The legacy of Tim Winton. While Tim Winton's fiction has received many prizes and has a wide readership, yet it has not received sustained critical attention. It is important that Winton's legacy is assessed and valued, acknowledging both his national and international popularity and the literary power of his writing.
Catastrophe: a historical and philosophical assessment of urban disaster, ethics and the built environment. This project provides a comprehensive framework for the re-evaluation of civil society in relation to the built environment. It proposes that ‘safeguarding Australia’ and understanding its place in the world can begin by looking at urban planning and architecture, the perceptions that define them, and the catastrophic risks that attend them.
The Buddhist roots of neo-Confucian philosophy. This project will: show for the first time how Buddhist philosophy shaped the intellectual construction of neo-Confucian philosophy; demonstrate that Chinese philosophy owes far more to its engagement with other philosophical traditions than has hitherto been demonstrated; and enable us to view Chinese philosophy as part of a global enterprise.