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)

61 - 80 of 89 works

2006

Journal Article

Review of Jacqueline Templeton, From the Mountains to the Bush: Italian migrants write home from Australia, 1860-1962

Crotty, Martin (2006). Review of Jacqueline Templeton, From the Mountains to the Bush: Italian migrants write home from Australia, 1860-1962. API Review of Books (44)

Review of Jacqueline Templeton, From the Mountains to the Bush: Italian migrants write home from Australia, 1860-1962

2006

Journal Article

Review of Anne Blair, Ruxton: A Biography

Crotty, Martin A. (2006). Review of Anne Blair, Ruxton: A Biography. API Review of Books (44)

Review of Anne Blair, Ruxton: A Biography

2006

Journal Article

(Book Review) Reconsidering Gallipoli

Crotty, Martin (2006). (Book Review) Reconsidering Gallipoli. Australian Journal Of Politics And History, 52 (1), 139-140. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8497.2006.00412a.x

(Book Review) Reconsidering Gallipoli

2006

Journal Article

(Book Review) The Gates of Memory: Australian People’s Experiences and Memories of Loss and the Great War

Crotty, Martin (2006). (Book Review) The Gates of Memory: Australian People’s Experiences and Memories of Loss and the Great War. Australian Journal Of Politics And History, 52 (1), 137-139. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8497.2006.00412a.x

(Book Review) The Gates of Memory: Australian People’s Experiences and Memories of Loss and the Great War

2006

Journal Article

Anzac, the cynics, the sacred and the secular

Crotty, Martin and Barrett, Craig (2006). Anzac, the cynics, the sacred and the secular. History Teacher, 43 (3), 21-28.

Anzac, the cynics, the sacred and the secular

2006

Journal Article

Truths devalued by myth-makers

Barrett, C. A. and Crotty, M A (2006). Truths devalued by myth-makers. The Australian, 1 (1), 1-4.

Truths devalued by myth-makers

2006

Journal Article

Performing military manhood: The wartime Head of the River Races in Melbourne, 1915-1918

Crotty, Martin (2006). Performing military manhood: The wartime Head of the River Races in Melbourne, 1915-1918. J A S, Australia's Public Intellectual Forum, 30 (89), 15-26. doi: 10.1080/14443050609388089

Performing military manhood: The wartime Head of the River Races in Melbourne, 1915-1918

2006

Book Chapter

Naive militarism: Australian's World War I generation

Crotty, Martin A. (2006). Naive militarism: Australian's World War I generation. The Great Mistakes of Australian History. (pp. 108-122) edited by Martin Crotty and David Andrew Roberts. Sydney, NSW, Australia: UNSW Press.

Naive militarism: Australian's World War I generation

2006

Journal Article

(Book Review) Reconsidering Gallipoli

Crotty, Martin (2006). (Book Review) Reconsidering Gallipoli. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 52 (1), 139-140. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8497.2006.00412a.x

(Book Review) Reconsidering Gallipoli

2006

Journal Article

Review of Telling the truth about aboriginal history.

Crotty, M. (2006). Review of Telling the truth about aboriginal history.. Journal of Pacific History, 41 (1), 108-109.

Review of Telling the truth about aboriginal history.

2006

Journal Article

Review of The gates of memory: Australian people's experiences and memories of loss and the great war by T Luckins

Crotty, M A (2006). Review of The gates of memory: Australian people's experiences and memories of loss and the great war by T Luckins. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 52 (1), 139-139.

Review of The gates of memory: Australian people's experiences and memories of loss and the great war by T Luckins

2006

Journal Article

Colour, movement and jostling in public

Casey, Maryrose, Crotty, Martin and Ryan, Delyse (2006). Colour, movement and jostling in public. Journal of Australian Studies, 30 (89), 1-2. doi: 10.1080/14443050609388087

Colour, movement and jostling in public

2006

Book Chapter

Introduction: Contemplating the Role of Mistakes in Australia's Past

Crotty, Martin and Roberts, David Andrew (2006). Introduction: Contemplating the Role of Mistakes in Australia's Past. The Great Mistakes of Australian History. (pp. 1-13) edited by M. Crotty and D.A. Roberts. Sydney, NSW Australia: UNSW Press.

Introduction: Contemplating the Role of Mistakes in Australia's Past

2006

Journal Article

Review of Bigger than Gallipoli: War, history and memory in Australia by L Reed

Crotty, M A (2006). Review of Bigger than Gallipoli: War, history and memory in Australia by L Reed. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 52 (1), 137-139.

Review of Bigger than Gallipoli: War, history and memory in Australia by L Reed

2006

Book

The Great Mistakes of Australian History

Martin Crotty and David Andrew Roberts eds. (2006). The Great Mistakes of Australian History. Sydney, NSW, Australia: UNSW Press.

The Great Mistakes of Australian History

2005

Journal Article

Victors and vanquished in the history wars

Crotty, M. (2005). Victors and vanquished in the history wars. The Brisbane Line

Victors and vanquished in the history wars

2004

Other Outputs

Two sides to history

Crotty, Martin (2004, 06 08). Two sides to history The Courier Mail x-x.

Two sides to history

2004

Book Chapter

Pointing the Way - Antipodean Responses to J.A. Mangan's Athleticism and Related Studies: Scotch College, Melbourne, in the Inter-War Years

Crotty, M. A. (2004). Pointing the Way - Antipodean Responses to J.A. Mangan's Athleticism and Related Studies: Scotch College, Melbourne, in the Inter-War Years. 'Serious sport' J.A. Hangan's Contribution to the History of Sport. (pp. 64-81) edited by Scott A. G. M. Crawford. Great Britain: Frank Cass.

Pointing the Way - Antipodean Responses to J.A. Mangan's Athleticism and Related Studies: Scotch College, Melbourne, in the Inter-War Years

2004

Journal Article

An Australian "historikerstreit"? Review article

Bonnell, A. G. and Crotty, M. A. (2004). An Australian "historikerstreit"? Review article. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 50 (3), 425-433. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8497.2004.00345.x

An Australian "historikerstreit"? Review article

2003

Other Outputs

Heavenly game comes down to earth

Crotty, Martin (2003, 11 26). Heavenly game comes down to earth The Courier Mail 23-23.

Heavenly game comes down to earth

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

Enquiries

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

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