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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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
CCH Seminar – 26 March – Zoe Smith
Join us online or in person for a seminar with Zoe Smith Cruelty, Coverture, and Colonial Women’s Writings: A feminist, social, and cultural history of domestic violence in New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria, 1880-1914 Domestic violence was arguably at its most visible in colonial society by the end of the nineteenth century. As aNewsletter – 17th March 2025
Welcome to our fortnightly newsletter. If you have things you’d like to share with the CCH community, please email Anna before the next fortnightly newsletter. We will also share news and updates on Facebook and LinkedIn. Message from Prof. David Lowe The best research stems from an environment that maximises the free flow of information
CCH Seminar – 2 April – Jess Parr, Killion Mokwete, Patricia Davis and Bahare Sanaie-Movahed
Join us online or in person for a seminar with Jess Parr, Killion Mokwete, Patricia Davis and Bahare Sanaie-Movahed. Built Heritage Preservation and New Media in Benin Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) offer important tools for heritage preservation groups attempting to navigate the challenges colonialism and its legacies imposed upon the built environments of their mostPartner with us
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