Professor Peter Monteath

Acting Dean (Research)

College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

+61 8 82015568

peter.monteath@flinders.edu.au

Social Sciences South (392)

GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Peter Monteath was born in Brisbane and educated in Queensland and in Germany. He has taught previously at The University of Queensland, Griffith University, Deakin University, The University of Western Australia and The University of Adelaide. He has also been Adjunct Professor at The University of St. Louis Missouri and the Technical University of Berlin, where he was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow. At Flinders he teaches modern European history. His research interests span modern European and Australian history.

Qualifications

BA (Hons) University of Queensland

MA University of Siegen, Federal Republic of Germany

PhD Griffith University

Honours, awards and grants

Peter Monteath is a Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Key responsibilities

Currently Peter Monteath convenes the following topics:

HIST1801 Modern Europe 1900-1945

HIST1802 Europe since 1945

HIST2018 Film and History

HIST3005 The Holocaust

Research expertise

Historical studies

Research interests

Peter Monteath's research interests are in modern European and Australian history. He has a particular interest in prisoners of war, internment, and the German presence in Australia. His most recent book publications are Escape Artist: The Incredible Second World War of Johnny Peck (2017), Friedrich Gerstaecker. Australia: A German Traveller in the Age of Gold (2016) and Red Professor: The Cold War Life of Fred Rose (with Valerie Munt, 2015).

Teaching interests

Peter Monteath's teaching interests are broadly in the area of twentieth century European history, with a particular interest in Germany and Spain.

Topic coordinator

HIST1801 Modern Europe 1900-1945

HIST3005 The Holocaust

HIST2018 Film and History

HIST1802 Europe Since 1945

Topic lecturer

HIST1801 Modern Europe 1900-1945

HIST1802 Europe Since 1945

HIST3005 The Holocaust

HIST2018 Film and History

Supervisory interests

History, modern Germany

Higher degree by research supervision

Current

Principal supervisor: modern Australian history (1), Modern European history (2)

Associate supervisor: Modern European history (4)

Completion

Principal supervisor: Modern European history (2)

Associate supervisor: Modern Australian history (3), Modern European history (2)

Publications

Professional engagement

Peter Monteath was organizer, with Matt Fitzpatrick, of the Australasian Association of European Historians Conference held in Adelaide in July 2009, the Globalizing Germany conference held in July 2012, the Savage Worlds conference of June 2015 and the Amidst Empires conference January 2018. He is a member of the Australian Historical Association and is on the editorial boards of the journals Debatte: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe and The Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia. He is currently President of the History Council of South Australia and a trustee of The History Trust of South Australia.

Expert for media contact

Germany

History - German

History

Prisoners of War

Available for contact via

+61 8 82015568

peter.monteath@flinders.edu.au

Or contact the media team

newsdesk@flinders.edu.au

+61 8 82012092

0427 398 713