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Winter 2024

Issue no. 3

The majority of articles in this issue were written by history students and researchers at the University of Queensland, Australia. Their research reflects a diverse range of historical perspectives and themes, from depictions of Alexander the Great to reflections on early trans life writing and everything in between. Winter 2024 also includes an Signpost Interview with our twin journal, History Collective, based out of Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

An Interview with Janset Nil Genç of the History Collective

Editor-in-Chief Alexander Cooper-Williams interviews Janset Nil Genç, one of the co-founders behind History Collective.

Co-Editors' Note

Alexander Cooper-Williams, Isabella Mathiou, Brooke Walsh, Ezri Chestworth & Eloise Thomson

Unravelling the Past: Provenance, Problems, and Petsoris

Isabella Mathiou explores the troubled past of museum artefacts by critically exploring the ethical and technological questions relevant to the museum sector via a case study from UQ's RD Milns Antiquities Museum.

Alexander the Great and the Reproduction of His Image

Morgan Outhwaite Sterren aims to critically explore the vast number of reproductions of Alexander the Great's image both during and after his life, to answer why Alexander's image was so powerful and what motivations people had in recreating it.

The Problem with Sparta: Progressive or Patriarchal?

Eloise Thomson examines the notion that Sparta was a progressive society by analysing the role of Spartan women through the lens of historical and modern interpretations.

Women's Literature and it's Insights within the Medieval Mediterranean

Ella Watson explores how female authors in the medieval Mediterranean, utilised their literary works to navigate societal constraints and assert their autonomy.

The Charters of Freedom & American Slavery: Their History & Their Continuance

Elizabeth Fowler draws upon critical readings of the past to dissect and discuss the democratic systems of the United States of America, and how they have changed from birth to the modern democratic systems in place today.

Revisiting Early Trans Life Writing: Daniel Schreber and Psychanalysis

Victoria Lawson explores the experience of Daniel Paul Schreber through the lens of gender and sexuality. The article revisits conceptions of Schreber’s gender and sexuality throughout history.

Sound Cinema and Audience Reception to Talking Horror

Isabelle Lawrence investigates the transition and reception of talking pictures in the horror film genre, through a case study of two groundbreaking ‘talkies’: Dracula (1931) and Frankenstein (1931).

Culture and Couture: How the Culture of Fashion Shaped 19th Century Paris

Molly Pekol writes on the development of the Paris fashion industry and its wider impact in shaping Parisian culture during the 19th Century.

Arthur Boyd's Sleeping Bride: Situating the Melancholy Aesthetic in 1950s Australia

Mae Stanton looks to explore the melancholic narrative behind Arthur Boyd's famed painting 'Sleeping Bride'. They look to explore its roots in Australian colonial history and what it can teach us today

The Vietnam War's Influence on Haight-Ashbury's Counterculture

River O'Neill examines the countercultural movement of the 1960s, focusing on the complex relationship between hippies and mainstream society amidst the backdrop of the Vietnam War.

A Comparison between Women's Emancipation Movements in America and the Philippines, 1945-1985

Stella Buckby critically analyses and explores the comparative women's emancipation movements situated in America and the Philippines from 1945 - 1985. Their comparison explores the movements from different lenses, including queer and feminist perspectives.

Curing Kolkata: An Urban History of British Slum Clearance

Julia Mortensen looks to explore and critically assess the colonial history of British rule in Kolkata and its resulting consequences.