Our people
Head of Department
Professor Chris Dixon
Chris Dixon’s teaching and research focuses on American history. He has published widely on race relations, and the social and cultural dimensions of military history. In 2016 he held the Fulbright Scholarship in Australian-U.S. Alliance Studies.
Academic staff
| Name and contact details | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Associate Professor Michelle Arrow Title: Associate Professor Phone: (02) 9850 8840 Email: michelle.arrow@mq.edu.au | History of popular culture in Australia, Australian theatre history and histories of cultural production |
| Dr Matthew Bailey Title: OUA Program Co-ordinator Phone: (02) 9850 7083 Email: matthew.bailey@mq.edu.au | Histories of consumerism, Australian urban history and oral history |
| Dr Nicholas Scott Baker Title: Senior Lecturer Phone: (02) 9850 8856 Email: nicholas.baker@mq.edu.au | Early modern Europe, specifically: political and economic cultures of Renaissance Italy; cultural and political histories of the early modern Mediterranean |
| Dr Noah Bassil Title: Assoc Dean HDR (secondment) Location: Building Y3A E-mail: noah.bassil@mq.edu.au | Global, regional and national power relations that have emerged following the Arab uprisings |
| Dr Jumana Bayeh Title: Early Career Fellow Phone: (02) 9850 8854 Email: jumana.bayeh@mq.edu.au | Arab diaspora cultures, the history of colonialism in the Middle East, and the politics and culture in the Middle East |
| Dr Leigh Boucher Title: Senior Lecturer Phone: (02) 9850 7041 Email: leigh.boucher@mq.edu.au | Feminist theory, postcolonial studies, post-structuralism and historical theory |
| Professor David Christian Title: Professor Phone: (02) 9850 8769 Email: director.bighistory@mq.edu.au | World History including social and material history of the 19th century Russian peasantry, history of modern Russia, and a synoptic history of Inner Eurasia (Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia), history of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia from the Mongol Empire to the present day |
| Dr Lloyd Cox Title:Lecturer Phone: (02) 9850 4096 Email: lloyd.cox@mq.edu.au | Australian and U.S. political history and foreign policy, globalization and nationalism, comparative politics and political theory |
| Professor Chris Dixon Title: Professor Phone: (02) 9850 6808 Email: chris.dixon@mq.edu.au | American history, African American history, the Pacific War, and the Vietnam War |
| Associate Professor Tanya Evans Title: Associate Professor Phone: (02) 9850 8875 Email: tanya.evans@mq.edu.au | History of Britain and Australia from the 18th century through to the present. Feminist and gender history. History of the family and sexuality. |
| Dr Kate Fullagar Title: Senior Lecturer Phone: (02) 9850 9932 Email: kate.fullagar@mq.edu.au | Eighteenth-century Britain, the early Atlantic, and the early Pacific, comparative indigenous history |
| Dr Adele Garnier Title: Lecturer Email:adele.garnier@mq.edu.au | Comparative politics; institutionalism; multi-level governance; migration and refugee policy; qualitative methodologies |
| Dr Mark Hearn Title: Lecturer Phone: (02) 9850 8824 Email: mark.hearn@mq.edu.au | Australian history, particularly late nineteenth and early twentieth century Australia; biography; labour history |
| Dr Alison Holland Title: Senior Lecturer Phone: (02) 9850 8829 Email: alison.holland@mq.edu.au | Australian History with a particular interest in Aboriginal History; Comparative Indigenous Histories; Histories of Humanitarianism and Human Rights (from Australian perspective), Protest Movements and Feminist History. |
| Dr Glenn Kefford Title: Lecturer Phone: (02) 9850 8853 Email:glenn.kefford@mq.edu.au | Australian Politics and Policy; Comparative Politics; Political Parties; Elections; Campaigning; Political Leadership |
| Dr Sung-Young Kim Title: Lecturer Phone: (02) 9850 8871 Email:sungyoung.kim@mq.edu.au |
International Political Economy, Developmental States, Industry Policy, State Capacity, Government-Business Relations, High-Technology Development Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), Renewable Energy Technologies (RET), Energy Security, East Asian Politics, Multilateral Trade and Investment |
| Dr Ashley Lavelle Title: Lecturer Phone: (02) 9850 9660 Email: ashley.lavelle@mq.edu.au | |
| Professor Stephanie Lawson Title: Professor Phone: (02) 9850 8878 Email: stephanie.lawson@mq.edu.au | Postcolonial approaches to history and politics in the Pacific Islands; post colonialism in IR theory; indigenous nationalism in Fiji; theories of culture in politics with a particular focus on the tensions between anthropological and humanist approaches; the politics of past and present; time, politics and ethics; contextual methodology and normative theory |
