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This community is the home of honours theses of the University of Sydney submitted by School, Department or Faculty to SeS Repository.
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John of Salisbury’s ‘Duel’ with the English Military Class: A Twelfth-Century Cleric’s Lifelong Obsession with Critiquing Martial Ethos and Identity
Published 2023-08-09This thesis uncovers pervasive critiques of milites (soldiers) in the writings of the twelfth-century English cleric, John of Salisbury (c.1110s-1180s). Previous scholarship has proposed John’s descriptions of the social ...Open AccessThesis -
Cut the Sound: The Role of Musician Strikes in Movements for Societal Change
Published 2023-05-10This thesis examines the potential for musicians to contribute to societal change, on global and local scales, by engaging in strike action. While reaffirming the potent impacts of the music they create, it posits that ...Open AccessThesis -
Art Exhibitions: A Tool of Cultural Diplomacy
Published 2023-03-29Cultural diplomacy is a resource deployed by governments to build relationships that support policy agendas. This thesis examines how art exhibitions are a tool of cultural diplomacy in Australia in the late 20th and early ...Open AccessThesis -
Who uses Fintech products: evidence from the pay-on-demand market
Published 2023This thesis examines a novel Fintech lending product in Australia named pay-ondemand. This product claims to let its users access their wages in advance, at a flat “5% transaction fee” without any hidden cost. Using the ...Open AccessThesis -
Deconstruction of Monetary Surprises and the Information Effect: A Case of Australia
Published 2023-02-21Monetary policies surprises extracted from high-frequency data are a common instrument used to study the impact of monetary policy. It is often found that these shocks have ‘counter-intuitive’ effects, which are not explained ...Open AccessThesis