What’s in a name? The inoculation of smallpox in early eighteenth-century Britain
Seminar
This paper questions the established narrative concerning the introduction of inoculation to Georgian Britain. Its arrival is typically attributed to the account of Turkish practice by Emanuel Timoni, which first appeared in the Royal Society’s Philosophical Transactions (June 1714), and the…
Matthew Flinders: British Spy or the Victim of an unfortunate Chain of Events? Shedding light on the explorer’s imprisonment on Mauritius (1803-1810) and its disastrous consequences
Seminar
Over 221 years ago, on 15 December 1803, having no charts of Mauritius and only information gleaned from the Encyclopaedia Britannica (lent by Sir Joseph Banks), Captain Matthew Flinders put in at Baie du Cap in the French colony of Mauritius, unaware that war had broken out between France and…
Religious exemptions as public pedagogies of homophobia
Seminar
The concept of public pedagogy (Sandlin et al. 2010) explores how societal norms are conveyed outside formal education. This framework helps to understand how religious exemptions to discrimination laws in Australian schools function as a means of teaching homophobia. Religious exemptions allow…
Roundtable discussion: The End of Deep History? Where have we been and where to now?
Seminar
This Roundtable brings together key researchers who shaped the seven-year ARC Kathleen Fitzpatrick Laureate Program ‘Rediscovering the Deep Human Past: Global Networks, Future Opportunities’ at the Research Centre for Deep History led by Professor Ann McGrath AM. Defying our interest in critiquing…
The End of Deep History? Reflections on the Laureate Program and its Research Centre
Symposium
This Symposium marks the end of the Research Centre for Deep History and the seven-year ARC Kathleen Fitzpatrick Laureate Program ‘Rediscovering the Deep Human Past: Global Networks, Future Opportunities’, led by Professor Ann McGrath AM and a talented team based at the Australian National…
Building a research narrative and identity in a precarious academic labour market
Workshop
This workshop will discuss strategies for building a clear research narrative to contribute to building a competitive CV whilst doing a PhD or being an ECR in the everchanging and increasingly demanding academic labour market. Building a coherent research narrative and trajectory is paramount, as…
Young people, platform practices and dimensions of the ‘data gaze’
Seminar
Data is central to how we experience the social world, with the concept of the ‘data gaze’ helping to understand how everyday life is increasingly viewed through data in strategic and predictive ways (Beer 2018). This presentation explores different dimensions of the data gaze, where algorithmic…