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Stuart James Ward was born and raised in Australia.
Stuart Ward
University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD 4072, Australia
The University of Queensland where Stuart Ward received his Bachelor of Arts degree.
University of Sydney, Camperdown NSW 2006, Australia
The University of Sydney where Stuart Ward received his Doctor of Philosophy degree.
University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD 4072, Australia
The University of Queensland where Stuart Ward received his Bachelor of Arts degree.
University of Sydney, Camperdown NSW 2006, Australia
The University of Sydney where Stuart Ward received his Doctor of Philosophy degree.
Stuart Ward
Stuart Ward
(Until a generation ago, "Britishness" lay at the heart of...)
Until a generation ago, "Britishness" lay at the heart of Australian political culture. How and why did this fundamental idea lose its meaning for Australians and their political institutions? Australia and the British Embrace is an engrossing account of the unraveling of Britishness in Australian political life.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0522850154/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i0
2001
(The book British Culture and the End of Empire is the fir...)
The book British Culture and the End of Empire is the first major attempt to examine the cultural manifestations of the demise of imperialism as a social and political ideology in post-war Britain. Far from being a matter of indifference or resigned acceptance as is often suggested, the fall of the British Empire came as a profound shock to the British national imagination and resonated widely in British popular culture. The sheer range of subjects discussed, from the satire boom of the 1960s to the worlds of sport and the arts, demonstrates how profoundly decolonization was absorbed into the popular consciousness. It offers an extremely novel and provocative interpretation of post-war British cultural history and opens up a whole new field of inquiry in the history of decolonization.
https://www.amazon.com/British-Culture-Empire-Studies-Imperialism/dp/0719060486
2001
(This is the first major collaborative reappraisal of Aust...)
This is the first major collaborative reappraisal of Australia's experience of empire since the end of the British Empire itself. The volume examines the meaning and importance of empire in Australia across a broad spectrum of historical issues, ranging from the disinheritance of the Aborigines to the foundations of a new democratic state. The overriding theme is the distinctive Australian perspective on the empire.
https://www.amazon.com/Deryck-M-Schreuder/dp/0199273731
2008
(The Unknown Nation is an illuminating history of Australi...)
The Unknown Nation is an illuminating history of Australia's putative search for national identity. James Curran and Stuart Ward document how the receding ties of empire and Britishness posed an unprecedented dilemma as Australians lost their traditional ways of defining themselves as a people.
https://www.amazon.com/Nation-Australia-After-Empire/dp/0522856454
2010
(While the British Empire is long gone, it survives as a r...)
While the British Empire is long gone, it survives as a recurring flashpoint in heated debates about the present and future of Britain and the nations over which Britain once ruled. Embers of Empire in Brexit Britain turns a critical eye to the widely-held notion that the long shadow of the imperial past has much to answer for, and asks to what extent should the residual after-effects of Britain's colonial empire be taken at face value? From the 'Rhodes must fall' controversy and contested anniversaries to immigration scares and the question of what Britishness is in a post-imperial world, an eclectic mix of expert researchers, writers, and commentators consider the legacy of the British empire in the battle over Brexit. As the United Kingdom haggles its way out of the European Union and casts about for an alternative future, this volume shows how the memory of the empire is still as potent a political force as ever.
https://www.amazon.com/Embers-Empire-Brexit-Britain-Stuart/dp/1350113794
2019
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Stuart James Ward was born and raised in Australia.
Stuart Ward began his studies at the University of Queensland where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history in 1990. Later on, he obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree in history from the University of Sydney in 1999.
Stuart Ward is an educator and author with a focus on British and Australian history. Ward taught at a variety of universities in Europe. He began his career in 1991 as a research associate of history of European integration project in the department of history and сivilization at the European University Institute where he remained till 1994. From 1998 till 2000 he was an assistant professor at the Institut for Historie at the University of Southern Denmark. In 2001-2002 he worked as a lecturer in history at Menzies Centre for Australian Studies at King's College London. The next year, he joined the Institut for Engelsk at the University of Copenhagen as an associate professor working in this position till 2008. From 2008 till 2009 he was Keith Cameron Chair of Australian History at the University College Dublin School of History and Archives. In 2010 he became provost at Regensen College of the University of Copenhagen and professor of imperial and global history at the Institute for English, German and Romance studies at the University of Copenhagen.
