Sydney Writers Festival presents Philip Dwyer
Philip Dwyer Sydney festival shot
Professor Philip Dwyer of the School of Humanities and Social Science features in this year's edition of the Sydney Writers Festival as part of "Napoleon: Intrigues of an Emperor." Professor Dwyer will be joined by Ann Whitehead and Tom Kenneally. They will discuss the secret intrigues of one of history’s greatest public figures – and explode a few myths along the way. They speak with ABC RN’s Phillip Adams.
Professor Philip Dwyer is the founding Director of the Centre for the History of Violence . His primary research interest is eighteenth-century Europe with particular emphasis on the Napoleonic Empire. He is the editor of Napoleon and Europe and Theatres of Violence: Massacre, Mass Killing and Atrocity throughout History. His book, Napoleon: The Path to Power, won the Australian National Biography Award in 2008. More recently, Citizen Emperor: Napoleon in Power was shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards. He is currently engaged in a comparative study of colonisation and violence, 1780-1820, and is completing the third volume of his Napoleon biography.
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