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2025 Editorial Team
Alex Cooper-Williams
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF & SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER
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Alex is studying a Master of Museum Studies at UQ. His interests lie in historical public engagement, the intersection of science and history, Egyptian and Hellenistic mythology, and sports history. Alex completed a Bachelor of Arts with a triple major in English Literature, Writing, and Ancient History/History in 2023.
Isabella Mathiou
LEAD EDITOR
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Isabella recently graduated from an Arts/Laws (Honours) degree at the University of Queensland, before undertaking a Diploma of Arts in Ancient History. She is deeply passionate about the ancient world, with interests in female social mobility in the early Roman Empire and Roman provincial law. She hopes to continue her studies with an Honours thesis and Masters of Museum Studies to help introduce modern audiences to the ancient world.
Brooke Walsh
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
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Brooke is currently a second-year student undertaking a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Queensland with majors in archaeology and history. Her favourite topics are female saints of the Middle Ages, food history, fashion history, and zooarcheology, particularly in relation to animal and human relationships. Brooke is also currently the 2025 President of the UQ History Society. She looks forward to reading through all your wonderful submissions.
Erin Cauchi
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
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Erin is an undergraduate student at the University of Queensland studying a double major in Archaeology and Art History with a minor in Anthropology through the Bachelor of Arts. Her main interest in history extends from her adoration of material culture, finding that historical contexts can be easily put into perspective through their enduring physical heritage. Their other historical interests are in archaeo-ornithology, oral history, palaeopathology, cultural heritage, and historical architecture.
Isabella Tran
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
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Isabella is currently working on an Honours thesis at UQ on violence and discrimination between Muslims and Jews in medieval al-Andalus. She completed a Bachelor of Arts with an extended major in History in 2023. Her research interests include sociopolitical histories of warfare; gender and race relations during wartime; and trauma, memory, and war commemoration. She is hoping to begin her PhD at the end of 2025 and research the experiences of South Vietnamese veterans who have immigrated to Australia.
Jess Bell
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
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Jess is a second year undergraduate student at the University of Queensland studying a Bachelor of Advanced Humanities with an extended major in History. She is most interested in the intersection of modern history and international relations, specifically the origins of nations, conflicts, and peacebuilding. She is excited to read the submissions!
Olivia Deson
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
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Olivia Is a Sa’ban Orang Ulu student from Borneo, she recently graduated from a Bachelor of Arts degree in archeology, religious studies and anthropology from UQ. Her interests include bio and forensic archaeology/anthropology, Asian and pacific island studies, ancient history, comparative religion and mythology. She is currently undertaking a diploma of science in human physiology and plans to continue her studies with a research masters degree and PhD.