Dr Murray Phillips
DipPE(Kelvin Grove), BA, BA(Hons), PhD(Qld)
- Senior Lecturer in Socio-Cultural Aspects of Sport and Physical Activity
- Winner of 2004 Student Society Teaching Excellence Award for Years 1 and 2
Contact details
Rm 505
Phone: (+61) 7 3365 6637
Fax: (+61) 7 3365 6877
E-mail: murray@hms.uq.edu.au
Background
Murray Phillips is a senior lecturer in the School of Human Movement Studies. He joined the School in 2000 from the University of South Australia (1998-2000) and also from the University of Canberra (1990-1997). He gained his PhD in the field of Sport History in 1992 from the University of Queensland. Dr Phillips teaches in the socio-cultural dimensions of sport and physical activities.
Research Interests
Dr Phillips has a range of research interests in the historical and contemporary dimensions of sport. He has written on the historical and contemporary aspects of sport and war, sport and gender, sports' coaching, golf, rugby league, rugby union, sport structures as well as the ontological, epistemological and methodological aspects of sport history. With these interests in mind, Dr Phillips has received external funding from the Australian Research Council, Australian Sports Commission, the Australian Coaching Council, the Australian War Memorial, as well as internal funding from the Universities of Canberra, South Australia and Queensland. He was commissioned by the Women and Sport Unit at the Australian Sports Commission to write An Illusory Image: A Report on the Media Coverage and Portrayal of Women's Sport in Australia 1996, has written a history of coaching in Australia entitled From Sidelines to Centre Field for the Australian Coaching Council, and is currently writing the centennial history of swimming in Australia for the National Sporting Organisation, Australian Swimming. In addition, Dr Phillips has been contracted to edit a book on the ontological, epistemological and methodological dimensions of sport history that draws on the collective experience of twelve of the leading sport historians around the world.
Dr Phillips has been an associate editor and book reviews editor for the Journal of Football Studies and is also on the executive committee of the Australian Society for Sport Historians and is the book reviews editor for the national journal, Sporting Traditions.
Selected Publications
For a list of Dr Phillips' publications (prior to 2007) and research projects, please refer to the UQreSEARCHers website.
Phillips, M.G., O'Neill, M., & Osmond, G. "Broadening Horizons in Sport History: Films, Photographs and Monuments", Journal of Sport History. In press: expected Vol 34, No. 1, Spring 2007; accepted 19 January 2007.
Research Students
Current research higher degree student topics under Dr Phillips' supervision are also available through the UQreSEARCHers website.
Doctor of Philosophy (Principal)
- Mark O'Neill
- Alexander Roper
Doctor of Philosophy (Associate)
- Brendon Tagg
- Carol Wical