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2019 World Religions Symposium

Published on: 25 July 2019

On Wednesday July 17, the Studies in Religion Discipline hosted over 400 year 11 secondary school students and their teachers for the annual World Religions Symposium. The day was a great success, with the students hopefully learning new things (as certainly the hosts did) and having an experience of the University's campus.

Higher Degree Research 2019 Graduates

Published on: 18 July 2019

The School extends congratulations to the following Higher Degree Research 2019 Graduates and their Advisors. Well done to three Philosophy, four History, one Studies in Religion and one Classics and Ancient History Graduates.

The history and contemporary practice of religion in Queensland will be the focus of a new major research project in the school

Published on: 18 July 2019

Researchers in the School have recently achieved significant grant success with the award of an ARC Linkage Grant to develop a Queensland Atlas of Religion in partnership with the State Library. The new project will investigate, document and interpret the diversity of religion and religious practices in Queensland's past and present.

Podcast: 2019 Ed Conrad Memorial Lecture

Published on: 30 May 2019

Listen to the podcast from our 2019 Ed Conrad Memorial Lecture, delivered by Professor James Crossley.

Podcast: 2019 School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry Annual Lecture - Why Critical Thinking is Critical (and Thinking)

Published on: 22 May 2019

Catch up on the podcast from our 2019 School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry Annual Lecture, presented by Professor Deborah Brown.

Publication of a Festschrift to Honour HPI Emeritus Professor Martin Stuart-Fox

Published on: 31 October 2018

Fans from Papua New Guinea cheer their team at Allianz Stadium in Sydney, February 2017 (Photo: James D. Morgan via Getty)

Australia-PNG: relationships are what matter

Published on: 31 October 2018

The Lowy Institute’s Australia-PNG Emerging Leaders Dialogue makes an important contribution by promoting dialogue between young people from our two countries, and could be a useful model for a larger-scale exercise to build durable links for the future.

HPI History postgrads, Elmari Whyte, featured on QandA

Published on: 3 September 2018

Joining Tony Jones on Q&A: Defence Industry Minister Steve Ciobo, Labor frontbencher Anthony Albanese, broadcaster Alan Jones, News Corp Sunday national political editor Annika Smethurst and People's Panellist Elmari Whyte.

Final solution: UQ Associate Professor Andrew Bonnell discusses the history of the term "final solution"

Published on: 17 August 2018

"That was in a sense the commencement of what we today refer to most commonly as the Holocaust," Dr Bonnell explained.

Prof Clive Moore: Pijin English interview with Radio Australia yesterday on the maiden speech of Senator Anning

Published on: 15 August 2018

Congratulations to Staff Member, Laura Robers, for Winning Hypatia June 2018 Diversity Award

Published on: 25 July 2018

Newly Appointed UQ Lecturer in Studies in Religion wins University of Cambridge Award for Public Engagement and Societal Impact

Published on: 9 July 2018

Williams’ research on Islam and society works on the borderlines of religious studies and criminology, challenging practitioners and policy-makers to think holistically about social inclusion and the role of religion in contemporary society. His research has been incorporated into: guidelines on countering prison radicalisation, adopted by the European Commission in 2017; the evidence base for the Lammy Review on equality and implementing its recommendations; a course on the Good Life Good Society, adopted in 2016 in a high security prison.

World Religions Symposium

Published on: 6 July 2018

The 2017 World Religions Symposium was held from 9.30am-2pm on Wednesday, 12 July 2017 at various locations on the University of Queensland, St Lucia campus. The World Religions Symposium is an annual event, run by the Studies in Religion discipline, targeted at Year 11 high school students. The Symposium featured plenary sessions and teaching sessions on topics such as Asian Religions, the Bible, Religious Pluralism, and Spirituality in the Everyday.

Dr Laura Roberts Radio Interview on RN ABC Philosopher’s Zone

Published on: 13 May 2018

Fisher Thomis and Stuart-Fox February 1996

In Memoriam - Rod Fisher

Published on: 5 July 2017

ARC Future Fellowship winner Dr Ian Hesketh

Published on: 6 June 2017

Congratulations to affiliated staff member of the History Discipline at the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry (HAPI) and Senior Fellow at the Insitute for the Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) for his award of a prestigious ARC Future Fellowships.