As already mentioned, Ward also taught at other universities. In 2000 he was a visiting lecturer at the University of Greenland. In 2005 he was a visiting fellow at the University of New South Wales. In 2007 he was Menzies Foundation Fellow at King's College London.
In addition to his teaching career, for more than three decades he wrote and commented on the course of Britain's fractious membership of the European Union, including the role of post-imperial memory in shaping British attitudes to Europe and the wider world. His first work was Courting the Common Market (1996) which he edited with R. T. Griffiths. Ward also edited and contributed to British Culture and the End of Empire (2001). This book asserts that the effect of decolonization was felt as strongly in Britain as it was in its colonies. Ward contends that the fall of the British empire shocked British popular culture.
Ward's book Australia and the British Embrace: The Demise of the Imperial Ideal (2001) takes a new look at the time when Australian culture no longer stemmed from being British. Ward challenges other accounts that claim earlier dates for this shift, according to John Ramsden in Times Literary Supplement. Instead, Ward argues that Britain, rather than Australia, initiated the separation of the two countries by not being forthright with Australia about its intentions for joining the European Economic Community in 1957. Although Britain did not join until 1973, Australia had already refocused its trade and foreign policy toward the Pacific.
He is the co-editor with Deryck M. Schreuder of the volume Australia's Empire (2008) in the series Oxford History of the British Empire, and co-author with James Curran of The Unknown Nation: Australia After Empire (2010). He co-edited with Astrid Rasch Embers of Empire in Brexit Britain (2019). His most recent book is United Kingdom: A World History of the End of Britain.
It's also worth noting, that in 2005 Stuart Ward co-founded the Australian Studies Centre at the Institute for English, German and Romance Studies at the University of Copenhagen, with external funding from the Australian Ministry of Education and Monash University. Responsibilities include course and seminar coordination, and financial management of external grants and visiting professorships.
Stuart Ward is known as an outstanding educator and prolific researcher. For his teaching success, he was the recipient of numerous awards, grants, and scholarships. These include the Australian Postgraduate Research Award from the University of Sydney, Velux Foundation Collaborative Research Grant (2012), Negotiated Renewal of Australian Government (Ministry of Education) endowment (2010), Årets Harald from the University of Copenhagen (2008), Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences grant (2008), Menzies Foundation Fellowship from King's College London (2007), Copenhagen University Europe in Transition seed grant (2007), New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs archive research grant (2005), Australian Government grant (2005), International Council for Canadian Studies grant (2003), British Academy Travel Grant (2002), Australian National Council for the Centenary of Federation Award (2001), Denmark-Greenland teaching exchange fellowship (2000), Adjuntpædagogikum (University pedagogical practice diploma) from the University of Southern Denmark (2000), Certificate of proficiency in Danish (Danskprøve 2) from Studieskolen, Odense (1998), Sasakawa Foundation Research Fellowship Award (1996), Joan Allsop Prize from the University of Queensland (1990), G. M. Bonnin Prize from the University of Queensland (1989), Charles Robertson Memorial Prize from the University of Queensland (1988), and others. The book The Unknown Nation: Australia After Empire which he co-authored was shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History.
(The book British Culture and the End of Empire is the fir...)
2001(While the British Empire is long gone, it survives as a r...)
2019(This is the first major collaborative reappraisal of Aust...)
2008(The Unknown Nation is an illuminating history of Australi...)
2010(Until a generation ago, "Britishness" lay at the heart of...)
2001
chairman of the board of College Union
University of Copenhagen , Denmark
2010 - present
elected member of the council of governors
Goodenough College , United Kingdom
2011 - present
member of Rektor's Crown Princess Mary Scholarship selection committee
University of Copenhagen , Denmark
2005 - present
committee member of research training program at the SAXO Institute
University of Copenhagen , Denmark
2010 - 2012
member of the Graduate Studies Committee of School of History and Archives
University College Dublin , Ireland
2008 - 2009
member of the Departmental Research Committee of Institute for English, German and Romance studies
University of Copenhagen , Denmark
2005 - present
member of Departmental Study Board (Studienævn) in the department of English
University of Copenhagen , Denmark
2005 - 2006
member of Menzies Centre Board
King's College London , United Kingdom
2001 - 2002
Stuart Ward speaks English, Danish, Italian, and German.
Quotes from others about the person
"Amazing teacher with extremely helpful lectures."
Stuart Ward is married to a woman named Lill. The marriage produced one child, Oscar.
