Roger Markwick
Roger Markwick is an Australian historian and author best known for his work chiefly focused on the political, social, and cultural history of Russia and the Soviet Union.[1][2] His 2001 work Rewriting History in Soviet Russia: The Politics of Revisionist Historiography 1956–74 won the Alexander Nove Prize in Russian, Soviet, and Post-Soviet Studies that same year.[3] He currently works as the Head of the School of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Newcastle Australia and lectures in modern European history.
Markwick was awarded his Bachelor of Arts from the Australian National University and his Master of Arts from the University of Melbourne alongside a Diploma of Education. He was awarded his PhD from the University of Sydney in 1995, where he worked as an Postdoctoral Fellow and Senior Research Associate till 2001; where he took up employment at the University of Newcastle Australia.[1]
Markwick has collaborated with numerous other historians throughout his career, such as Graeme Gill in 2000 in-which he was the co-author of Russia’s Stillborn Democracy? From Gorbachev to Yeltsin; and Euridice Charon-Cardona in 2012 in-which he was the co-author of Soviet Women on the Frontline in the Second World War.
Markwick is a member of the Australasian Association of European Historians and is a fluent speaker of Russian.[1]
Published work[edit]
- A Discipline in transition?: From sovietology to 'Transitology (The Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics 12 (3), 1996)
- Russia’s Stillborn Democracy? From Gorbachev to Yeltsin (Oxford University Press, 2000)
- Rewriting History in Soviet Russia: The Politics of Revisionist Historiography 1956–74 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2001)
- Cultural history under Khrushchev and Brezhnev: From social psychology to mentalités (The Russian Review 65 (2), 2006)
- Soviet Women on the Frontline in the Second World War (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012)
- Censorship and Fear: Historical Research in the Soviet Union (Groniek 26 (201), 2016)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Professor Roger Markwick – Career Summary". University of Newcastle Australia. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
- ↑ "Roger Markwick". The Conversation. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
- ↑ "The Alec Nove Prize in Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies". BASEES. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
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