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Status and Benefits: Veterans in the Age of Total War

12 March 2021 1:00pm–2:00pm

Why were some soldiers treated generously by governments when they returned home from war, while others were not? What determined whether veterans, disabled or not, received gratitude and material rewards in the form of generous pensions, educational, housing and other benefits, or were denied them?

Bilateralism and dialogue

12 March 2021 2:00pm–3:00pm

in Philosophy Seminars

In her recent book The Dialogical Roots of Deduction, Catarina Dutilh Novaes explores the role of dialogue in understanding deductive reasoning. In this talk, I approach these ideas from a bilaterialist perspective, focused on assertion and denial, and draw out some lessons for understanding the relationship between validity of arguments and the activity of deduction.

Miracles and Divine Agency in the Central Trilogy of the Old French Crusade Cycle

26 March 2021 1:00pm–2:00pm

in History Seminars

The events of the First Crusade were reimagined and rewritten repeatedly for generations after they took place at the end of the eleventh century.

A formal program is currently being developed and will be made available as soon as finalised.

Veteran Benefits in the Twentieth Century

Published on: 5 November 2020
HDR student in focus: Frédéric Barthet

Published on: 2 November 2020

A love of books and history carried this Paris-born student into a PhD.
HDR student in focus: Emma Bremner

Published on: 2 November 2020

A passion for weird things and being creative drew Emma into studying Latin ghost stories
HPI welcome: James Lancaster

Published on: 2 November 2020

A newly appointed lecturer who wants students to recognize the joys of learning
HPI Transitions: Kriston Rennie

Published on: 2 November 2020
ARC Linkage grant: Exploring Problem Based Learning in Schools

Published on: 1 June 2020
World Religions Symposium

Published on: 6 March 2020

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.
ARC Grant Successes

Published on: 5 December 2019
Higher Degree Research 2019 Graduates

Published on: 22 November 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.
World Philosophy Day 2019: Peace and Stability Dialogue Symposium

Published on: 22 November 2019

On 21 November we celebrated philosophy’s diversity and potential for exploring interdisciplinarity with an all-day event to begin the Peace and Stability Dialogue Series. The event, a symposium and workshop, focused on establishing an ongoing series of discussions about how different disciplines approach the social and political ordering of human societies.