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Research Biography
Professor Fitzpatrick is a prize winning historian who specialises in international history, in particular German and European history, as well as the history of European imperialism, German liberalism and nationalism. He is also interested in Pacific history, the comparative history of empires, and intellectual history. His most recent monographs are A Pacific Power: Liberal Imperialism in German Samoa (OUP 2025) and The Kaiser and the Colonies: Monarchy in the Age of Empire (OUP 2022).
Research Interests
My research focuses on comparative imperialism, German history, culture and politics, European history, Pacific history, genocide studies, and the history of ideas.
Supervision
- Registered
Research Areas
- History
Supervisory Interests
- European history
- Imperialism
- History, genocide and ethnic cleansing
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Agonistic Truth-Telling: Circumventing the Strategic Deafness of a Nation
Fitzpatrick, M. P., 2026, Barriers to Truth and Justice in Settler-Colonial Australia: Why Won’t Settlers Listen?. Tout, D., Gavin, E.-J. & Hurst, J. (eds.). Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature, p. 25-51 27 p. (Indigenous-Settler Relations in Australia and the World; vol. 11).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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A Farewell to the Thucydides Trap: The ‘Anglo-German Antagonism’ as History and International Relations Paradigm
Fitzpatrick, M. P., Jun 2025, In: German History. 43, 2, p. 161-180 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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After ‘Anglobalisation’: Anglo-German Relations in Australasia
Fitzpatrick, M. P., Nov 2025, In: Australian Historical Studies. 56, 4, p. 575-586 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
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A Pacific Power: Liberal Imperialism in German Samoa
Fitzpatrick, M. P., 2025, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. 285 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Globalization or Empire? Revolution, the State, and the Geopolitics of Chinese Debt, 1895-1914
Fitzpatrick, M. P., 1 Sept 2025, In: Enterprise and Society. 26, 3, p. 769-795 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Citations (Scopus)52 Downloads (Pure)
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DP25: Pacific Powers: Imperial Competition and Cooperation in Micronesia
Fitzpatrick, M. (Chief Investigator (Project Lead)), Flowers, P. (Chief Investigator), Akami, T. (Chief Investigator), Flannery, K. (Chief Investigator) & Doulatram, D. (Chief Investigator)
1/03/25 → 28/02/29
Project: Research
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Monarchy, Democracy and Empire: German Imperial Policy before 1914
Fitzpatrick, M. (Chief Investigator)
1/01/18 → 31/12/22
Project: Research