Overview
Background
Nicole Sully is a senior lecturer in the History and Theory of Architecture, and Architectural Design at the University of Queensland, and a member of the ATCH research group. She undertook undergraduate degrees in both Fine Arts and Architecture at the University of Western Australia, and in 2005 was awarded a doctorate for her thesis titled: Architecture and Memory: A Philosophical and Historical Inquiry. She has taught at the University of Western Australia and Curtin University of Technology, in addition to working in architectural practices in Western Australia.
Nicole’s research focuses on the interdisciplinary relationship of architecture and memory; pathologies of place; heritage; modern architecture and more broadly the history of Australian art and architecture. Her work has been published in The Architect, Fabrications, ARQ: Architectural Research Quarterly, and Gillian Pye (ed), Trash Culture: Objects and Obsolescence in Cultural Perspective (with Lee Stickells). In collaboration with Andrew Leach and Antony Moulis, she co-edited Shifting Views: Selected Essays on the Architectural History of Australia and New Zealand, published by the University of Queensland Press in 2008. Most recently, in collaboration with Philip Goldswain and William M. Taylor, she has co-edited Out of Place (Gwalia): Occasional Essays on Australian Regional Communities and Built Environments in Transition, published by the University of Western Australia Press in 2014.
Memberships
- Member, College Art Association
- Past Member, Society of Architectural Historians
- Member, Society of Architectural Historians of Australia and New Zealand
- Editorial Board, Fabrications: Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (2020-26)
Availability
- Dr Nicole Sully is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours), University of Western Australia
- Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Western Australia
- Bachelor of Environmental Design, University of Western Australia
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Western Australia
Research interests
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Modern Architecture
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Memorials
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Space Architecture
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Architecture and Memory
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Art History
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History and Theory of Architecture and the Built Environment
Works
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2002
Conference Publication
The privileged place of home: Place, memory and the disease of nostalgia
Sully, Nicole (2002). The privileged place of home: Place, memory and the disease of nostalgia. Additions to architectural history: XIXth conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, Brisbane, Australia, 4-7 October 2002. Brisbane, Australia: Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Nicole Sully is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Far from home: war cemeteries and the afterlife of reconciliation
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Martin Crotty, Emeritus Professor Sandra Kaji-O'Grady
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Master Philosophy
Cultural Displacement: Understanding how urban hospital architecture affects the participation of Indigenous patients in healthcare services
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Timothy O'Rourke
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Doctor Philosophy
Mapping Burialscapes: Delineating death from prehistory to the present as an alternative ontological origin for architecture
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Andrew Wilson
Completed supervision
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Architect and Ceramist: Nell McCredie's architectural works
Principal Advisor
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Built Heritage and National Identity: Constructing and Promoting Scottishness in the Twenty-First Century
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor John Macarthur
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Len Lye's Proposals for Architecturally Scaled "Tangible Motion Sculpture" : a movement into depth
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor John Macarthur
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
The 'Beaubourg Moment': Movement and the Temporality of Architecture
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor John Macarthur
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Social Climbing: The Architectural, Cultural and Heritage Significance of Sydney's Public Stairways
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor John Macarthur
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