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)

41 - 60 of 89 works

2009

Book Chapter

25 April 1915 australian troops land at gallipoli: Trial, trauma and the 'birth of the nation'

Crotty, Martin A. (2009). 25 April 1915 australian troops land at gallipoli: Trial, trauma and the 'birth of the nation'. Turning points in Australian history. (pp. 100-114) edited by Martin A. Crotty and David Andrew Roberts. Sydney, NSW, Australia: University of New South Wales Press.

25 April 1915 australian troops land at gallipoli: Trial, trauma and the 'birth of the nation'

2009

Book Chapter

Scouts down under: Scouting, militarism and "manliness" in Australia, 1908-1920

Crotty, Martin (2009). Scouts down under: Scouting, militarism and "manliness" in Australia, 1908-1920. Scouting frontiers: Youth and the Scout movement's first century. (pp. 74-88) edited by Nelson R. Block and Tammy M. Proctor. Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Scouts down under: Scouting, militarism and "manliness" in Australia, 1908-1920

2009

Journal Article

Teaching anzac: Fraught territory, teachable moments and professional responsibility

Crotty, Martin (2009). Teaching anzac: Fraught territory, teachable moments and professional responsibility. Agora, 44 (2), 13-17.

Teaching anzac: Fraught territory, teachable moments and professional responsibility

2008

Journal Article

Australia's history under Howard, 1996-2007

Bonnell, Andrew and Crotty, Martin (2008). Australia's history under Howard, 1996-2007. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 617 (1), 149-165. doi: 10.1177/0002716207310818

Australia's history under Howard, 1996-2007

2008

Journal Article

The RSL: A Rejoinder

Gregson, Sarah and Crotty, Martin (2008). The RSL: A Rejoinder. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 54 (1), 132-134. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8497.2008.00489.x

The RSL: A Rejoinder

2008

Conference Publication

The Rise, Fall and Rise of the RSL, 1916-1946

Crotty, Martin (2008). The Rise, Fall and Rise of the RSL, 1916-1946. When the Soldiers Return, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 28-30 November 2007. Brisbane, Australia: University of Queensland, School of History, Philosophy Religion and Classics.

The Rise, Fall and Rise of the RSL, 1916-1946

2008

Book Chapter

Introduction

Crotty, Martin A. and David Andrew Roberts (2008). Introduction. Turning points in Australian history. (pp. 1-17) edited by Crotty, Martin A. and David Andrew Roberts. Sydney NSW, Australia: University of New South Wales Press Ltd.

Introduction

2008

Journal Article

Editors' note

Crotty, Martin and Harper, Melissa (2008). Editors' note. Journal of Australian Studies, 32 (1) doi: 10.1080/14443050801993776

Editors' note

2008

Edited Outputs

When the Soldiers Return: November 2007 Conference Proceedings

Martin Crotty ed. (2008). When the Soldiers Return: November 2007 Conference Proceedings. When the Soldiers Return, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 28-30 November 2007. St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics, The University of Queensland.

When the Soldiers Return: November 2007 Conference Proceedings

2008

Book Chapter

Constructing whiteness in the Australian adventure story, 1875-1920

Crotty, Martin A. (2008). Constructing whiteness in the Australian adventure story, 1875-1920. Transnational whiteness matters. (pp. 133-146) edited by Moreton-Robinson, Aileen, Casey, Maryrose and Nicoll, Fiona. Lanham, U.S.: Lexington Books.

Constructing whiteness in the Australian adventure story, 1875-1920

2007

Journal Article

Anzac Day Day, Brisbane, Australia: Triumphalism, Mourning Politics in Interwar Commemoration

Crotty, M. A. and Melrose, C. (2007). Anzac Day Day, Brisbane, Australia: Triumphalism, Mourning Politics in Interwar Commemoration. The Round Table, 96 (393), 679-692. doi: 10.1080/00358530701634267

Anzac Day Day, Brisbane, Australia: Triumphalism, Mourning Politics in Interwar Commemoration

2007

Journal Article

The Anzac citizen: Towards a history of the RSL

Crotty, Martin (2007). The Anzac citizen: Towards a history of the RSL. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 53 (2), 183-193. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8497.2007.00453.x

The Anzac citizen: Towards a history of the RSL

2007

Other Outputs

Australian Masculinities

Moore, C. R. and Crotty, M. A. (2007). Australian Masculinities.

Australian Masculinities

2007

Book Chapter

Masculinity, Civics and War: From the Public Schools to the RSL

Crotty, M. A. (2007). Masculinity, Civics and War: From the Public Schools to the RSL. Intersections: Gender, Race and Ethnicity in Australasian Studies. (pp. 37-54) edited by Allen, M. and Dhawan. R. K.. Janakpuri, New Delhi: Prestige Books.

Masculinity, Civics and War: From the Public Schools to the RSL

2007

Journal Article

Review of the Return to Gallipoli: Walking the battlefields of the great war

Crotty, M. (2007). Review of the Return to Gallipoli: Walking the battlefields of the great war. Australian Journal of Politics And History, 53 (1), 152-153.

Review of the Return to Gallipoli: Walking the battlefields of the great war

2007

Edited Outputs

Australian Journal of Politics and History

Australian Journal of Politics and History. (2007). 53 (2. Special Issue: Australian Citizenship and the Two World Wars)

Australian Journal of Politics and History

2007

Conference Publication

Constructing Whiteness in the Australian Adventure Story, 1875-1920

Crotty, Martin (2007). Constructing Whiteness in the Australian Adventure Story, 1875-1920. Historicising Whiteness Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 22-24 November, 2006. Melbourne: RMIT Publishing.

Constructing Whiteness in the Australian Adventure Story, 1875-1920

2006

Journal Article

History as service teaching : Possibilities and pitfalls

Crotty, Martin and Eklund, Erik (2006). History as service teaching : Possibilities and pitfalls. History Australia, 3 (2), 47.1-47.10. doi: 10.2104/ha060047

History as service teaching : Possibilities and pitfalls

2006

Other Outputs

History's tough lessons still have relevance today

Crotty, Martin (2006, 11 20). History's tough lessons still have relevance today The Courier Mail 17-17.

History's tough lessons still have relevance today

2006

Journal Article

Book review: Changing Ways of Death in Twentieth-Century Australia: War, Medicine and the Funeral Business. By Pat Jalland (Sydney: UNSW Press, 2006)

Crotty, Martin (2006). Book review: Changing Ways of Death in Twentieth-Century Australia: War, Medicine and the Funeral Business. By Pat Jalland (Sydney: UNSW Press, 2006). Australian Journal of Politics And History, 52 (3), 497-498. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8497.2006.00431.x

Book review: Changing Ways of Death in Twentieth-Century Australia: War, Medicine and the Funeral Business. By Pat Jalland (Sydney: UNSW Press, 2006)

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:
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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • 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

    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

    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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