Dreams, Prophecy and Violence from Early Christianity to the Rise of Islam. In Classical Greco-Roman society dreams or visions were sometimes understood as vehicles of divine revelation. Early Christians and Muslims developed the religious interpretation of dreams, using it to bolster the religious authority of their leaders, who laid claim to the Jewish tradition of prophets who brought messages from God. This project aims to uncover the development of dream interpretation from Classical Antiqu ....Dreams, Prophecy and Violence from Early Christianity to the Rise of Islam. In Classical Greco-Roman society dreams or visions were sometimes understood as vehicles of divine revelation. Early Christians and Muslims developed the religious interpretation of dreams, using it to bolster the religious authority of their leaders, who laid claim to the Jewish tradition of prophets who brought messages from God. This project aims to uncover the development of dream interpretation from Classical Antiquity through early Christianity to early Islam and give an understanding of how dreams and visions were used as tools of religious control and as justification of violence against other religions.Read moreRead less
Sport, stories and survival: Reframing Indigenous sport history. This project aims to work with Indigenous communities to research and reframe their sport histories. Sport helped create identity in Australian Indigenous communities during the twentieth century amidst great social and cultural upheaval, particularly in institutionalised communities such as Government settlements and religious missions. This project will work with members of these communities in Queensland and the Torres Strait Is ....Sport, stories and survival: Reframing Indigenous sport history. This project aims to work with Indigenous communities to research and reframe their sport histories. Sport helped create identity in Australian Indigenous communities during the twentieth century amidst great social and cultural upheaval, particularly in institutionalised communities such as Government settlements and religious missions. This project will work with members of these communities in Queensland and the Torres Strait Islands to reveal untold stories about the sporting past. This project expects to help build community capacity and identity, bring social and cultural benefits, and contribute to national Reconciliation goals.Read moreRead less
German-speakers in the Australian indigenous encounter: ethnographers, collectors, missionaries. This project will generate a website and accompanying scholarly book to provide easy access to otherwise intractable sources show-casing the vast contribution of German speakers to the mission and ethnographic effort in the Australian colonies. These will be useful resources for history teaching and a contribution to intercultural understanding.