Graduate researcher in art history and material culture studies, The University of Melbourne
Samantha Happé (she/her) is a graduate researcher and sessional tutor at the University of Melbourne, and a research officer at the Australian National University.
Samantha’s current research project studies the role of the gift in negotiating diplomatic relationships between France and non-European nations during the reign of Louis XIV. Her doctoral thesis examines the diplomatic gifts and material culture surrounding the Persian embassy to Versailles in 1715.
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