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Research interests
Ian Tregenza has research interests in political theory, the history of political thought and religion and politics. His PhD (UNSW 1996) was on the political philosopher Michael Oakeshott, focusing on Oakeshott’s engagement with the thought of the 17th century philosopher Thomas Hobbes. A revised version was published as Michael Oakeshott on Hobbes: A Study in the Renewal of Philosophical Ideas (Imprint Academic, 2003). Though a study of the relationship between two philosophers it was concerned with broad hermeneutical questions concerning the way that philosophers interpret and use the past. Subsequently Ian’s work has covered aspects of Australian intellectual and political history, with a particular focus on the intersection of religion and politics and the forms of Australian secularism. He has published numerous journal articles and book chapters in the area and is the co-author of Reason, Religion and the Australian Polity: A Secular State? (Routledge, 2019).
Teaching
POIR2060 Modern Political Thought
POIR3050 Religion and Politics
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Secular and religious narratives of work, welfare and moral order in Australia and Britain
6/07/18 → …
Project: Research
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A Secular State? Reason, Religion, and the Australian Polity 1788-1945
Tregenza, I., Gascoigne, J. & MQRES, M.
15/01/15 → …
Project: Research
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A Secular State? Reason, Religion and the Australian Polity, 1788-1945
10/01/15 → 10/07/15
Project: Research
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The influence of Idealism on Australian thought and institutions 1880 -1950
1/08/11 → 31/12/11
Project: Research
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From migrant to citizen: testing language, testing culture
Slade, C., Möllering, M., Pilz, K., Buck, A., Horrigan, B., Woollacott, A., Holland, A., Lawson, S., Cox, L. & Tregenza, I.
1/01/07 → 31/12/08
Project: Research
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Religion, pluralism, and the Australian State after same-sex marriage
Tregenza, I., 2024, In: Journal of Church and State. 66, 3, p. 162-174 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Science, Religion, and the Protestant Tradition: Retracing the Origins of Conflict
Tregenza, I., Dec 2023, In: Journal of Religious History. 47, 4, p. 647-649 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article/Exhibition review
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Book review: When God stops fighting: how religious violence ends
Tregenza, I., 6 Jul 2022, Australian Outlook.Research output: Contribution to Newspaper/Magazine/Website › Book/Film/Article review
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Flat earths and fake footnotes: the strange tale of how the conflict of science and Christianity was written into history
Tregenza, I., 25 Mar 2022, In: Journal of Religious History. 46, 1, p. 271-272 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article/Exhibition review
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Religion, science and popular beliefs
Tregenza, I., 2022, (Submitted) A cultural history of historiography in the Age of Empire, 1800-1920. McDonald, J. & Wandel, T. (eds.). Bloomsbury Publishing, (A Cultural History of Historiography; vol. 5).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Activities
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Australian Political Studies Association (APSA) Annual Conference 2021
Sung-Young Kim (Organiser), Jumana Bayeh (Organiser), Ian Tregenza (Organiser), Francesco Stolfi (Organiser) & Kelli-Lee Drake (Organiser)
20 Sept 2021 → 22 Sept 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop or event series