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The College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences inspires ground-breaking ways of viewing the world.
Encompassing teaching and research activities in history and archaeology, social sciences, language, literature and culture, and the creative arts, the College aims to help understand the world and to shape it for the better.
We do this by offering thoughtful, diverse and challenging opportunities to understand and reshape human activities analytically, imaginatively and creatively.
We promote knowledge leadership and we teach transferable skills that are relevant to a diverse range of employers and industries.
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Life goes on: Archaeobotanical investigations of diet and ritual at Angkor Thom, Cambodia (14th–15th centuries CE)
(SAGE Publications, 2018-02-02)This is the first time an archaeobotanical analysis based on macroremains, both charred and desiccated, from Cambodia is reported. The archaeobotanical samples are rich and provide evidence of rice processing, consumption ... -
The Daimonic Human in William Blake
(Flinders University, 2017-12-13)This paper examines William Blake’s daimonic conception of the human being. My aim is to clearly present the concept of the daimon within Blake’s oeuvre as a Romantic solution to the perceived narrowness of the Enlightenment ... -
The Library at Soho Square: Matthew Flinders, Sir Joseph Banks and the Publication of A Voyage to Terra Australis.
(Bibliographical Society of ANZ, 2017)An account of Matthew Flinders' research and writing of the introduction to his Voyage to Terra Australis, including his use of London libraries like that of Sir Joseph Banks. -
Laisse la sur l'herbette
(1810)Transcript of song in Jane Austen's handwriting in an album (catalogue no. CHWJA/19/7:18) digitised by University of Southampton at Internet Archive. Also includes English translation of words. Manuscript is online at ... -
Evidence for the breakdown of an Angkorian hydraulic system, and its historical implications for understanding the Khmer Empire
(Elsevier, 2017-11-10)This paper examines the construction and design of a 7-km long embankment, probably built for King Jayavarman IV between 928 and 941 CE, as part of a new capital. We calculate that the capacities of the outlets were too ... -
GIS-based evaluation of diagnostic areas in landslide susceptibility analysis of Bahluieț River Basin (Moldavian Plateau, NE Romania). Are Neolithic sites in danger?
(Elsevier, 2018-04-27)The aim of this study is to compare the predictive strenghtness of different diagnostic areas in determining landslide susceptibility using frequency ratio (FR), statistical index (SI), and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) ... -
3D Mapping of the Submerged Crowie Barge Using Electrical Resistivity Tomography
(Hindawi, 2018-05-08)This study explores the applicability and effectiveness of electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) as a tool for the high-resolution mapping of submerged and buried shipwrecks in 3D. This approach was trialled through ... -
MARIANNE AND WILLOUGHBY, LUCY AND COLIN: BETRAYAL, SUFFERING, DEATH AND THE POETIC IMAGE
(Mimesis, 2018)Many of the song lyrics in Jane Austen’s personal music books (some collected or transcribed by her, some inherited or passed on from family members) are couched in the sentimental poetic diction prevalent in the eighteenth ... -
Mapping of bioavailable strontium isotope ratios in France for archaeological provenance studies
(Elsevier, 2017-12-30)Strontium isotope ratios (87Sr/86Sr) of archaeological samples (teeth and bones) can be used to track mobility and migration across geologically distinct landscapes. However, traditional interpolation algorithms and ... -
Jessy, or the happy pair
(London Magazine, 1747)Song from Austen music collections, CHWJA/19/1:20. Transcribed from manuscript for performance. MS available online at https://archive.org/stream/austen1671414-2001#page/n41/mode/2up. Words found in 'The Poetical Works of ... -
Colin and Lucy: a ballad in seven parts for high voice and piano
(J. Dale, 1783)Colin and Lucy (1783), A ballad in seven parts for high voice and piano; Music by Tommaso Giordani (c1730-1806), Words by Thomas Tickell (1685-1740), Transcribed and arranged for vocal duet by Gillian Dooley (2017) from ... -
Jane Austen's Songs of the Sea [Concert program]
(South Australian Maritime Museum, 2017-11-04)Among the music in Jane Austen’s personal music collection are many songs about sailors and the sea. Britain was at war for most of Austen’s lifetime and two of her brothers were naval officers. The program includes songs ... -
Dirges and Sad Ditties from Jane Austen's Music Collection [concert program]
(Flinders Institute for Research in the Humanities, 2017-07-16)Program for closing concert of Immortal Austen conference (Adelaide: July 2017) presented by Flinders University. Performers were Gillian Dooley, Nicola Hardie Beveridge, Chris Rawlinson, Kirstine Moffat and Alistair Knight. ... -
Review of 'Whaddaya Know?' Writings for Syd Harrex
(2016-06)Review of 'Whaddaya Know?' Writings for Syd Harrex edited by Ron Blaber. -
Matthew Flinders: the Man Behind the Map of Australia
(Royal Society of Victoria, 2015)In 1925, W.H. Langham wrote of Matthew Flinders that he possessed ‘a personality of singular strength and charm.’ In this lecture, Gillian Dooley will look to the primary sources to build up a portrait of this man who was ... -
The Naked Community Organizer: Politics and Reflexivity in Gus Van Sant's Milk
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Donor Conception in Lesbian and Non-lesbian Film and Television Families
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‘Mr G is deffinately bringin’ Sexy back': characterizing Chris Lilley's YouTube audience
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)This essay investigates how consuming Australian comedian Chris Lilley's TV material on YouTube allows for different forms of participation than are allowed by the experience of watching Lilley's work on broadcast TV. It ... -
Towards a New LGBT Biopic: Politics and Reflexivity in Gus Van Sant’s Milk
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'No family, no wife, no friends, no infidelities': Wives Present and Absent in Naipaul's Autobiographical Fiction.
(South Asian Review, 2015)V.S. Naipaul’s 1987 novel The Enigma of Arrival is set in the 1970s in the Wiltshire countryside where Naipaul lived with his wife for 10 years. In this novel, Naipaul has explicitly identified the narrator with his own ...
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