School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry

News and events

  • Neil Pembroke – HPI in transition

    Published on: 1 July 2022
    HPI says a fond farewell to our Neil Pembroke who is taking up a new position at Trinity College. A long time friend and colleague whose prolific research and HDR student supervision track-record is matched only by his outstanding record on the tennis courts. Read more about Neil, his love for power tools, and vision to humanize institutions through creating socially responsible citizens, here.

  • HPI in focus: Dr Kate Ariotti

    Published on: 1 July 2022
    Meet UQ historian Kate Ariotti, raised in Brisbane, and studying Australian war history funded by a DECRA through the Australian Research Council. Read more about Kate and her work here.

  • Obituary for Brij V. Lal, AM, FAHA, OF (Officer of the Order of Fiji)

    Published on: 1 July 2022
    Brij Lal, expert in the 19th century Indian diaspora, Adjunct Professor in the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry since he moved to Brisbane in 2016, passed away on Christmas Day 2021. Read more about his remarkable life and accomplishments by friend and colleague Emeritus Professor Clive Moore here.

  • Student in Focus: Allie Schultz on Curating in the RD Milns Antiquities Museum

    Published on: 5 November 2021
    My heart has been set on working in museums – a path that brings together my interests in research, working with tangible collections, and educating visitors. This vision has led me to my current role as a Curatorial Assistant with the RD Milns Antiquities Museum at UQ.

  • VALE CHI KONG LAI (1955-2021)

    Published on: 18 June 2021

  • When French Historians of Ancient Greece Conquered the World - Associate Professor David M. Pritchard

    Published on: 8 June 2021
    Australians continue to study the celebrated funeral oration attributed to Pericles at school and at university. Often the French are surprised to learn this. For them Australia is simply a distant land with fierce bushfires and very strange animals. Yet studying ancient Greece in Australia dates back to the arrival of Europeans two centuries ago.

  • HPI HoS Appointment

    Published on: 4 June 2021

  • HPI and the Queensland Atlas of Religion welcomes new HDR students

    Published on: 4 June 2021
    The School’s Queensland Atlas of Religion project, a partnership with the State Library of Queensland funded by an ARC Linkage grant, welcomes new HDR students!

  • HPI in Focus: Kit Morrell

    Published on: 4 June 2021
    Roman historian guides students through evidence, curiosity, and occasional silliness

  • HPI In Focus: Estelle Strazdins

    Published on: 4 June 2021
    A Greek Cultural Historian who sees artefacts as living memory and identity

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