School of Social Science

Mr James Donaldson

Publications

Book (1)
Book Chapters (8)
Journal Articles (5)
Conference Papers (2)
Generic Document (1)
Data Collection (1)
Seminar Paper (1)
Thesis (1)
Creative Works (29)
Newspaper Articles (5)

Book

McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James, Brown, Amelia, Christou, Sandra and Powell, Judith (2015). Cyprus: An Island and a People. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

Book Chapters

Asmussen, Brit and Donaldson, James (2025). Contemporary antiquities: Exploring engagements. Mediterranean Collections in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. (pp. 262-283) edited by Candace Richards and Elizabeth Minchin. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003464624-16
Donaldson, James and Brown, Amelia R. (2025). ‘A few scraps of pottery and papyrus’: From antiquities collection to museum at The University of Queensland, circa 1950–1975. Mediterranean Collections in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. (pp. 95-116) edited by Candace Richards and Elizabeth Minchin. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003464624-6
Donaldson, James (2016). Greek gold earring. Fifty treasures: classical antiquities in Australian and New Zealand universities. (pp. 88-89) edited by Ronald T. Ridley, Bruce Marshall and Kit Morrell. Melbourne, Australia: Australasian Society for Classical Studies.
Donaldson, James (2016). Attic red-figure skyphos with owl. Fifty treasures: classical antiquities in Australian and New Zealand universities. (pp. 86-87) edited by Ronald T. Ridley, Bruce Marshall and Kit Morrell. Melbourne, Australia: Australasian Society for Classical Studies.
Donaldson, James (2014). Catalogue: antiquarium. A Study in Stone. (pp. 66-67) edited by Janette McWilliam. St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.
Donaldson, James (2014). Catalogue: librarium. A Study in Stone. (pp. 16-23) edited by Janette McWilliam. St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.
Donaldson, James (2014). Catalogue: columbarium. A Study in Stone. (pp. 32-41) edited by Janette McWilliam. St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.
Donaldson, James (2014). Catalogue: lapidarium. A Study in Stone. (pp. 50-57) edited by Janette McWilliam. St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

Journal Articles

Donaldson, James, Asmussen, Brit, McWilliam, Janette and Parkhill, David (2024). Collecting antiquities in wartime: The First World War Antiquities (Queensland) Project. Journal of the History of Collections, 36 (1), 149-166. doi: 10.1093/jhc/fhad034
Samantha Levick and James Donaldson (2023). Intaglios in the RD Milns Antiquities Museum at the University of Queensland. Mediterranean Archaeology, 36, 83-100.
Donaldson, James (2017). Gold jewellery in the RD Milns Antiquities Museum at the University of Queensland. Mediterranean Archaeology.
Donaldson, James (2011). The Antiquities Museum: past, present and future. Crossroads: an interdisciplinary journal for the study of history, philosophy, religion and classics, V (2), 115-117.
Donaldson, James (2009). Usurpers and emperors: the ideology and iconography of imperial power in 3rd century Britain. Crossroads: an interdisciplinary journal for the study of history, philosophy, religion and classics, 9-21.

Conference Papers

Donaldson, James, Fairbairn, Andrew and McWilliam, Janette (2021). UQ's RD Milns Antiquities Museum: Current and Future Directions. Mediterranean Archaeology Australasian Research Community Conference 2021, Online, 28-30 January 2021.
Donaldson, James, Asmussen, Brit and McWilliam, Janette (2021). Antiquities from the First World War in Queensland Collections. Mediterranean Archaeology Australasian Research Community Conference 2021, Online, 28-30 January 2021.

Generic Document

Donaldson, James (2023). Spadeologists: Australians and the Shellal Mosaic . Palestine Exploration Fund.

Data Collection

Donaldson, James and Asmussen, Brit (2022). First World War Antiquities (Queensland). The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/b688d33

Seminar Paper

Donaldson, James (2022). The Shellal Mosaic: Archaeological, Textual and Visual Traditions . Friends of the ANU Classics Museum Seminar. School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics, Australian National University.

