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Augustine Meaher, PhD (Melb) Riia 12 51013 [email protected]

Education

September 2011 European Security and Defence College, Train the Trainer Course

December 2010 Nordic Security Seminar, Finnish National Defence University

June 2008 West Point Summer Seminar in Military History

April 2008 PhD, History, University of Melbourne, Thesis: The Road to Singapore Australian defence and foreign policy, 1919-1941.

August 2002 Commenced PhD, History, University of Melbourne

May 2000 MA, History, Tulane University, Thesis: The Dominions and Singapore 1919-1930; First Field: Modern Europe, Second Field: Modern Britain, Third Field: Modern Middle East

May 1997 BA, History, Georgetown University, cum laude

Employment

2012-Present Faculty Member, European Security and Defence College, High Level Course, develop and teach modules of the High Level Course focused on CSDP and CSFP.

2012-Present Adjunct Professor of Military History, North College and State University. Develop and teach online courses in Modern and Contemporary European and World Military history.

2011-Present Member of the Executive Academic Board of the European Security and Defence College, develop and revise courses, curriculums, and modules of ESDC Courses, take part in general management of the ESDC

2011-Present Director Department of Political and Strategic Studies. Develop and teach modules in Military history, Strategy, and International Relations, Manage department, develop and implement new modules and courses.

2010-Present Adjunct Professor of Strategy Latvian National Defence Academy, Develop and teach postgraduate courses in Strategy and supervise MA theses.

2010-2011 Assistant Professor of International Relations and Strategy, Baltic Defence College. Develop and teach modules in Military history, Strategy, and International Relations

2009-2010 Assistant Professor of Military History, North Georgia College and State University. Develop and teach courses in Modern and Contemporary European and World Military history. 2

2006-2009 Historian/Archivist Newman College, University of Melbourne. Prepare Centenary History of the College and teach classes in European and World history.

2008-Present Reviewer U.S. Naval Institute. Advise on suitability of manuscripts for publication.

2003-2005 Tutor University of Melbourne, History Department. Develop and teach courses in modern European and World history

2003-2006 Tutor Newman College, University of Melbourne. Develop and teach courses in modern European and World history.

2001-2002 Research and Teaching Assistant, Department of History, Tulane University. Develop and teach courses in modern European history.

2000-2001 Graduate Instructor, Department of History, Tulane University. Develop and teach courses in modern European history.

Undergraduate History Courses Developed and Taught

Counter Insurgency Since 1945, University of North Georgia

Europe 1789-Present, Tulane University

European Diplomatic History 1814-1991 (2 Semesters) , University of North Georgia

Great Britain and the World in the 19 th and 20 th Centuries, University of North Georgia

International Strategic Environment, Baltic Defence College

A History of Western Warfare, University of North Georgia

Strategy in the Contemporary World, Baltic Defence College

Visions of Future War, University of North Georgia

World Since World War II, (2 Semesters) , Newman College University of Melbourne

Postgraduate History Courses Developed and Taught

Europe’s Strategy for a Changing World, Latvian National Defence Academy

Modern Britain, University of North Georgia

Nato from Containment to Comprehensive Approach, Baltic Defence College

Preparing for War, University of North Georgia

Strategy from Clausewitz to Today, Latvian National Defence Academy

20 th Century Military History, University of North Georgia 3

Graduate History Courses Developed and Scheduled to be taught

From Napoleon to Narva, Baltic Defence College

From Narva to New Wars, Baltic Defence College

Undergraduate History Courses Taught

Australia and Anzac: Life of the Legend, University of Melbourne, Newman College

History of the Arab Israeli Conflict, University of Melbourne, Newman College

The Rise & Fall of the German Empire, University of Melbourne, Newman College

Total War in Asia and the Pacific, 1931-1945, University of Melbourne

Total War in Europe (Two Semesters), University of Melbourne, Newman College

USA Today, University of Melbourne, Newman College

War and Australian Society since 1919, University of Melbourne

The World Since World War Two (Two Semesters), University of Melbourne, Newman College

Graduate History Courses Taught

Australia Goes to War, University of Melbourne

A Selection of Awards and Fellowships

2010 University of North Georgia Excellence in Teaching Award

2010 State of Georgia Faculty Development Grant

2010 University of North Georgia Travel Grant

2009 United States Navy McMullen Naval History Honoraria

2009 Dave Abrams and Gene Banning Pan American Research Grant

2008 Government of the Republic of Iceland Presidential Stipend

2008 United States Military Academy Stipend

2008 International Community of Flight Stipend

2007 Naval History Symposium Stipend

2002-2006 Melbourne International Fee Remission Scholarship

2002-2005 Melbourne International Research Scholarship 4

A Selection of Papers Presented to Major Conferences

“Their Shocking Neglect of the First Principles of Defence”: Novel Invaders of the Great White Continent” Presented to the Society of Military History Conference, New Orleans, USA, April 2013.