| Dr Lavina Lee Title: Senior Lecturer Phone: (02) 9850 8872 Email: lavina.lee@mq.edu.au | The nuclear non-proliferation regime and nuclear disarmament, Indian foreign, security and nuclear policy, the role of culture and norms in international relations, legitimacy and US hegemony, international law on the use of force, international security |
| Professor Marion Maddox Title: Professor Phone: (02) 9850 7032 Email: marion.maddox@mq.edu.au | Religion and politics; religion and law; religion and citizenship; religious diversity; religious freedom; democracy, difference and inclusion; Durkheim |
| Associate Professor Clare Monagle Title: Associate Professor Phone: (02) 9850 7918 Email: clare.monagle@mq.edu.au | History of intellectuals in the Middle Ages and histories of the institutions that housed them |
| Associate Professor Aleksandar Pavkovic Title: Associate Professor Phone: (02) 9850 7043 Email: aleksandar.pavkovic@mq.edu.au | Nationalism; secessionism; creation of new states; supranational states and world government. Balkan state creation and dissolution; contemporary nationalist discourses in Russia and Serbia |
| Dr Keith Rathbone Title:Lecturer Phone: (02) 9850 8842 Email:keith.rathbone@mq.edu.au | Modern French history, modern German History, military history, medical history, and the history of sports and leisure |
| Professor Robert Reynolds Title: Professor Phone: (02) 9850 7861 Email: robert.reynolds@mq.edu.au | Post-World War 2 Australian History with a particular emphasis upon identity politics and sexuality |
| Associate Professor Shawn Ross Title: Associate Professor Phone: (02) 9850 7010 Email: shawn.ross@mq.edu.au | Big History, archaeological methods, digital archaeology, and the history and archaeology of pre-Classical Greece in its wider Balkan and Mediterranean context. |
| Dr Jonathan Symons Title: Lecturer Phone: (02) 9850 8864 Email: jonathan.symons@mq.edu.au | Politics and ethics of climate change, energy security and geo-engineering; theories of political and sociological legitimacy; processes of international norm change; human rights; and international relations theory |
| Dr Francesco Stolfi Title: Lecturer Email: francesco.stolfi@mq.edu.au | Political economy of liberalization; impact of European integration on the politics and policies of EU Member States; political budget cycles; political economy of banking; administrative reform under conditions of austerity; South European politics |
| Dr Ian Tregenza Title: Senior Lecturer Phone:(02) 9850 8808 Email:ian.tregenza@mq.edu.au | Political theory; religion and politics; theories of secularism; history of political thought, especially British and Australian, nineteenth and early twentieth century. |
| Associate Professor Steve Wood Title: Associate Professor Phone:(02) 9850 8659 Email: steve.wood@mq.edu.au | European integration; European foreign, security and neighbourhood policies; global energy politics; Germany; Russia; Turkey; prestige and other ideational influences in international relations |
Professional staff
| Name | Contact |
|---|---|
| Bettie Ha Title: Department Administrator | Location:Level 2, The Australian Hearing Hub Phone: (02) 9850 8879 Email: bettie.ha@mq.edu.au |
| Kelli-Lee Drake Title: Department Administrator | Location: Level 2, The Australian Hearing Hub |
Adjunct Professors, Visiting Fellows, Honorary Associates, Adjunct Teaching Staff
Research Fellows
| Name | Contact | |
|---|---|---|
| Kathe Boehringer Title:Honorary Fellow | Email:kathe.boehringer@mq.edu.au | |
| Associate Professor Harvey Broadbent, AM Title: Honorary Fellow | Email: harvey.broadbent@mq.edu.au | |
| Dr Christopher Cunneen Title: Honorary Fellow | Email: chris.cunneeen@mq.edu.au | |
| Gennaro Gervasio Title: Honorary Fellow | Email: gennaro.gervasio@mq.edu.au | |
| Rebecca Jennings Title: Honorary Fellow | Email: Rebecca.Jennings@mq.edu.au | |
| John Kilcullen Title: Senior Research Fellow | Email: jkilcull@homemail.com.au | |
| Dr Stephen Mutch Title: Honorary Fellow | ||
| Dr Erik Nielsen Title: Honorary Fellow | Email: erik.nielsen@pnc.com.au | |
| Dr Shirleene Robinson Title: Vice-Chancellor's Innovation Fellow | Email: shirleene.robinson@mq.edu.au | |
| Dr Zita Rohr Title: Honorary Fellow | Email: zita.rohr@mq.edu.au | |
| Dr Liam Weeks Title: Honorary Senior Research Fellow | Email:L.Weeks@ucc.ie |
Emeritus Professors
| Name | Contact | |
|---|---|---|
| Frank G. Clarke | Email: frank.clarke@mq.edu.au | |
| Murray Goot | Email: murray.goot@mq.edu.au | |
| Duncan B. Waterson |