Projects Funded by
Australian Research Council
Current Projects
Discovery Grant for Project "Unfreedom, Voices, Redress: Plantation Cultures of the Western Pacific"
This project aims to examine the hidden histories of the Western Pacific’s Anglo and German plantations. Benefits include bringing the Pacific into conversation with global debates on unfreedom and slavery and advancing political change across Australia and the Western Pacific.
Grant Holders: Prof. Penny Edmonds (Chief Investigator, Flinders University), Prof. Deirdre Coleman (Chief Investigator, University of Melbourne), Prof. Dr. Pia Wiegmink (Investigator, BCDSS), Dr. Margaret Mishra (Investigator, University of the South Pacific), Dr. Oliver Lueb (Investigator, Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum Cologne), Imelda Miller (Investigator, Queensland Museum)
Project Term: 2025–2028