MsOlga Prokopis
(She/Her)
Graduate Researcher
Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences
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- Graduate ResearcherFaculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences
BIO
Olga Prokopis is a PhD candidate in history at the Centre for Contemporary Histories, Deakin University, Australia. She lives and works on unceded Brayakaulung country. She researches historical reputation, the social production of history, and how misinformation and stereotypes are disseminated through popular history. Her doctoral research focuses on the resounding impact of William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Richard III on King Richard III of England’s historical reputation.
DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT
- Graduate ResearcherDeakin University, Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences
DEGREES
- Bachelor of Fine ArtVictorian College of the Arts, Australia
- Bachelor of Arts, History & English LiteratureDeakin University, Geelong, Australia
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours), HistoryDeakin University, Geelong, Australia
FIELDS OF RESEARCH
- Historical studies
- British history
- Literary studies
- Literary theory
- People with disability
- Culture, representation and identity
AREA/FACULTY
- Faculty of Arts and Education
DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE
- School of Humanities and Social Sciences