About the Centre

Welcome from our Director

"I feel extremely privileged to be part of such a team of researchers worldwide, working on the intriguing and vital topic of our long emotions heritage, in ways which may transform the scale and nature of Humanities research in Australia.
With each new research and outreach activity  I discover new insights into the history and culture of human emotions, and encounter new questions about how understandings and experiences of emotions change over time;  how communal emotions and expectations shaped and continue to shape our individual and social lives, and even our conception of what it is to be human.
This website is your opportunity to meet our researchers, learn about their fascinating research and our outreach activities, and maybe find ways to be involved yourself. I wish you many happy hours with it".

Winthrop Professor Philippa Maddern
Centre Director