A/Prof. Philip Dwyer

Biography

Philip Dwyer has been a lecturer in European History at the University of Newcastle since 1994. He studied in Perth, Paris and Berlin before receiving his doctorate from the University of Western Australia. His primary research interest is eighteenth-century Europe with a particular emphasis on the Napoleonic Empire. His biography of Napoleon won the National Biography Award in 2008. He is currently working on the sequel as well as a number of related projects that include the war memoir, and the massacre in history. Philip currently heads the Violence and Social Order research program in the Humanities Research Institute.

Qualifications

• PhD, University of Western Australia
• Diplome d'Etudes Approprondies, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
• Maitrise, Universite de la Sorbonne
• Licence (B.A. Honours equivalent), Universite de la Sorbonne
• Bachelor of Arts, Murdoch University

Research

Research keywords

• Eighteenth-Century Europe
• International Relations
• The French Revolution and Napoleon
• The Massacre in History
• War Memoirs
• War and Society

Research expertise

My research focus is on late eighteenth and early nineteenth century French and European history, with a particular interest in the history of European state-relations, political history as well as biography, and iconography. My current research has taken me into cultural history, war, memory and identity during the Napoleonic Wars. I am attempting to develop new ways of thinking about Napoleon and the period in which he lived. I am currently completing the second volume of my Napoleonic biography as well as writing about war memoirs.

Collaboration

My research focus is on late eighteenth and early nineteenth century French and European history, with a particular interest in the history of European state-relations, political history as well as biography, and iconography. My current research has taken me into cultural history, war, memory and identity during the Napoleonic Wars. I am attempting to develop new ways of thinking about Napoleon and the period in which he lived. I am currently completing the second volume of my Napoleonic biography. Two related fields of research are the war memoir and veteran culture, and the history of the massacre.

Fields of Research

Centres and Groups

Centre

• Humanities Research Institute

Memberships

Body relevant to professional practice.

• Advisory Member - Council of the Institute on Napoleon and the French Revolution, Florida State University,

Awards

Distinction.

Recognition.

Research Award.

Teaching

Teaching keywords

• Biography
• Europe and the World
• Film and History
• Modern European History
• The European Union
• The French Revolution and Napoleon

Courses

• HIST1080 - Europe and the World
• HIST3670 - The French Revolution and Napoleon
• HIST3030 - History, War, and Film
• HIST3730 - The European Union