Research supervision is possible in a wide range of fields. Browse individual staff profiles for further details of research interests and previous supervisions. This list is not exhaustive - it provides a general guide to the interests of individual academics. Staff currently on leave are indicated in parentheses.
Field |
Academic Staff Member |
| Aboriginal History |
Andrew May, Penelope Edmonds |
| American History |
David Goodman, Barbara Keys |
| Ancient History |
Frederik Vervaet |
| Asian History |
(Antonia Finnane), Kate McGregor, (Charles Schencking), Stephen Wheatcroft |
| Australian History |
Andrew May, Joy Damousi, Kate Darian-Smith, Penelope Edmonds, David Goodman, Sean Scalmer |
| Biography and Autobiography |
Andrew May, Catherine Kovesi |
| British History |
Elizabeth Malcolm |
| Business History |
Andrew May |
| Chinese History |
(Antonia Finnane) |
| Colonialism |
Andrew May, Kate Darian-Smith, Penelope Edmonds, (Antonia Finnane), David Goodman, Elizabeth Malcolm, Kate McGregor, Richard Pennell |
| Crime, policing, punishment, violence |
Andrew May, Joy Damousi, Elizabeth Malcolm, Stephen Wheatcroft |
| Cultural Tourism |
Andrew May |
| Demographic History |
Stephen Wheatcroft |
| Diplomatic and International History |
Barbara Keys |
| East European History |
Stephen Wheatcroft |
| Economic History |
Stephen Wheatcroft |
| Education History |
Steve Welch |
| Environmental History |
Andrew May, Steve Welch |
| Ethnicity, race relations, ethnic identity |
Andrew May, Kate Darian-Smith, Penelope Edmonds |
| European History, Early Modern |
Catherine Kovesi |
| European History, Modern |
Steve Welch, Stephen Wheatcroft |
| Family & Kinship Studies |
Catherine Kovesi |
| Famine, death, disasters |
Andrew May, (Charles Schencking), Stephen Wheatcroft |
| Feminist history and critical theory |
Joy Damousi |
| Film and Radio History |
Joy Damousi, David Goodman |
| Food, drink, temperance |
Andrew May, Catherine Kovesi, Elizabeth Malcolm, Stephen Wheatcroft |
| Gender History |
Joy Damousi, Kate Darian-Smith, (Antonia Finnane), Kate McGregor |
| German History, Modern |
Steve Welch |
| Heritage conservation |
Andrew May, Kate Darian-Smith, Penelope Edmonds |
| History and New Media |
Andrew May |
| Holocaust, genocide |
Steve Welch, Stephen Wheatcroft |
| Human Rights |
Barbara Keys, Kate McGregor |
| Immigration History |
Andrew May, Kate Darian-Smith, Elizabeth Malcolm |
| Indonesian History |
Kate McGregor |
| Intellectual History |
David Goodman |
| International Relations |
Barbara Keys |
| Irish History |
Elizabeth Malcolm |
| Islamic History |
Richard Pennell |
| Italian History, Renaissance |
Catherine Kovesi |
| Japanese History, Modern |
(Charles Schencking) |
| Jewish History |
(Dvir Abramovich) |
| Latin American History |
Barbara Keys |
| Labour History |
Sean Scalmer |
| Material Culture and Museology |
Andrew May, Kate Darian-Smith, Penelope Edmonds, (Antonia Finnane), Catherine Kovesi |
| Medicine, mental illness |
Joy Damousi, Elizabeth Malcolm |
| Medieval History |
Catherine Kovesi |
| Mediterranean History |
Richard Pennell, Catherine Kovesi |
| Memory |
Joy Damousi, Kate Darian-Smith, Kate McGregor |
| Middle East History |
Richard Pennell |
| Missionary History and Colonialism |
Andrew May, Catherine Kovesi |
| Museum Studies |
Andrew May, Kate Darian-Smith, Penelope Edmonds, Kate McGregor |
| Nationalism |
Kate Darian-Smith, Kate McGregor |
| Natural History and Colonial Science |
Andrew May |
| North African History |
Richard Pennell |
| Oral History |
Andrew May, Joy Damousi, Kate Darian-Smith |
| Pacific History |
Penelope Edmonds |
| Piracy |
Richard Pennell |
| Popular Culture |
Andrew May, Kate Darian-Smith, (Antonia Finnane), Catherine Kovesi, Elizabeth Malcolm |
| Postcolonialism |
Penelope Edmonds |
| Public and Applied History |
Andrew May |
| Religious History |
Catherine Kovesi, Kate McGregor |
| Renaisssance History |
Catherine Kovesi |
| Roman History |
Frederik Vervaet |
| Roman Public Law |
Frederik Vervaet |
| Russian History |
Stephen Wheatcroft |
| Sexuality, History of |
Joy Damousi |
| Social History |
Andrew May, Stuart Macintyre, Elizabeth Malcolm, Stephen Wheatcroft |
| Social Movement History |
Sean Scalmer |
| Socio-legal History |
Catherine Kovesi |
| Southeast Asian History |
Kate McGregor |
| Soviet History |
Stephen Wheatcroft |
| Sport History |
Andrew May, Barbara Keys, Sean Scalmer |
| Theatre, History of |
Andrew May |
| Travel History |
Richard Pennell |
| Urban History and Public Space |
Andrew May, (Antonia Finnane), Sean Scalmer, (Charles Schencking) |
| Victorian and Regional History |
Andrew May, David Goodman |
| Violence |
Kate McGregor |
| War and Military History, Pacifism |
Kate Darian-Smith, Joy Damousi, Kate McGregor, Sean Scalmer, (Charles Schencking), Steve Welch |
| Women's/Gender History |
Elizabeth Malcolm, Kate McGregor |