Introducing the 2024 Chariot Team…

Committee

Tahlia Antrobus (she/her)

President

Tahlia is studying a Bachelor of Arts in Ancient World Studies and History, alongside a Diploma of French. Her main area of interest is the role of gender in both Classical Greece and Europe throughout the 1940s-1950s, but is particularly focused on expanding her archaeological skills this year. In her spare time she enjoys reading and baking.

Porter Mattinson (he/him)

SecrEtary/Treasurer

Porter is studying the eclectic degree cocktail of a Master of Public Policy and Management and a Graduate Diploma in Science (Pure Mathematics). His historical interests are similarly messy, but they tend to focus on the history of political-economic structures, their classification, and how they can be applied to contemporary world-systems theory.

Patrick Mercer

EDITOR

Patrick is a quintessential mature age student desperately counteracting this status with strategic silliness. Patrick is studying their honours year in Indigenous Studies and is descended from Wadawurrung Kulin, Irish and Jewish backgrounds. Patrick is very interested in First Nations storytelling and history, but is also a massive history nerd with a love for new perspectives, stories and approaches to history.

Fergus Sinnott

operations Director

Fergus is studying a Bachelor of Arts in English & Theatre Studies and Media & Communications. His main areas of interest are the Cold War and 1960s counterculture. In his spare time he enjoys true crime podcasts and historical drama films.

Sub-editors

Charlotte Ni Choncheanainn (she/her)

Charlotte is completing her Bachelor of Arts Honours in History. Her thesis focuses on Early Modern English Witchcraft — beyond this she is particularly interested in the experiences of women in the early modern period. In her spare time, she can be found scrambling to read enough to catch up with her crippling book-buying addiction.

David Nawaratne (he/him)

David is a Politics Major in the Bachelor of Arts. His main areas of interest are Southeast Asian history and the Cold War. In his spare time he likes to play futsal and do debating. And yes, he has also recently travelled to Japan.

Ellie Buckley (she/her)

Ellie is studying a Bachelor of Arts Honours in Ancient World Studies. Her thesis focuses on the reception of the later Roman Empire in late-Victorian Britain. Outside of study, she enjoys reading, cooking, and playing with her dog.

Emerald Smith (she/her)

She is currently studying a Bachelor of Arts majoring in History and English. Her areas of interest are pretty broad, spanning medieval to modern Europe. You’ll often find her taking too many pictures of food, flowers and her dog.

Janice Hui (she/her)

Janice is studying a Bachelor of Arts in History and Anthropology. She’s particularly interested in colonial history and the ways it intersects with other ideas like gender and race. She enjoys reading, travelling to new places and a picnic with friends on a nice sunny day.

Laurence Stevens (he/him)

Laurence is studying a Bachelor of Arts majoring in History and a Diploma in Computing. His main areas of interest are the Cold War and early Soviet history. In his spare time Laurence can be found switching erratically between his two main hobbies: history and programming.

Tharidi Walimunige (she/her)

Tharidi is studying a Master of Publishing and Communications. Her historical interests lie with the rituals, mythologies and cultural conventions of ancient civilisations including Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece and Ancient Egypt. In her spare time, Tharidi enjoys crafting with macrame, reading fantasy novels and watching animated films.

Zimo Lee (she/her)

Zimo is studying a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing, and has an interest in ancient world history. In an alternate timeline, she might’ve been majoring in asian literature studies instead!