History of Emotions: Where Are We?

As we celebrate the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the CHE, the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotion (initially focusing on Europe 1100–1800 and with the late Professor Philippa Maddern as its founding Director) and the fifth anniversary of the launch of the journal Emotions: History, Culture, Society (founding Editors: Katie Barclay, Andrew Lynch, Giovanni Tarantino), it is only pertinent that we look back and assess our efforts by hearing from some prominent emotions scholars who contributed in different ways and capacities to this pathbreaking intellectual journey.

Research Funding Bodies Need to Follow Scientific Evidence: Preprints Are Here to Stay

We, the undersigned, write on behalf of a growing number of concerned academics who are dismayed at the recent decision by the Australian Research Council (ARC) to rule a number of grant applications across two hallmark schemes ineligible due to references to preprints. Since preprints play a crucial role in the making and dissemination of new knowledge, we are writing to ask the ARC to reconsider their decision. In short, we call on the ARC to ensure the long-term integrity of the grant system through a range of measures.

Saving Lives: Mapping the Power of LGBTIQ+ First Nations Creative Artists

In 2020, I was funded by the Australian Research Council to undertake research that examines the ways in which queer Indigenous creative practitioners create impact and influence. With a program titled “Saving Lives: Mapping the Influence of LGBTIQ+ First Nations Creative Artists,” the mapping is currently underway to explore how creativity has been used to demonstrate our reality and potential as queer First Nations’ Peoples. The title of this commentary explicitly reframes this from influence, to one of insistent resistance. It explores beyond how we persuade, to understand why the resistance in the work of First Nations’ queer creatives lays the groundwork for a future where the complexity of our identities are centred, and where young, queer Indigenous people can realise their own imaginings.

Transforming Research Tasks to Avoid Plagiarism

In 2006-2007, Scotch College, along with 3 other schools was awarded an Australian Research Council (ARC) grant to undertake research into how students use information – “Generating knowledge and avoiding plagiarism: Smart information use by secondary students”The research involved collaboration between teachers and teacher librarians to develop models of teaching in various subject areas which encourage students to generate new knowledge and avoid plagiarism.This paper will outline steps towards building a culture of collaboration and team work; strategies employed by teacher librarians to reduce plagiarism; and reflections from teachers, teacher librarians and students.

Quantifying and evaluating research in paramedicine - why our own field of research code matters.

On 1 June 2020, the Australian Research Council (ARC) released the outcomes of the recent review of the Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC) (1). In what constitutes a significant milestone for paramedicine in Australia and New Zealand, we have been allocated our own paramedicine ‘Field of Research’ (FOR) code for the first time.

Launch of Mannix Library’s Special Collections Room

This paper describes the launch of a new Special Collections Room at Mannix Library in East Melbourne and includes information about the room and the collections that it contains. The paper also provides details about an Australian Research Council-funded project that Mannix Library staff have been associated with titled, A Baroque Archbishop in Colonial Australia: James Alipius Goold, 1812-1886.