Category Archives: Research blogs

Regnant Queenship or Female Kingship? Gender, Power, and Legitimacy in Early Modern Europe

In this blog for “Premodern Gender”, Tyler Horton explains the tensions between gender, power and legitimate rule that early modern monarchs faced. In the early modern period, the strength of the monarchy was fundamentally built on ideas of divine right … Continue reading

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Maternity, Infanticide, and the Criminalisation of Poverty in Early Modern London

Ashleigh McNamara explores how maternity and poverty intersected in early modern English cases of infanticide.     In December of 1680, Margaret Adams was executed for the crime of infanticide at Tyburn Tree, London. According to the court records, she had concealed … Continue reading

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‘Manly’ violence: rape, massacres, and white masculinity on the Queensland frontier

Zoe Smith explores the history of the Hornet Bank Massacre in the context of white settler masculinity and sexual violence in colonial Australia. Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this blog may contain the images and names of … Continue reading

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Why should we challenge assumptions about second-wave feminism in Aotearoa New Zealand?

Geena Carlisle explores the history of second-wave feminism in Aotearoa New Zealand, focusing on the exchanges and tensions between Māori and Pākehā women. In 1893, Aotearoa New Zealand became the first nation where women gained the right to vote and … Continue reading

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‘Laborious learning or painful pondering’: Bluestockings and the Uses of History in Australian Higher Education Politics

In this blog, Anna Temby explores the history and evolution of the Bluestocking philosophy from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century. In the early 1980s, the Australian Union of Students (the precursor of the National Union of Students (NUS) established … Continue reading

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Compiling an Oral History of Oral Contraceptives in Australia: It’s NOW or Never

In this blog, Natasha Szuhan explores the history of oral contraceptives and the need for more voices and stories from early users of the Pill in Australia from 1961-1991. These last months have been beset with death and debility. Not … Continue reading

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