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  • Intellectual and Literary History
  • Science and Secularization - Laureate Fellowship Project
  • Critical and Cultural Studies
  • UQ Node, ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions (Europe 1100-1800)

Intellectual and Literary History

Study of the intellectual life of past cultures—ideas, attitudes, values and beliefs—provides us with important resources for understanding the present. IASH researchers have particular interests in the histories of science, religion, literature, and sexuality

Research in Intellectual and Literary History in IASH is led by the following researchers.

 

Science, Religion
and Philosophy

Professor Peter Harrison's research focuses on the interactions of philosophy, science and religion in the early modern period. He is currently working on an ARC Laureate project on "Science and Secularization".

Literary Studies

Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow Anna Johnston’s research focuses on the production and circulation of knowledge in colonial and postcolonial writing. ARC Future Fellow Ian Hesketh’s work explores the literary dimensions of science and history from the nineteenth century to the present.

Religious History

Professor Philip Almond deals with religious history in seventeenth-century Britain. His recent research focuses on witchcraft and demonology.

History of Sexuality

Professor Peter Cryle and Dr Elizabeth Stephens conduct research into the history of European understandings of sexuality. Current projects include a critical genealogy of the idea of normality and a study of representations of medical imaging technologies in the media.

Project Duration
Science and Secularization
Project
2015
Science, Progress and History
Project
2015
Religion, Naturalism and the Sciences
Project
2015
Professor Peter Harrison FAHA
Director
Emeritus Professor Philip Almond FAHA
Professorial Research Fellow
Dr Diana Barnes
Postdoctoral Research Fellow 2013-2017
Dr Diana Barnes
Honorary Research Fellow
Emeritus Professor Peter Cryle FAHA
Emeritus Professor
Dr Nicholas Heron
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr Ian Hesketh
ARC Future Fellow
Emeritus Professor Ian Hunter FAHA
Emeritus Professor
Associate Professor Anna Johnston
Deputy Director and ARC Future Fellow
Dr James A.T. Lancaster
UQ Research Fellow
Dr Leigh Penman
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr Mike Zuber
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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