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Greek history, Greek and Roman historiography and Greek and Roman art; in particular, the reign of Alexander the Great and his Successors (Elizabeth Baynham).
The historiography of the Late Roman Republic and the Julio-Claudian period (Jane Bellemore).

Late eighteenth and early nineteenth century European history, and in particular the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars (Philip Dwyer).
The history of cross-cultural relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, incorporating class and gender analyses into my examination of ‘race’ and colonialism (Victoria Haskins).
Australian history, film and history, history of Australian education, and childhood and youth histories, encompassing gender, race, and class perspectives (Josephine May).
The Soviet experience in the Great Patriotic War, 1941-45, with a particular emphasis on the role of Soviet women (Roger Markwick).
African American history, with a particular emphasis on black conservatism and the civil rights movement (Michael Ondaatje).
Australian foreign policy, US and Australian relations, Australian defence integration into Asia Pacific regions, the history of Australian Foreign Relations, atomic weapons and defence policy (Wayne Reynolds).
Tasmanian Aboriginal identity, land rights, the return of Aboriginal remains from museums and Aboriginal political representation (Lyndall Ryan).

International criminal law and international humanitarian and human rights law (Jackson Maogoto).

Equity, social justice, and the potential contribution of education to building an alternative, more democratic, just and equitable world-system (Tom Griffiths).
The history of ideas, and in particular Marc Bloch and Jack Lindsay (Neil Morpeth).