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Centre for 21st Century Humanities and Centre for History of Violence member and historian Dr Kate Ariotti has published a co-authored journal article with Dr Aaron Pegram of the Australian War Memorial, titled Australian POWs of the First World War: responding to the challenges of captivity and return in the History Australia journal.

This is an exciting opportunity for an outstanding postdoctoral researcher to join The University of Newcastle's Global Innovation Chair in the Centre for the History of Violence, Prof. Joanna Bourke, at Birkbeck University of London, on a new project on ‘Sexual Violence, Medicine, and Psychiatry’.

Tuesday 9 October at 6pm historians Caroline Schneider and Dr Hans Lukas Kieser will present an expansion of the research contained within the Long Shadows exhibition concerning the Yazidi and the modern Middle East.

6PM Tuesday 18 September Floor Talk - Dr. Kate Ariotti: ANZAC POWS AND ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

Practitioner academics from the University of Newcastle have been awarded $582,361 by the Australian Government, Department of Social Services (DSS) to deliver an innovative, cross-sector initiative addressing the issue of interpersonal violence in the lives of young people (10 to 17 years of age).

Political historian, Dr. Adrian Hänni, from the University of Zurich and Distance Learning University Switzerland, will take up a visiting fellow position with the Centre for the History of Violence from July through September.

Director of the Centre for the History of Violence and member of the Centre for 21st Century Humanities, Professor Philip Dwyer has published a third and final book in his series looking at the life, death and legacy of French military leader, Napoleon Bonaparte.

Applications for a three-year, fully funded post-doc (Research Fellowship) are currently open at Birkbeck, University of London. The successful candidate will work with Professor Joanna Bourke on a Wellcome Trust-funded project entitled "Sexual Violence, Medicine, and Psychiatry".

New book tells the untold story of Australian POWs in Turkey.

A fascinating new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) has just been launched which looks at the history of violence.

International scholar, Professor Michael Roper, from the University of Essex, will take up a visiting fellow position with the Centre for the History of Violence in September.