Research
The School of History and Politics has a diverse and exciting research culture. We have a broad scope of both history and politics research. The School supports a large group of postgraduates and research fellows, making for a highly stimulating research environment.
Fields of Research: History Discipline
- American history
- Art history
- Australian and comparative Indigenous and migrant history
- British studies
- French studies
- Global production of commodities
- Gastronomy/History and culture of food and drink
- Legal and constitutional history
- Police history
- Russian history
- Social, cultural and military history of warfare
Fields of Research: Politics Discipline
Comparative Politics | Area Studies | International Politics | Feminist Political theory | Political Theory | History of Political Thought | Radical and Cultural Theory | Australian Politics
Comparative Politics
- Comparative British/Australian politics
- Development theory
- Gender and issues in liberalism and liberal democratic theory
- Humanitarianism and conflict
- Human rights in the Third World
- India’s political economy
- Political economy of suicide and homicide
- Political economy of the Third World
- Political Leadership
- Political management of economic reform
- Political obstacles to development
- Rural development
- Voting and suffrage
Area Studies
- African political theory
- African Politics
- African politics
- Geopolitics of Northeast Asia
- Middle East
- North American Politics
- Politics of Zimbabwe
- Post-Socialist Politics in Russia and Eastern Europe
- South Pacific politics
- Southeast Asian politics
- West European Politics
International Politics
- Alienation & Terrorism
- Asymmetric Conflict
- Australian Foreign Policy
- Balance of Power in Asia
- Chinese Foreign Policy
- Concepts of Power in the Asia-Pacific Region
- Critical Security Studies
- Human Rights & International Justice
- International Political Economy
- International Politics of Culture
- International Relations Theory
- Russian Foreign Policy
Feminist Political Theory
- Citizenship and community theory
- History of feminist thought.
- Politics of sexuality
- Women and policy
Political Theory
- Language, identity and cultural membership
- Philosophy of J.G. Herder
- Political communication.
- Political language and rhetorical theory
- Politics of film, media and popular culture
- Social capital
- Theories of ethics and identity
History of Political Thought
- Communitarianism
- Development and prehistory of liberalism and Stoicism.
- Early French socialism
- French Political thought
- Multiculturalism
- Nationalism
Radical and Cultural Theory
- Autonomy and anarchism
- Cooperatives and the market
- Cultural criticism and critical theory
- Market socialism
- Marxism and Anarchism
- Media and cultural theory
- Political theory of the community
- Post-colonial theory
- Post-structuralism and Post-modernism
- Theories of ideology and discourse
Australian Politics
- Aboriginal studies
- Australian Liberal and Labor Governments
- Parliamentary and Constitutional Reform.
- Public Policy theory and practice
- Republicanism
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