Dr Grace Waye-Harris
Lecturer
School of Humanities
College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Grace Waye-Harris' research examines the function of fashion in diplomacy during the reign of Henry VIII. Historical areas of interest include Renaissance fashion, material diplomacy, the Tudors, medieval and early modern Europe.
My PhD demonstrated the extensive functions of dress within political and diplomatic action during the reign of Henry VIII. This research built upon my 2018 Honours thesis for which I was awarded the Lynda Tapp Prize which recognises the best history Honours thesis. General areas of interest include, historical fashion and materiality, Medieval and Early Modern England, the Tudors, and Italian Renaissance art & culture.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 - ongoing | Lecturer | University of Adelaide |
| 2017 - ongoing | History Tutor | University of Adelaide |
| 2016 - 2018 | PASS Leader (History) | University of Adelaide |
| 2013 - 2018 | Project Coordinator | iEDM Pty Ltd |
| 2011 - 2013 | Contract Administrator | ASC Pty Ltd |
| Language | Competency |
|---|---|
| Italian | Can read, write and understand spoken |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 - 2023 | University of Adelaide | Australia | PhD |
| 2018 - 2018 | University of Adelaide | Australia | Bachelor of Arts (Hons) |
| 2015 - 2017 | University of Adelaide | Australia | Diploma of Arts |
| 2008 - 2011 | Curtin University | Australia | Bachelor of Commerce |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Waye-Harris, G. (2025). Henry VIII’s Horned Helmet: Cultural Trends and Political Affinities in Sixteenth-Century Europe. Parergon: Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, 42(1), 61-87. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Waye-Harris, G. (2023). Fashion Diplomacy at the Court of Henry VIII. (PhD Thesis). |
2025 ANZAMEMS Subvention for the Publication of a First Book.
For: Fashion Diplomacy at the Court of Henry VIII (Amsterdam University Press / Taylor & Francis, forthcoming).
Course Coordinator - Hist 1109 - Revolutions that Changed the World
Course Coordinator - Hist 2078 - Power, Money, Sex: Britain, 1700-1830
Guest Lecturer - Eust3016 - Reading Women
Tutor - Hist 4002/Hist7002 The Tudors and their Legacy
Tutor - Hist 2069 - Heresy and Witchcraft in Medieval Europe
Tutor - Hist 2053 - Medieval Europe: Crusades to the Black Death
Tutor - Hist 3037 - Early Modern Europe
Tutor - Hist 3056 - Doing History
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | "All the gems of the eighth Sphere”: The Jewels of Mary I of England | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mrs Jessica Catherine Carey-Bunning |
| 2024 | Co-Supervisor | The Tudor Monarchy's Self-Representation in Early Modern England | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Yannic Bietz |
| Date | Title | Engagement Type | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 - ongoing | Dress and Portraiture in Tudor England | Public Community Engagement | Art Gallery of South Australia | Australia |
| 2024 - ongoing | Seductress, Sorceress, Adulterer, Traitor: Power, Fashion, and Anne Boleyn | Public Community Engagement | University of Adelaide | - |
| 2024 - ongoing | Then + Now: What To Wear To The Tennis | Public Community Engagement | SA Style | - |
| 2023 - ongoing | Far from the ‘ludicrously capacious’: what the fashion of Succession tells us about the show – and about society | Public Community Engagement | The Conversation | - |
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