Research nodes

Our research program is situated at the intersection of popular, professional and academic histories. It includes collaborative research and commissioned projects that cluster around five research nodes.

  • Historical Culture and Creative Histories: examines the creative tensions, possibilities and limitations of history-making outside the academy.
  • Design + History: looks at the past, present and future of design, material culture and cultural history.
  • Histories of Work and Technology: explores methods and platforms for understanding histories of work, technology and political economy.
  • Histories of Knowledge and Education: explores education, institutions, and learning across the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences.
  • Law and History: examines the ways in which cultural and historical perspectives give insight into legal issues.
  • Understanding Place: explores relationships between people, place and processes of change, through oral history, archival research, community storytelling, and data and photographic visualisations.
Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.