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Personal profile
Research Biography
Peter Monteath was born in Brisbane and educated in Queensland and in Germany. He has taught previously at The University of Queensland, Griffith University, Deakin University, The University of Western Australia and The University of Adelaide. He has also been Adjunct Professor at The University of St. Louis Missouri and the Technical University of Berlin, where he was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow. At Flinders he teaches modern European history. His research interests span modern European and Australian history.
Research Interests
Peter Monteath's research interests are in modern European and Australian history. He has a particular interest in prisoners of war, internment, and the German presence in Australia. His most recent book publications are Red Professor: The Cold War Life of Fred Rose (with Valerie Munt, 2015, shortlisted for Prime Minister's History Prize 2016), Escape Artist: The Incredible Second World War of Johnny Peck (2017), Captured Lives: Australia's Wartime Internment Camps (2018) and Battle on 42nd Street: War in Crete and the Anzacs' Bloody Last Stand (2019).
Completed Supervisions
Principal Supervisions:
- Modern European history (2)
Associate Supervisions:
- Modern Australian history (3)
- Modern European history (2)
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Griffith University
MA, Universitat Siegen
BA (Hons) , University of Queensland
External positions
Fellow, Alexander von Humboldt Research Foundation
Supervision
- Registered
Research Areas
- History
Supervisory Interests
- History, modern Germany
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'Einheimsch': German (Mis)Understandings of Indigenous Australians
Fitzpatrick, M. & Monteath, P., 1 Sept 2024, An Indigenous South: German Writers on Colonial South Australia. Monteath, P. & Fitzpatrick, M. (eds.). South Australia: Wakefield Press, p. 1-20 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Escape Artist: The Incredible Second World War of Johnny Peck
Translated title of the contribution :La guerra di Johnny Peck: Tra battaglie ed evasioni, l'incredibile storia di un soldado asutraliano attraverso l'Africa, la Grecia e l'Italia tra il 1941 e il 1945 Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Four Years in a Red Coat: The Loveday Internment Camp Diary of Miyakatsu Koike
Koike, M., Cockerill, H. (Translator), Monteath, P. (Editor) & Nagata, Y. (Editor), 2022, Mile End, S.A.: Wakefield Press. 214 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Germans in Loveday
Monteath, P., 1 Dec 2022, In: Journal of Friends of Lutheran Archives. December 2022, 32, p. 5-18 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Introduction: Four Years in a Red Coat
Monteath, P. & Nagata, Y., 2022, Four Years in a Red Coat: The Loveday Internment Camp Diary of Miyakatsu Koike. Monteath, P. & Nagata, Y. (eds.). Mile End, S.A.: Wakefield Press, p. 1 - 11 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Projects
- 3 Finished
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Australian War Crimes Trials Oral History Project
Monteath, P. (Chief Investigator (Project Lead))
16/08/24 → 30/11/24
Project: Research
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Oral Histories of the Adelaide War Crimes Trials
Monteath, P. (Chief Investigator (Project Lead))
17/01/24 → 30/11/24
Project: Research
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Before Cook: Contact, Negotiation and the Archaeology of the Tiwi Islands
Wesley, D. (Chief Investigator (Project Lead)), van Duivenvoorde, W. (Chief Investigator), Wonu Veys, F. (Chief Investigator), Litster, M. (Chief Investigator), Monteath, P. (Chief Investigator), Popelka-Filcoff, R. (Chief Investigator (Project Lead)), Pollard, K. (Chief Investigator) & Nayati, W. (Chief Investigator)
2/11/20 → 31/12/24
Project: Research