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Biography
Associate Professor Roger Markwick joined The University of Newcastle in 2001, lecturing in modern European history, specialising in modern Russian and Soviet history. He is Head of the School of Humanities and Social Science. He was awarded his PhD in 1995 by the University of Sydney, where he was a Postdoctoral Fellow and Senior Research Associate. He is the author of Rewriting History in Soviet Russia: The Politics of Revisionist Historiography 1956-74 (Palgrave Macmillan 2001), which won The Alexander Nove Prize in Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies in 2001. He is co-author, with Graeme Gill, of Russia’s Stillborn Democracy? From Gorbachev to Yeltsin (Oxford University Press, 2000). More recently, he has co-authored, with Euridice Charon Cardona, Soviet Women on the Frontline in the Second World War (Palgrave Macmillan 2012). He is currently undertaking an Australian Research Council supported project on ‘Women, Stalinism, and the Soviet Home Front, 1941-45’, in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Beate Fieseler, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf. Roger Markwick has additional research and teaching interests in the nature of fascism; the Jewish Holocaust; Israel and the Middle East; colonial settler states; intellectuals, historiography and the politics of knowledge.
Qualifications
- PhD, University of Sydney, 27/10/1995
- Master of Arts, University of Melbourne
- Bachelor of Arts, Australian National University
- Diploma in Education, University of Melbourne
Research
Research keywords
- Russian and Soviet history
- fascism
- historiography
- women and war
Research expertise
Focus Area: History
Languages
- Russian
Fields of Research
| Code | Description | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 210399 | Historical Studies Not Elsewhere Classified | 70 |
| 219999 | History And Archaeology Not Elsewhere Classified | 15 |
| 160699 | Political Science Not Elsewhere Classified | 15 |
Memberships
Body relevant to professional practice.
- Member - Australasian Association of European Historians
Appointments
| IntReader (expert reader of high international standing) Australian Research Council (Australia) | 01/01/2006 |
Awards
Research Award.
| 2003 | Alexander Nove Prize for Russian and East European Studies for 2001 British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies (United Kingdom) International prize awarded annnualy for outstanding research in Russian and East European Studies |
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Invitations
| 'We will never get to the front': Soviet Women under Arms in the Great Fatherland War, 1941-45 University of Duesseldorf, Germany (Invited Presenter) | 2011 |
Teaching
Teaching keywords
- Israel
- Russian and Soviet history
- fascism
- historiography
- modern European history
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- Indicates that the researcher may be seeking students for this project.ERF Teaching Relief - Spencer$24,122
I was a horse and a man: Women, Stalinism and the Soviet Home Front, 1941-45
$368,500
DVCR Special Grant 2011$20,000
Violence, Gender and NGO Initiatives in Indonesia and Sri Lanka$10,000
Cultures of Violence and Conflict Conference, Brisbane, 23-27 July 2009$575
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Marriott Hotel, Philadelphia, USA, 20/11/2008 - 23/11/2008$2,500
Women, War and Totalitarianism : The Soviet and Nazi Experiences Compared$19,727
Oxford Handbook of Fascism, Reading University UK, 26-27 January 2007$1,667
Re-calling the Past: Collective and Individual memory of World War II in Russia and Germany, Tampere University, Finland, 1-2 December 2006$1,421
Women, War and the Stalinist State, 1941-45$100,000
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies 36th National Convention, 4-7 December 2004, USA$2,230
Soviet state and society in the Great Patriotic War, 1941-45$50,000
Soviet Women at War, 1941-45$7,000
Conflict and Culture: War and Terror in the Modern Age, from 29 September 2002 to 1 October 2002$3,000
Australasian Association for European History XIIIth Biennial Conference, New Zealand 9-12 July 2001$698
Grants and Funding
Summary
| Number of grants | 15 |
|---|---|
| Total funding | $611,440 |
For project grants received where the lead institution is other than the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics.
Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.
