Deakin Centre for Contemporary Histories

Concerned with pasts that are not yet past

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Relevant and meaningful to contemporary society

The Deakin Centre for Contemporary Histories 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 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.

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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.

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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.

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Our Research

Members' books

See what our members have been publishing.

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Externally funded research

Browse our projects that are winning competitive funding grants.

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Papers & podcasts

Follow our collection of reflections/discussions to read, watch, hear.

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Survey on Attitudes to History

Find out what Australians think, believe and value about history.

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Deakin Centre for Contemporary Histories