies in human society | Understanding the Pasts of Other Societies

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