Conflict and Society

The UNSW Conflict and Society Research Group concentrates on the history of war across its social, cultural and military dimensions.

We are seeking candidates to work on projects in the following areas:

Military History

Projects might focus on one or more areas of:

• Australian military history;
• military histories of The Second World War;
• history of the First World War;
• history of the Cold War;
• wars of empire;
• naval warfare;
• law and warfare;
• the history of war;
• social history of war;
• the history of recent conflicts;
• space history.
• Cultural and Literary History of War

Projects might focus on areas such as:

• war literature;
• military life writing;
• war and art;
• cultural histories of war;
• war trauma;
• war and gender;
• war and cultural theory;
• book and publishing history;
• history of censorship;
• war and the media. 
• Information Warfare

Projects might focus on one or a combination of the following areas:

• social media and war;
• mediatization and war;
• propaganda;
• censorship;
• terrorism;
• postmodern war;
• war and narrative;
• history of military intelligence;
• grey-zone activities.