2026 Editorial Team
Isabella Mathiou
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
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Isabella is currently undertaking a year-long Honours thesis, having graduated from a Bachelors of Arts/Laws (Honours) degree and a Diploma of Arts in Ancient History at the University of Queensland. She is deeply passionate about the ancient world, and her thesis focuses on elite Roman women’s travel in the early Roman Empire. Isabella hopes to continue her studies with a Masters of Museum Studies to help introduce modern audiences to the ancient world.
Maisie Palmer
CO-LEAD EDITOR
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Maisie is in her fourth and final year of a Bachelor of Advanced Humanities (Honours) at
the University of Queensland, majoring in History. She is currently undertaking her
Honours thesis on J. R. Seeley’s The Expansion of England, exploring the connection
between scientific history and empire in late 19th-century Britain. She is particularly
interested in historiography and the history of the historical discipline itself, as well as
the intersection between history and policy. Maisie hopes to continue her studies of
history at a postgraduate level in the future.
Isabella Tran
CO-LEAD EDITOR
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Isabella is a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland working at the intersection of oral history and memory studies. Her doctoral research examines the legacies of the Vietnam War through the afterlives of South Vietnamese refugees in Australia, with a focus on mourning, trauma, commemoration, and death. She is currently preparing a book chapter on how historiographical narratives shape personal testimonies of the Vietnam War.
Alex Cooper-Williams
DIGITAL CONTENT MANAGER
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Alex stepped back from Editor-in-Chief in 2026 and now manages online content for Footnote. He completed a Master of Museum Studies at UQ in 2025 and currently works as a Museum Curator. His interests lie in public engagement, the intersection of science and history, sports history, and Egyptian and Hellenistic mythology.
Maisie Gillespie
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
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Maisie is studying a degree in Ancient History and Archaeology and the University of Queensland. She has a keen interest in investigating the female experience in ancient societies, human evolution, and the intersection of archaeological and forensic sciences.
Amelia Hartin
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
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Amelia is a third-year undergraduate student at The University of Queensland, studying an Extended Major/Major in History and Ancient History. She previously received a Diploma of Arts in Creative and Critical Writing and History from the University of Southern Queensland in 2024. Her current research interests include the Australian colonial period, working-class histories, and the Roman imperial period.
Stephanie Goltz
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
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Stephanie is in her final year of studying a dual Bachelors of Computer Science / Arts at The University of Queensland, majoring in History and English Literature. She is enthusiastic about modern history, with a particular interest in literary history and the history of technology.
Stella Buckby
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
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Stella recently graduated with a Bachelor of Advanced Humanities (Honours) with an extended major in history. Her honours thesis examined the integration and adoption of ultrasound into routine antenatal care in mid-twentieth-century Britain. Her research interests include the history of medicine, science and technology studies, affect theory, and feminist historiography.
Charlie Conroy
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
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Charlie has recently completed their Honours thesis which focused on textiles and gender as literary motifs in the Icelandic family saga, Laxdaela Saga. They previously completed their Bachelor of Arts at Griffith University, majoring in History and Creative Writing. They have a fascination with the intersections between gender and textile production within Viking-age and 19th century contexts.
Hannah Shaw
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
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Hannah is a fourth-year student studying a Bachelor of Advanced Humanities majoring in Western Civilisation at UQ. Her current research interests include intellectual history, political thought and the early modern period. She is currently undertaking her Honours thesis, which explores the political thought of seventeenth-century female philosophers.