Participant Info
- First Name
- Honey
- Last Name
- Dower
- Country
- Australia
- State
- honey.dower@utas.edu.au
- Affiliation
- University of Tasmania
- Website URL
- https://utas.academia.edu/HoneyDower
- Keywords
- 19th century, Victorian era, colonialism, prisons
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- Please email me for further information.
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
I am in the final year of my PhD at the University of Tasmania. My thesis looks at the development of a particularly harmful English prison system in the early to mid nineteenth century and its impact on the health of Australian convicts.
Throughout my PhD I have taught at a tertiary level. Most recently I co-conveyed a third year cultural heritage and history unit.
My research interests include historical interpretation, public-facing history, colonialism, and histories of imprisonment and health.
After completing my BA (Hons) at the University of Tasmania, I undertook an MA in History at the Australian National University. I commenced my PhD in 2018 and intend to submit in 2021.
My career ambition is to work in a research-adjacent space, namely the academic or heritage sectors. If the former, I am passionate about managing large-scale projects and developing forward-looking, role-specific pedagogies. If the latter, I am particularly interested in research and interpretation that responds to evolving ideas on connecting with and preserving the past in meaningful ways.
- Recent Publications
- Media Coverage
- I am frequently interviewed on ABC Radio (Hobart and National).
- honeydower
- Country Focus
- Australia
- Expertise by Geography
- Australia, British Isles
- Expertise by Chronology
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- Expertise by Topic
- Colonialism, Environment, Gender, Labor, Law, Libraries & Archives, Local & Regional, Migration & Immigration, Politics, Public History
