Summer and Winter Research Programs

The UQ Summer Research Scholarship Program provides UQ students with an opportunity to gain research experience working alongside some of the University’s leading academics and researchers.

Each year the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry offers research placement opportunities for students through the UQ Summer Research Scholarship Program.

Applications will open for the 2025-2026 Summer Research Program on Monday, 22 September 2025 and will close 11.59pm on Sunday, 12 October 2025. All applicants will be notified of their outcome by Friday, 14 November 2025 and offer acceptance due date is Sunday, 30 November 2025.

Participation is open to students with some background in our School's disciplines: Classics and Ancient History, Religious Studies, PhilosophyHistory or Gender Studies.  Below is the list of current and past projects.

 

Current Projects

2025-2026

Project 1: UQ Latin and Greek Digital Classics Project

Project title: 

UQ Latin and Greek Digital Classics Project

Project duration and expected hours per week

6 weeks (12 January - 20 February 2026)  21 hours/week

Description:

The UQ Latin and Greek Digital Classics Project is seeking a classical languages student to help create interactive online activities for beginner Latin and Greek students (GREK1110 and LATN1110).

Driven by student requests for more digital resources, this project aims to provide a fun, engaging, and effective way for students—many of whom are new to language learning—to master essential vocabulary and grammar.

Expected outcomes and deliverables:

The successful applicant will design and build interactive activities to support beginner Latin and Greek language students. The applicant will ensure these activities align with the curriculum and meet the specific needs of new language learners. The student will develop skills in content creation, quality assurance, and data management. The role involves creating new activities, testing them for accuracy, and contributing to a comprehensive project database. The applicant will also have a unique opportunity to gain experience in digital classics, including pedagogy and user experience. The student may be involved in content-focused research, integrating cultural context, and exploring the use of AI in digital learning.

Suitable for:

Undergraduate or Honours student. Completion of 1st year Greek and Latin courses, or equivalents, is essential. Completion of 2nd year Greek or Latin, or equivalent, desirable.

Primary Supervisor:

Dr Annabel Florence (Greek) and Dr Janette McWilliam (Latin)

Further info:

Dr Annabel Florence (a.florence@uq.edu.au) and Dr Janette McWilliam (j.mcwilliam@uq.edu.au)

Project 2: Back to the Future: Implementing Best Practice in Collection Documentation at the RD Milns Antiquities Museum

Project title: 

Back to the Future: Implementing Best Practice in Collection Documentation at the RD Milns Antiquities Museum

Project duration and expected hours per week

6 weeks (12 January - 20 February 2026)  21 hours/week

Description:

This project involves students in the implementation of best practice collection research and documentation standards at the RD Milns Antiquities Museum. Students will assist the Museum Curator to review, update and extend information available about the Museum’s original acquisitions from the 1960s, in order to ensure that available information on the Museum’s collection is high quality, complete and accessible to students, researchers, and museum staff in appropriate formats.

The project may involve the use of the Museum’s database system, research about individual artefacts (online and digitally), work with the Museum’s historical archive, artefact photography, oral history interview and provenance research. The successful Winter Scholar will have the opportunity to work with the Museum’s Director, Manager/Curator and Assistant Curator as part of the placement.

This project is generously supported by a donor to the Antiquities Museum.

Expected outcomes and deliverables:

At the completion of the project, participating students should have familiarity with:

  • the Axiell EMu database system including advanced functions
  • material culture research process and standards in a museum setting
  • archival document digitisation and artefact photography processes and standards
  • introductory elements of provenance research

Suitable for:

Advanced Undergraduate or Honours student in the disciplines of Classics and Ancient History, Archaeology, Anthropology, or Art History.

Primary Supervisor:

Mr James Donaldson

Museum Manager and Curator

Further info:

j.donaldson@uq.edu.au

Past Projects

2024-2025

Project 2: Back to the Future: Implementing Best Practice in Collection Documentation at the RD Milns Antiquities Museum

2023-2024

Project 1: Back to the Future: Implementing Best Practice in Collection Documentation at the RD Milns Antiquities Museum

Project 2: Political Therapy

2022-2023

The Queensland Atlas of Religion (QAR) & History Staffing and Students in Australian and New Zealand Universities

2021 - 2022 

Queensland Atlas of Religion & Gammon Utopias and Biggest Mob Tea Parties 

2019 - 2020

2018 - 2019

2016 - 2017

2015 - 2016

 

The UQ Winter Research Scholarship Program provides students with an opportunity to gain research experience working alongside some of the University's leading academics and researchers.

Each year the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry offers research placement opportunities for students through the UQ Winter Research Scholarship Program.

Applications will open for the Winter Research Program 2024 on Monday, 25 March 2024 and will close 11.59pm on Sunday, 21 April 2024.

Participation is open to students with some background in our School's disciplines: Classics and Ancient History, Studies in Religion, Philosophy or History.  Below is the list of projects on offer.

Current Projects

2024 

Project title: 

Back to the Future: Implementing Best Practice in Collection Documentation at the RD Milns Antiquities Museum

Project duration, hours of engagement & delivery mode

4 weeks – 21 hours/week

Description:

This project involves students in the implementation of best practice collection research and documentation standards at the RD Milns Antiquities Museum. Students will assist the Museum Curator to review, update and extend information available about the Museum’s original acquisitions from the 1960s, in order to ensure that available information on the Museum’s collection is high quality, complete and accessible to students, researchers, and museum staff in appropriate formats.

The project may involve the use of the Museum’s database system, research about individual artefacts (online and digitally), work with the Museum’s historical archive, artefact photography, oral history interview and provenance research. The successful Winter Scholar will have the opportunity to work with the Museum’s Director, Manager/Curator and Assistant Curator as part of the placement.

This project is generously supported by a donor to the Antiquities Museum.

Expected outcomes and deliverables:

At the completion of the project, participating students should have familiarity with:

  • the Axiell EMu database system including advanced functions
  • material culture research process and standards in a museum setting
  • archival document digitisation and artefact photography processes and standards
  • introductory elements of provenance research

Suitable for:

Advanced Undergraduate or Honours student in the disciplines of Classics and Ancient History, Archaeology, Anthropology, or Art History.

Primary Supervisor:

Brianna Sands

Assistant Curator

Further info:

b.sands@uq.edu.au

Past Projects

2023

Back to the Future: Implementing Best Practice in Collection Documentation at the RD Milns Antiquities Museum

2022

Cancelled by UQSEC

2021

Winter Research Scholarship 2021

2020

Fuzzy Logics for Graded Reasoning in Applied Contexts

2018-2019

Experiential Learning and Multicultural Citizenship