2013 (1 grants)
ERF Teaching Relief - Spencer$24,122
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Elizabeth Spencer, Associate Professor Roger Markwick | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Equity Research Fellowship | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $24,122 | 2013 | 2013 |
| GNo:G1201021 | ||
2011 (3 grants)
I was a horse and a man: Women, Stalinism and the Soviet Home Front, 1941-45
$368,500
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Roger Markwick, Professor Beate Fieseler | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Discovery Projects | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $368,500 | 2011 | 2014 |
| GNo:G1000049 | ||
DVCR Special Grant 2011$20,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Roger Markwick | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Special Project Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $20,000 | 2011 | 2011 |
| GNo:G1101114 | ||
Violence, Gender and NGO Initiatives in Indonesia and Sri Lanka$10,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Pamela Nilan, Associate Professor Roger Markwick | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Pilot Research Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $10,000 | 2011 | 2011 |
| GNo:G1101068 | ||
2009 (1 grants)
Cultures of Violence and Conflict Conference, Brisbane, 23-27 July 2009$575
Funding Body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Roger Markwick | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $575 | 2009 | 2009 |
| GNo:G0190460 | ||
2008 (1 grants)
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Marriott Hotel, Philadelphia, USA, 20/11/2008 - 23/11/2008$2,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Roger Markwick | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $2,500 | 2008 | 2008 |
| GNo:G0189315 | ||
2007 (2 grants)
Women, War and Totalitarianism : The Soviet and Nazi Experiences Compared$19,727
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Roger Markwick | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Near Miss Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $19,727 | 2007 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0187172 | ||
Oxford Handbook of Fascism, Reading University UK, 26-27 January 2007$1,667
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Roger Markwick | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $1,667 | 2007 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0186896 | ||
2006 (1 grants)
Re-calling the Past: Collective and Individual memory of World War II in Russia and Germany, Tampere University, Finland, 1-2 December 2006$1,421
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Roger Markwick | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $1,421 | 2006 | 2006 |
| GNo:G0186895 | ||
2004 (2 grants)
Women, War and the Stalinist State, 1941-45$100,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Roger Markwick | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Discovery Projects | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $100,000 | 2004 | 2006 |
| GNo:G0182844 | ||
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies 36th National Convention, 4-7 December 2004, USA$2,230
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Roger Markwick | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $2,230 | 2004 | 2004 |
| GNo:G0184513 | ||
2002 (1 grants)
Soviet state and society in the Great Patriotic War, 1941-45$50,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Roger Markwick | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Discovery Projects | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $50,000 | 2002 | 2002 |
| GNo:G0181094 | ||
2001 (3 grants)
Soviet Women at War, 1941-45$7,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Roger Markwick | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| New Staff Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $7,000 | 2001 | 2001 |
| GNo:G0181630 | ||
Conflict and Culture: War and Terror in the Modern Age, from 29 September 2002 to 1 October 2002$3,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Roger Markwick | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Conference Establishment Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $3,000 | 2001 | 2001 |
| GNo:G0181672 | ||
Australasian Association for European History XIIIth Biennial Conference, New Zealand 9-12 July 2001$698
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Roger Markwick | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $698 | 2001 | 2001 |
| GNo:G0180937 | ||
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Research Supervision
| Number of current supervisions | 5 |
|---|---|
| Total current UoN PhD EFTSL | 1.55 |
For supervisions undertaken at an institution other that the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics, and the institution name is listed below the program name.
Current Supervision
| Commenced | Proposed Completion | Program | Supervisor Type | Research Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2017 | PhD (History) | Co-Supervisor | Australian Urban Squatters of the 1970's: Establishing and Living a Radical Lifestyle in Suburban Sydney. |
| 2011 | 2015 | PhD (History) | Principal Supervisor | Sir John Grieg Latham: A Political Biography |
| 2011 | 2015 | PhD (English) | Co-Supervisor | Narrative, Trauma, Guilt and the Construction of "Self" in Post-World War Two German Soldiers War Memoirs |
| 2008 | 2016 | PhD (History) | Principal Supervisor | The Activist Life of Pauli Murray (1910 - 1985) |
| 2007 | 2014 | PhD (Classics) | Principal Supervisor | The Portrayal of Children in Domestic Pempeii and other sites in the Ager Pompeianus |
Past Supervision
| Year | Program | Supervisor Type | Research Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | PhD (History) | Co-Supervisor | Pioneer Women and Social Memory: Shifting Energies, Changing Tensions |
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Associate Professor Roger Markwick
| Work Phone | (02) 4921 5172 |
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| Fax | (02) 4921 6933 |
| Roger.Markwick@newcastle.edu.au | |
| Position | Head of School School of Humanities and Social Science Faculty of Education and Arts |
| Focus Area | History |
| Office | MC127, McMullin, Callaghan University Drive Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia |
| URL: | www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/roger-markwick |
