In 2023, we welcomed back some old friends and also welcomed some new ones.
Dr Max Brierty has been an important staff member over the last 2 years, while he has been with HPI as a Postdoctoral Fellow. we are pleased to say that Max will be staying on with us in HPI, to continue his work in postcolonial history and Indigenous philosophies. He is currently working on a book project from his thesis, on the restraint of Indigenous people within Australian history. Max is currently on a prestigious American Australian Studies fellowship at Harvard,. While at Harvard, he will write a series of essays that look at Australia from afar, while exploring an Indigenous philosophy of truth, place, and time.
Dr Cassandra Byrnes has been appointed to the new position in gender history and gender studies. Many will be familiar with Cassie's teaching and research,especially her innovative and engaging work on both birth control and reproductive coercion. Cassie is an award winning teacher, and has a slew of publications in print and in press. Her commitment to growing and expanding Gender Studies is nothing short of inspiring.
Dr Michael Vincent has taken up the position of Lecturer in Philosophy in Ethics, which is a three year contract, teaching Ethics across a range of Schools and Faculties. Michael is an exciting scholar, who is passionate about extending ethical frameworks into other areas of the University. His own research is on morality and social ethics. focusing on value pluralism, dysfunctions of group dynamics, and social norms in large and diverse societies.
Dr Beth Spacey has joined HPI permanently as Lecturer in Medieval History. Beth has worked previously at the University of Birmingham and Trinity College Dublin, before she joined us in HPI as a Postdoctoral Fellow. Her first book. The Miraculous and the Writing of Crusade Narration, was published with a top press in her field. Since then, her work has moved to consider aspects of the natural world and environmentalism. Her teaching is stellar, and she has been keen to expand our vision of Europe in the medieval period, including Eastern Mediterranean perspectives into her teaching.
