Centre for Contemporary Histories at Deakin University
Concerned with pasts that are not yet past
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Relevant and meaningful to contemporary society
The Centre for Contemporary Histories (CCH) is a dynamic, diverse and distinctive research centre that delivers and translates high-quality research into outcomes that are relevant and meaningful to contemporary society. With funding from multiple industry partners and governments, the CCH team delivers dynamic and high-quality research.
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Research Pillars
Improving and Building Collections using community-led principles
This pillar comprises two parts, the first working with communities and institutions of long-standing collecting; and the second working with institutions and communities to build new collections.
Democracy and History
Reflecting a worldwide trend among democracies, Australian civic society has been eroded recently. We aim to build a comprehensive picture of historical literacy and identify areas where we need to increase knowledge and understanding of the past.
Security and Development
We work to understand how concepts of Security and Development have evolved and taken particular forms at different moments in Australia s post-white settlement history.Our Research
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Externally funded research
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Papers & podcasts
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Survey on Attitudes to History
Since 2021, the Centre for Contemporary Histories has conducted the Deakin Contemporary History Survey (DCHS), which is the first nation-wide, longitudinal study of Australian attitudes to history.Latest News
Newsletter – 29th April 2024
If you have any information to share in the Newsletter please send it through to Anna, the newsletter will be published every fortnight on Monday. You can read all our news here, but don’t forget we regularly put out information by our social media channels including Facebook. We also now have a presence on LinkedIn.CCH Seminar – 8th May – Meghan Hopper
Join us online or in person for a seminar with Dr Meghan Hopper. Representations of women and men during Australian federal election campaigns In this seminar, Meghan will share some of the findings of her PhD research, which examined mainstream print media representations of women and men during Australian federal election campaigns. The election campaigns of
CCH Seminar – 15th May – Holly Moorhead
Join us online or in person for a seminar with PhD candidate Holly Moorhead. Female Agents in the Field This paper examines the tactical performances of female agents in the Special Operations Executive (SOE) operating in occupied France during WWII, and how such women manipulated gender stereotypes to avoid detection or interrogation in the field.Partner with us
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