History of Ideas

Dr Tamar Lewit, BA(Hons) Melb, PhD London
Lecturer in Charge
Dr Tamar Lewit, Lecturer in Charge of History of Ideas and Director of Special Academic Projects, came to TCFS in 1991 after studying for her doctorate at the University of London and teaching in History at the University of Melbourne. She has recently published an updated edition of her book Villas, Farms and the Late Roman Rural Economy (third to fifth centuries AD) (Oxford 1991/2004), which has been cited in over 30 scholarly publications worldwide. Her other publications include 'Educating in a global village: The challenge of cultural diversity' B-HERT News Journal of the Business/Education Round Table Nov 2003, and articles and book chapters on cultural change, economy, and rural settlement in Europe and the Mediterranean, published in the USA, Belgium and Australia.

Mr Richard Finch, BA(Hons), BCom Melb
Associate Lecturer in Charge
Richard has been with TCFS since April 1997. Prior to Trinity he tutored in the Philosophy Department at the University of Melbourne. His main areas of academic interest are notions of objectivity in ethics and the dialogues of Plato.

Dr Janusz Sysak, BA, DipEd Qld, MLitt Paris III, PhD Melb
Associate Lecturer in Charge
Dr. Janusz Sysak has been with TCFS since 1994, after having taught in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Melbourne and in the Context Curriculum at RMIT. His initial studies were in French and Psychology at the University of Queensland where he obtained his BA and DipEd. He then taught English in France, where he also completed a Masters in Literature and the History of Ideas at the Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris. More recently, he obtained his PhD in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Melbourne. His PhD was entitled 'The Natural Philosophy of Samuel Taylor Coleridge'. His current research interests lie in the general area of intellectual history, particularly the history of science.

Dr Frazer Andrewes, BA, MA(Hons) Auck, PhD Melb
Frazer Andrewes has taught in the History of Ideas department since July 1999. From 1996 to 2003 Frazer was a PhD candidate in the Department of History,
University of Melbourne, graduating in 2004 with a doctoral thesis on
Australian cultural and intellectual history in the 1930s. He
previously tutored in history at the University of Auckland, New
Zealand, and at the University of Melbourne. In 2005 Frazer lectured
in early-modern European history and the history of fascism at the
Australian Catholic University. Frazer is a member of Asialink.

Dr Jonathan Barlow, BA(Hons) Sydney, MA Monash, PhD Sydney
Jonathan Barlow holds research degrees in Roman History and Hellenistic philosophy.

Mr John Buttrose, DipTeaching(Primary) Torrens CAE, BA(Hons) La Trobe
John has been with TCFS since 2002. Previously John was studying for a postgraduate degree at LaTrobe University, looking at the history of whaling and Aboriginal people in colonial Australia, and tutoring Modern European and Australian 20^th century history. Other research interests include the archaeology of whaling in Australia and the archaeology of Bronze Age Cyprus.

Ms Clare McKnight, BA(Hons) ANU, BTheol MCD, BEd Melb, GradDipRE, DipTheolStuds YTU
Clare McKnight has been HOI July Fast Track Coordinator for five years. Before Trinity, she tutored in Latin, Greek History, and 'Religion and Society' at the Council for Adult Education and in Roman History at the University of Melbourne. She has taken various examining and assessment roles for the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority and its predecessors, the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Board and the Victorian Board of Studies and has taught in secondary schools. In 2006, she has completed a Coursework Master’s Degree in Theology.

Ms Jane Neild, BA UNSW