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Bruce Scates

Bruce Scates is professor of History and Australian Studies at Monash University and Director of the National Centre for Australian Studies. His books include Return to Gallipoli (2006), A New Australia (1997), The Cambridge History of the Shrine of Remembrance (2009) and Women and the Great War (co authored with Raelene Frances) which won the NSW Premier’s History Award. He is the lead author of Anzac Journeys (short listed in the Ernest Scott Prize 2014), World War One: A History in 100 Stories (2015) and The Last Battle: A History of Soldier Settlement in Australia (2016). He is currently leading an international team investigating the history of Anzac Day. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and chaired the Military and Cultural History panel advising the Australian Anzac Centenary Board.

 

Bruce Scates

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  • Beyond Gallipoli

    Raelene Frances and Bruce Scates

Events

  • Politics in the Pub: Asbestos Nation with James Watson

    Verity Lane Market 50 Northbourne Ave, Canberra, ACT

    A ‘magic mineral’ impervious to fire, Australia was the highest per capita consumer of asbestos in the world, using it to create flat sheeting, pipes, brake linings, insulation, and other...

  • Sydney Book Launch: Space XX

    Gleebooks 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, New South Wales

    Elise Stephenson in conversation with Doone Roisin As countries and powerful companies compete in a new space race, humanity’s future is being decided right now – and women are being...

  • Book Launch: Our ABC (Sold Out)

    National Archives of Australia Kings Ave, Parkes, ACT

    What can ABC archives tell us about the Australians who listened, watched and wrote to their national broadcaster? Join us to celebrate the launch of Our ABC: The Australian Broadcasting...

  • Book Launch: Space XX by Elise Stephenson

    Readings Hawthorn Woi Wurrung Country, 701 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn, VIC, Australia

    We are delighted to host the launch of Dr Elise Stephenson's Space XX: Gender, Power and the New Space Race. The Hidden Figures of the modern space industry: inside the fight...