History in the Bigger Picture: Its Importance and Worth
Whenever I tell people I’m a history major, they seem to formulate an impression of me based on that fact alone.
The Falls
It was a sultry Saturday afternoon on January 11, 1845, when a little boy of eight or nine and his elder sister went to play at the Yarra Falls.
“While You Are Away”: The Impact of the Second World War on Women’s Household Roles
Women who lived through World War II on the home front witnessed complex changes to perceptions of their gender, with propaganda and policy giving them new agency while reinforcing their positions as victims, housewives and mothers.
Across the Ditch: New Zealand’s Treaty
Ever since I moved to Australia for university, I’ve really had to embrace my Kiwi identity. Despite spending most of my life in New Zealand, I never really had to consider what that actually means, or how I’d measure up to other people’s expectations.
Prix de Rome, 1787
He had been in the room for no more than a moment, yet his expression was already contorted by a perpetual grimace.
Women and Slaves in the Roman Republic
The Roman Republic was a deeply conservative and “status conscious society.” The paterfamilias, patriarch of the household, had near absolute authority over both citizen women and male slaves in the household.
The Harrowingly True Life of a Venetian Courtesan
Courtesans were well-dressed, intelligent, talented in music and writing, and provided company as well as sexual gratification. They proved a convenient way for aristocratic men to experience sex without dishonouring a noblewoman or being involved with a woman of a lower class.
