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1984 …2022

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Biography

Professor Scates is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. His publications include Return to Gallipoli, A New Australia, the Cambridge History of the Shrine of Remembrance and Women and the Great War (co authored with Raelene Frances). The last of these won the NSW Premier’s History Award. He is the lead author of Anzac Journeys (also published by Cambridge University Press and short listed in the Ernest Scott Prize) and a contributor to the Cambridge History of the First World War.  His novel, On Dangerous Ground, (retracing CEW Bean’s steps across Gallipoli) received special commendation in the Christina Stead Awards and was listed on Australia’s first national curriculum for literature. Other titles include One Hundred Stories: A History of the First World War (with Bec Wheatley and Laura James) and The Last Battle: A History of Soldier Settlement in Australia (with Melanie Oppenheimer).

Working with Dr Susan Carland, he's produced a film, Australian Journey, and played a major role in the ABC series The War that Changed Us. A historical consultant to the new interpretive centre at the Australian National Memorial at Villers Bretonneux, he advised the National Museum of Australia, National Archives and the National Anzac Centre on gallery content. His submissions to government agencies led to the digitisation of repatriation records, opening up a vast archive to a global community. His appointments include Chair of the Military History and Heritage Committee, Anzac Centenary Advisory Board (2011-2013), historian advising the National Committee investigating the missing of Fromelles (2008-9) and Research Committee member of the Historial de la Grande Guerre. In 2015, his work featured in l’Histoire and he was awarded a Mevlana Fellowship. The recipient/ co-recipient of University, State and National Awards for Teaching Excellence, he is a frequent contributor to public forums. His article ‘A Monument to Murder’ critiquing ‘settler’ commemoration was profiled in the First Report of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation.

Qualifications

BA (hons) First Class [Mon]; Dip. Ed. [Melb]; Ph.D [Mon]

Research Interests

War commemoration; the memory of conflict; history of Anzac Day; labour history; environmental history; the history of mourning and bereavement; the politics of memorialisation; the history of protest, Indigenous history; gender history; digital history.

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