“When Many Evils Will Descend Upon Us All: Australian Plans for an Invasion Between the Wars” Presented to the Society of Military History Conference, Lisle, IL., USA, June 2011.

“A Conflicting or Complementing Course” Presented to the International Meeting on Military Academies, Colleges, and Schools, Royal Military College Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada, November 2010.

‘“We have lost many an opportunity’: Australia and Europe in the 1930s” Presented to the 2010 Australia New Zealand Scholars Association of North America, Washington DC, February 2010.

‘“We err if we regard the Americans as our blood cousins ”: Interwar American-Australian Relations’ Presented to the 2010 American Historical Association Conference, San Diego, January 2010.

‘“The inability of effective action without Singapore”: The Ups and Downs of the Singapore Naval Base’ Presented to the 2009 Naval History Symposium, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, September 2009.

‘"He’s Coming South": The role of Australian civil-military relations in interwar defence and foreign policy’Presented to the 2009 Missouri Valley History Conference, Omaha, March 2009.

'So Far From Home: Australians and the Battle of the Arctic' Presented to the President of the Republic of Iceland's The Arctic Convoys Conference, Reykjavik Iceland, July 2008.

'Across the Pacific by Hook or by Crook: The Politics and Diplomacy of Pan Am’s Transpacific Routes' Presented to the International Community of Flight: A Centennial History, Dayton Ohio, May 2008.

'Unarmed and Unready: Australian Elites and interwar foreign and defence policies' Presented to the Society of Military History Annual Conference, Ogden Utah, April 2008.

‘"The National Characteristic of self-complacency": Australia’s failure to understand the Singapore Strategy' Presented to the 2007 Naval History Symposium, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis Maryland, September 2007.

‘No Blood for Oil: The ALP and the Abyssinian Crisis’, Presented to the annual meeting of Australian New Zealand Scholars Association of North America, Harvard University, April 2005.

‘A Trans-Pacific Political Friendship’, Presented to The Politics of Friendship Conference, Monash-Menzies conference London, United Kingdom, September 2004. 5

Served as Panel Moderator

Society of Military History Annual Conference, 2009.

Society of Military History Annual Conference, 2006.

Australia New Zealand Scholars Association of North America, 2010 Conference.

Australia New Zealand Scholars Association of North America, 2006 Conference.

Australia New Zealand Scholars Association of North America, 2003 Conference.

Select Publications

Manuscript: The Australian Road to Singapore: The Myth of British Betrayal , by Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2010.

Articles : ‘Australia as Victim: Keating and the Betrayal Myth’, Australian Studies 20.2, (2007): 351- 374.

Chapters: “Uncle Sam’s Man Down Under: Nelson Trusler Johnson” in Diplomats at War: The American Experience , by Republic of Letters, 2013.

Reviews: Review of “The Resurrection and Collapse of Empire in Habsburg , 1914-1918” in First World War Studies (October 2011) .

Review of “Diggers and Greeks: The Australian Campaigns in Greece and Crete” Cercles , (October 2011).

In Press: “It’s our this land”: Imagine invaders before the Great War,” Before the Anzac Dawn, University of New South Wales Press, 2013.

Under Review: Articles: “Energetic Preparations and Complete Paralysis: Trans-Pacific Aviation and intra-imperial relations” .

In Process:

I am authoring a general history on Australian politics in the interwar period which Australian Scholarly Publications has agreed to publish once it is completed.

I am co-editing a monograph tentatively entitled Visions of future wars which examines various nations’ plans for wars in the 20 th century. This monograph is scheduled to be released in 2015. 6

I am authoring a monograph tentatively entitled History and Domestic Politics Collide: Australian recognition of the Soviet Occupation of the which the and the Australian National University have agreed to publish as a joint project.

Media Appearances

“The Arctic Convoys” A Government of Iceland Production 2009

Interviewed by Norwegian TV 2008

Historical Consult Home Box Office The Pacific

Professional Memberships

Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies

Australia New Zealand Scholars Association of North America

Australian Historical Association

British Australian Studies Association

Society of Military History

University Service

Director Department of Political and Strategic Studies, Baltic Defence College

Member Strategic Course Development Committee, Baltic Defence College

Member Search Committee for Modern Middle Eastern History Professor, University of North Georgia

Member of the editorial board of University Press of North Georgia Series on War & Leadership

Treasurer Newman College Senior Common Room 2004-2006

Editorial Adviser Newman Tracts 2003

Member Newman College Senior Common Room 2002-2006

History Department Representative to Tulane Graduate and Professional Students Association 1999-2001

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