Associate Professor Martin Crotty
Associate Professor

Martin Crotty

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Background

Associate Professor Martin Crotty’s research interests include war and Australian society, sports history, masculinity, and education.

Associate Professor Martin Crotty studied in New Zealand before moving to Australia to undertake postgraduate studies at Monash University and the University of Melbourne. After four years of teaching History at the University of Newcastle in NSW, he took up his current position teaching History at the University of Queensland in early 2003. He has since served as the Deputy Dean of the Graduate School and as the Head of School for the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry from mid-2013 to mid-2017.

Martin's major publications include Making the Australian Male: Middle-Class Masculinity, 1870-1920 (1901) and a variety of journal articles, book chapters and edited collections, including The Great Mistakes of Australian History (2006), Turning Points in Australian History (2008) and Anzac Legacies: Australians and the Aftermath of war (2010). He has supervised widely, and has seen some fifteen M.Phil and PhD students through to completion.

Martin has served on the executive of teh Australian Historical Association for the last six years and convened the 2014 AHA conference at the University of Queensland in 2014.

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Fields of research

Historical studies

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours), University of Canterbury
  • Masters (Coursework), Monash University
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne

Search Professor Martin Crotty’s works on UQ eSpace

89 works between 2001 and 2024
All (89) Journal Article (57) Book Chapter (17) Conference Publication (2) Book (6) Other Outputs (5) Edited Outputs (2)

21 - 40 of 89 works

2014

Journal Article

Introduction: sport, war and society in Australia and New Zealand

Crotty, Martin and Hess, Rob (2014). Introduction: sport, war and society in Australia and New Zealand. The International Journal of the History of Sport, 31 (18), 2295-2296. doi: 10.1080/09523367.2014.990290

Introduction: sport, war and society in Australia and New Zealand

2014

Journal Article

The minefield of Australian military history

Crotty, Martin and Stockings, Craig (2014). The minefield of Australian military history. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 60 (4), 580-591. doi: 10.1111/ajph.12077

The minefield of Australian military history

2014

Journal Article

The role of sport for Australian POWs of the Turks during the First World War

Ariotti, Kate and Crotty, Martin (2014). The role of sport for Australian POWs of the Turks during the First World War. International Journal of the History of Sport, 31 (18), 2362-2374. doi: 10.1080/09523367.2014.915519

The role of sport for Australian POWs of the Turks during the First World War

2013

Journal Article

Our schools and the war

Crotty, Martin (2013). Our schools and the war. Australian Historical Studies, 44 (2), 318-319. doi: 10.1080/1031461X.2013.793248

Our schools and the war

2013

Journal Article

Total war and entitlement: towards a global history of veteran privilege

Crotty, Martin and Edele, Mark (2013). Total war and entitlement: towards a global history of veteran privilege. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 59 (1), 15-32. doi: 10.1111/ajph.12001

Total war and entitlement: towards a global history of veteran privilege

2013

Journal Article

Sport, popular culture, and the future: some commentary

Crotty, Martin (2013). Sport, popular culture, and the future: some commentary. Journal of Sport History, 40 (1), 57-67.

Sport, popular culture, and the future: some commentary

2012

Journal Article

The information battlefield: representing Australians at war edited by Kevin Foster

Crotty, Martin (2012). The information battlefield: representing Australians at war edited by Kevin Foster. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 58 (3), 463-464. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8497.2012.01647.x

The information battlefield: representing Australians at war edited by Kevin Foster

2012

Journal Article

Anzac Day at home and abroad: towards a history of Australia’s National Day

Scates, Bruce, Frances, Rae, Reeves, Keir, Crotty, Martin, Knapman, Gareth, Seal, Graham, Becker, Annette, Reeves, Andrew, Soutphommasane, Tim, Blackburn, Kevin, Clarke, Stephen J, Stanley, Peter, Hoskins, Andrew, Winter, Jay, Bridge, Carl, James, Laura, Wheatley, Rebecca, Riches, Leah, McCosker, Alexandra and Sleight, Simon (2012). Anzac Day at home and abroad: towards a history of Australia’s National Day. History Compass, 10 (7), 523-536. doi: 10.1111/j.1478-0542.2012.00862.x

Anzac Day at home and abroad: towards a history of Australia’s National Day

2012

Journal Article

The one day of the year and all that: Anzac between history and memory

Crotty, Martin and Spittel, Christina (2012). The one day of the year and all that: Anzac between history and memory. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 58 (1), 123-131. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8497.2012.01628.x

The one day of the year and all that: Anzac between history and memory

2012

Book Chapter

Melbourne in microcosm

Crotty, Martin (2012). Melbourne in microcosm. Written into history: celebrating fifty years of the Melbourne Historical Journal, 1961-2011. (pp. 313-315) edited by Keir Wotherspoon and Erik Ropers. Melbourne, Australia: University of Melbourne, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies.

