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  1. 20 December 2022 - Humanities

    Did Charles Dickens invent Christmas?

    While Charles Dickens didn’t actually invent Christmas, he did renew and redefine its generous spirit in A Christmas Carol, says University of Melbourne expert.

  2. 28 October 2022 - Humanities

    Think you know your Ancient History?

    Test your Classics knowledge against University of Melbourne experts in our Ancient History quiz - part of the Faculty of Arts' Being Human Festival.

  3. 11 April 2022 - Humanities

    A warning as history grimly echoes in Ukraine

    Atrocities in Bucha and elsewhere in Ukraine recall the horrific memories of the Katyn massacre in 1940 and Soviet denials says University of Melbourne expert

  4. 25 March 2022 - Humanities

    The past is never in the past

    Contrary to Putin’s propaganda, Ukraine’s history is long and echoes amid the war now raging following the Russian invasion, says University of Melbourne expert

  5. 17 December 2021 - Public Affairs

    Understanding modern attacks on Gandhi

    Statues of Mahatma Gandhi have been vandalised or removed around the world ; University of Melbourne experts explore why his likeness faces attacks today.

  6. 1 December 2021 - Humanities

    Our sensory experience of the pandemic

    COVID-19 transformed people's sensory environment and researchers at University of Melbourne and Anglia Ruskin University are tracking people's experiences

  7. 22 September 2021 - Humanities

    The symbolism of Australia’s Southern Cross

    The Southern Cross has been on flags since the early colonial period but a University of Melbourne expert says it’s a very difficult emblem for many Australians

  8. 7 September 2021 - Humanities

    How smaller can be better for memorialising history

    Historic events like 9/11 seem to demand monuments, but for communities smaller memorials can provide a closer connection argues University of Melbourne expert.

  9. 2 April 2021 - Humanities

    The life stories of Gippsland lakes fishers

    A University of Melbourne oral history project is preserving the memories of the people who fished the Gippsland Lakes, before commercial fishing was shutdown.

  10. 25 March 2021 - Humanities

    Shakespeare and lost plays

    A new book by a University of Melbourne researcher explores the hundreds of lost plays known to Shakespeare’s original audiences and their value to modern drama