Violence and Social Order

This Programme of Research is now a Preposed Centre of Excellent. Visit the Centre for History of Violence web site click here

Programme Leader:
Assoc. Professor Philip Dwyer

Chief Investigators:
Professor Lyndall Ryan, Professor Peter Hempenstall, Assoc. Professor Wayne Reynolds, Dr Roger Markwick, Dr Barry Morris, Dr Shigeru Sato, Dr Camilla Russell, Dr Lisa Featherstone, Dr Michael Ondaatje, Dr Hamed Hosseini

Associate Investigators:
A/Prof Pamela Nilan

Summary and Significance of Programme:
Violence is very familiar and yet little understood. This research programme will examine the deep and complex histories of violence and social order from the early modern period to the present day. Our interdisciplinary studies will cross Asia, Australasia, Europe, the United States and the Middle East. It will develop new conceptual frameworks for understanding of violence and social order in historical, political and sociological contexts. The expected outcomes include a significant improvement in research output, which will position the School of Humanities at the forefront of the history of violence in Australia .