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IHSS researchers’ expertise spans six main research areas:

Gender and Women’s History

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Dr Sarah Bendall

Professor Susan Broomhall

Professor Susan Broomhall FAHA - centre director

Dr Natalie Tomas

Imperial and Colonial Histories

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Dr Kristie Patricia Flannery

Kate-Fullagar-2019

Professor Kate Fullagar

Literature

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Professor Debjani Ganguly FRAS

Professor Paul Giles FAHA

Professor Peter Holbrook FAHA - program director

Associate Professor Lisa O’Connell

Dr Killian Quigley

Political Science

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Professor Paul Kenny - program director

Refugees, Humanitarianism and Migration Studies

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Professor Joy Damousi AM FASSA FAHA - centre director

Professor Sheila Fitzpatrick

Professor Sheila Fitzpatrick

Dr Anh Nguyen Austen

Dr Ebony Nilsson

Dr Rachel Stevens

Dr Mary Tomsic

Sociology

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Professor Jack Barbalet

Associate Professor Tom Barnes - program director

Professor Bryan Turner

News

ACU experts pay tribute to Pope Francis in widespread media coverage

28 April 2025

The death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday marked an historic moment for the Catholic Church and the world. ACU experts in theology, history, liturgy and Catholicism paid tribute to the Pontiff in wid...

Trump won’t rule out force to take Greenland – a country with a complex colonial history

17 January 2025

Donald Trump first flagged buying Greenland, whose colonial history spans centuries, during his first term. Yesterday, he said he wouldn’t rule out military force.

PhD candidate who documented multicultural organisation’s origins wins oral history award

10 December 2024

ACU PhD Candidate Jen Rose has won a national award for her meticulous efforts to document the history of Australia’s first organisation to work exclusively with migrant and refugee youth.

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