Thesis

Donaldson, James (2014). Herodian marriage and the construction of identity. MPhil Thesis, School of History, Philosophy, Religion & Classics, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2014.603

Creative Works

McWilliam, Janette, Keenan-Jones, Duncan, Pounds, Pauline, Donaldson, James, Mann, Charlotte and Boden, Marie (2022). Wondrous Machines: Hero of Alexandria's Ancient Automata. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland, R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum.
McWilliam, Janette and Donaldson, James (2019). Contested histories VIP preview and curator talks. R.D Milns Antiquties Museum, University of Queensland: R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum.
McWilliam, Janette and Donaldson, James (2019). Contested histories: photographs from Mandate Palestine in the JH Iliffe Collection. R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum, University of Queensland: R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum.
McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James and Smith, Rebecca (2018). Dionysos: Portrait of a god. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum.
McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James and Smith, Rebecca (2018). Exhibition Opening Event, Curators. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum.
McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James and Smith, Rebecca (2018). Dionysos: Portrait of a god. VIP Preview and Curator's Talk. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum.
McWilliam, Janette, Malik, Shushma, Donaldson, James and Smith, Rebecca (2016). Useless Beauty Up Late: Jewellery in the Ancient and Modern World. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.
McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James, Malik, Shushma and Andersen, David (2016). Useless Beauty: Luxury and Rome. Brisbane, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.
McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James and Smith, Rebecca (2016). Cyprus an Island and a People Public Programs: Cyprus Up Late. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.
McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James and Smith, Rebecca (2016). New Minor Exhibition Preview: Egypt, Land of the Pharoahs and the Owen Powell OAM Medical Collection. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.
McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James and Smith, Rebecca (2015). Cyprus an Island and a People Public Programs: Doing Archaeology on Modern Cyprus. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.
McWilliam, Janette, Powell, Judith and Donaldson, James (2015). Cyprus an Island and a People Public Programs: Curator Panel. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.
McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James and Smith, Rebecca (2015). Cyprus an Island and a People: Special Exhibition Opening. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.
McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James, Christou, Sandra and Powell, Judith (2015). Cyprus, an Island and a People [Curated Exhibition]. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.
McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James, Smith, Rebecca and Malone, Christopher (2015). Lemuria: Festival of Mysteries. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.
McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James and Dowdell, Jessica (2014). The R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum Saturday Series Public Lecture 4: Australian Antiquities Collections. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.
McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James and Dowdell, Jessica (2014). The R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum Saturday Series Public Lecture 3: The Grand Tour. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.
McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James, Press, Daniel and Dowdell, Jessica (2014). The R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum Saturday Series Public Lecture 2: Roman Epigraphy and its Collection. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.
McWilliam, Janette, Blanshard, Alastair, Donaldson, James and Press, Daniel (2014). A Study in Stone: The History of Epigraphy. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.
McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James, Press, Daniel and Dowdell, Jessica (2014). A Study In Stone: Exhibition Preview 1, 2014. RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.
McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James, Press, Daniel and Dowdell, Jessica (2014). A Study In Stone: Exhibition Previews 2, 2014. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.
McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James and Dowdell, Jessica (2014). The attitudes of Lady Emma Hamilton. Brisbane, QLD, Australia:
McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James, Press, Daniel and Dowdell, Jessica (2014). Lemuria: A Festival of Witches. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.
Ratcliffe, John, McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James and Dowdell, Jessica (2014). The R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum Saturday Series Public Lecture 1: Ancient Medicine. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.
McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James, Press, Daniel and Dowdell, Jessica (2013). Lemuria: A Festival of Death. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.
McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James and Press, Daniel (2013). Then and Now: 50 Years of Antiquities, 1963-2013. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.
McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James, Press, Daniel and Dowdell, Jessica (2012). Saturnalia: Museum Night 2012. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.
McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James, Press, Daniel and Dowdell, Jessica (2012). Vertumnalia. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.
McWilliam, Janette, Donaldson, James, Press, Daniel and Dowdell, Jessica (2012). Lemuria: Ghosts, Death and Funerary Practices. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, The University of Queensland.

Newspaper Articles

Donaldson, James and Asmussen, Brit (2021, 12 09). Ancient Middle Eastern antiquities and the First World War Queensland Museum Blog
Donaldson, James and Asmussen, Brit (2021, 11 18). Collecting ancient Egyptian antiquities during the First World War Queensland Museum Blog
Donaldson, James and Asmussen, Brit (2021, 11 08). Convalescing and collecting: Antiquities in the First World War Queensland Museum Blog
Donaldson, James and Asmussen, Brit (2021, 05 18). Objects of war: The First World War antiquities project Queensland Museum Blog
Donaldson, James and Asmussen, Brit (2020, 05 13). Collecting antiquities during wartime – the First World War Antiquities Project Queensland Museum Blog