Melbourne in microcosm

2012

Journal Article

Anzac and Empire: George Foster Pearce and the Foundations of Australian Defence

Crotty, Martin (2012). Anzac and Empire: George Foster Pearce and the Foundations of Australian Defence. Journal of Australian Studies, 36 (4), 517-518. doi: 10.1080/14443058.2012.729346

Anzac and Empire: George Foster Pearce and the Foundations of Australian Defence

2011

Journal Article

War stories in Australia

Crotty, Martin (2011). War stories in Australia. Australian Historical Studies, 42 (1), 148-154. doi: 10.1080/1031461X.2011.543059

War stories in Australia

2010

Journal Article

Bardia: Myth, Reality and the Heirs of Anzac

Crotty, Martin (2010). Bardia: Myth, Reality and the Heirs of Anzac. Journal of Australian Studies, 34 (3), 400-401. doi: 10.1080/14443058.2010.498335

Bardia: Myth, Reality and the Heirs of Anzac

2010

Book Chapter

Queenslanders who fought in the Great War

Crotty, Martin (2010). Queenslanders who fought in the Great War. Found in Fryer: Stories from the Fryer Library Collection. (pp. 82-83) edited by Roslyn Follett. Brisbane: University of Queensland Library.

Queenslanders who fought in the Great War

2010

Book Chapter

Introduction: The many faces of return

Crotty, Martin and Larson, Marina (2010). Introduction: The many faces of return. Anzac Legacies: Australians and the Aftermath of War. (pp. 1-16) edited by Martin Crotty and Marina Larson. North Melbourne, Vic., Australia: Australian Scholarly Publishing.

Introduction: The many faces of return

2010

Book

Anzac Legacies: Australians and the Aftermath of War

Martin Crotty and Marina Larsson eds. (2010). Anzac Legacies: Australians and the Aftermath of War. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Scholarly Publishing.

Anzac Legacies: Australians and the Aftermath of War

2010

Journal Article

Men of Mont St Quentin: Between Victory and Death

Crotty, M (2010). Men of Mont St Quentin: Between Victory and Death. Journal of Australian Studies, 34 (2), 246-247.

Men of Mont St Quentin: Between Victory and Death

2010

Book Chapter

The returned sailors' and soldiers' imperial league of Australia, 1916-1946

Crotty, Martin (2010). The returned sailors' and soldiers' imperial league of Australia, 1916-1946. Anzac legacies: Australians and the aftermath of war. (pp. 166-186) edited by Martin Crotty and Marina Larson. North Melbourne, Vic., Australia: Australian Scholarly Publishing.

The returned sailors' and soldiers' imperial league of Australia, 1916-1946

2009

Book

Turning points in australian history

Crotty, Martin and Roberts, David Andrew eds. (2009). Turning points in australian history. Sydney, Australia: University of New South Wales Press.

Turning points in australian history

2009

Journal Article

The Other Anzacs: Nurses at War 1914-1918

Crotty, M (2009). The Other Anzacs: Nurses at War 1914-1918. JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIAN STUDIES, 33 (1), 111-112.

The Other Anzacs: Nurses at War 1914-1918

Past funding

  • 2020 - 2021
    The death penalty and the 1st Australian Imperial Force
    Army History Research Grants
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2015
    Anzac Day at home and abroad: a centenary history of Australia's national day (ARC Linkage Project administered by Monash University)
    Monash University
    Open grant
  • 2005 - 2007
    Eternal Vigilance: A History of the Returned Serices League of Australia
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2004
    True Patriots: A History of the RSL
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant

Availability

Associate Professor Martin Crotty is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Boys into Soldiers?: The Politics and Practicalities of Secondary School Cadet Training in Australia and New Zealand, 1939¿1945

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Kate Ariotti

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Forgotten Women: Australian War Widows and Spinsters in the Aftermath of World War I, 1919-1939

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Kate Ariotti

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Australian Army Nurses and war-related trauma in WW1

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Lisa Featherstone

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Far from home: war cemeteries and the afterlife of reconciliation

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Sandra Kaji-O'Grady, Dr Nicole Sully

Completed supervision

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  • Australia - history
  • Australian history
  • History - Australian
  • War and Australian society

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