Gareth Pritchard

Dr Gareth Pritchard

Senior Lecturer

School of Humanities

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.


Dydd da! I am an historian of twentieth-century Europe with a particular interest in (1) the social and political history of the 1940s, (2) the enduring legacy of the 1940s in post-war contemporary Europe (especially the politics of history), and (3) the history of protest and revolution, and the impact of both on power relations as they are actually experienced by people in their everyday lives.

I am currently completing a monograph with my colleague Vesna Drapac on Resistance and Collaboration in Hitler's Europe. My next major project will be a monograph that looks at the rehabilitation of collaborators and war criminals in contemporary Europe.

  • Appointments

    Date Position Institution name
    2004 - 2011 Senior Lecturer University of Canterbury
    1999 - 2004 Lecturer Swansea University
    1997 - 1999 Lecturer University of Glamorgan
    1995 - 1997 Lecturer University of Wales Swansea
    1994 - 1995 Lecturer University of Wales Swansea
  • Language Competencies

    Language Competency
    French Can read, speak, understand spoken and peer review
    German Can read, speak, understand spoken and peer review
    Russian Can read, speak, understand spoken and peer review
    Welsh Can read, speak, understand spoken and peer review
  • Education

    Date Institution name Country Title
    1991 - 1995 University of Wales Swansea Wales PhD
    1987 - 1990 University of Wales Swansea Wales BA (Hons) History and Russian
  • Research Interests

I currently teach the following undergraduate courses:

HIST2084 RUSSIA IN WAR AND REVOLUTION, 1917-1953 (Available in 2016)

Between the 1890s and the 1950s, the people of Russia experienced three revolutions, two world wars, a brutal civil war, the collectivisation of the countryside, and the trauma of Stalin's 'Great Terror'. Millions of people died or were killed, but there were also spectacular achievements, such as the industrialisation of Russia in the 1930s and the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. This course explores the epic history of the largest country on earth from the accession of Nicholas II, the last tsar, in 1894, to the death of Stalin in 1953. Though the main focus is on political developments, the course also looks in some depth at the social, economic and cultural history of the period, as well as the military history of Russia's involvement in World War I and World War II. The course concludes with an examination of the role played by the USSR in the post-war division of Europe and the outbreak of the Cold War.

HIST3054 PROTEST AND REVOLUTION IN MODERN EUROPE. 1942 TO THE PRESENT DAY (Available in 2016)

This course focuses on the role of protest and revolution in shaping modern Europe. By looking at a number of case studies, from the anti-Nazi uprisings at the end of World War II to street protests and riots in contemporary Europe, the course will explore the causes, the course and the consequences of political protest movements. Under what circumstances do such protest movements emerge? What methods are used by governments to neutralise or suppress mass protest? When, and for what reasons, do protest movements succeed in bringing about lasting change?

HIST2053 MEDIEVAL EUROPE: FROM CRUSADES TO THE BLACK DEATH (Available in 2017)

At the heart of medieval civilisation were ideals about empire, kingship, chivalry, crusading and the nature of Christian society. These ideals had a powerful impact on people?s behaviour, but they also came into conflict with the often brutal realities of medieval life. By the fourteenth century, the civilisation of medieval Europe was facing a crisis brought about by internal divisions, external threats, economic upheaval and the Black Death. This course explores the relationship between medieval ideals and medieval realities. It is structured around four modules: (i) We begin by exploring the world of Charlemagne and his successors in the ninth and tenth centuries, who attempted ? and failed ? to create a well ordered, Christian empire at the heart of Europe; (ii) The second module focuses on the crusading ideal and the expansion of European power in the eleventh and twelfth centuries; (iii) In the third module we will explore the flourishing of European civilisation and culture in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries that was associated, above all, with the growth of towns and trade; (iv) In the final module we discuss the crisis of medieval civilisation that was brought about by conflicts within the Church, the great struggle between France and England, and the Black Death.

 

  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2024 Co-Supervisor How did the defection of Australian communists to the Australia First Movement shape fascism in Australia? Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Alexander James McKenny
    2023 Co-Supervisor Using statistical natural language processing to analyse digitised historical sources Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr William Pincombe
    2022 Principal Supervisor Antisemitism in modern Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Jasmine Louise Beinart
    2022 Principal Supervisor The concept of appeasement and its applicability to political events subsequent to the Munich agreement of 1938 Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Kurt Eberhard Lux
    2021 Co-Supervisor Analysis of Historical Texts using Natural Language Processing Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Ashley Grace Dennis-Henderson
    2021 Principal Supervisor Merchants of pre-revolutionary Russia: their role in the life of the empire and influence on society Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Tatiana Sazonova
  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2021 - 2024 Co-Supervisor Ludohistorical Thinking: Gaming the Gap between Academic and Popular Histories Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Tamika Glouftsis
    2020 - 2023 Principal Supervisor Memory politics and Scottish exceptionalism in the referenda of 1979, 1997, 2014, and 2016. Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Miss Courtney Paige Davis
    2018 - 2020 Principal Supervisor Anglo-American Responses to German War Technology in World War II Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Thomas Stephen East
    2018 - 2020 Co-Supervisor "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out": The Acknowledgement of Indigenous First World War Service in Australian and New Zealand National Commemorations, 1918-2019 Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Miss Rachel Brigitte Caines
    2017 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Hear the Lion Roar: Trade Unionism at General Motors-Holden's in South Australia, 1930-1980 Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr David Justin Chadwick
    2017 - 2020 Principal Supervisor Writing Russia: Anglophone Historians Discursively Constructing AnOther Nation Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Melissa-Ellen Dowling
    2016 - 2022 Co-Supervisor Working Through the Holodomor Discursively: Memory, Trauma and Representations of Ukrainian Genocide Victims from the 1950s until the Early Twenty-First Century Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mrs Elise Westin
    2016 - 2019 Principal Supervisor Commemorative Days and the Negotiation of National Identity Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr David Charles Milazzo
    2015 - 2020 Principal Supervisor Fleecing the Pious: The Palmers' Guild of Ludlow in the Central and North Welsh Marches 1400-1530 Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Judith Bailey
    2015 - 2018 Co-Supervisor 'Everybody's Favourite Fascist': An Examination of the Figure of José Antonio Primo de Rivera within the Historiography of Spanish Fascism Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Alexander Charles Parsons
    2014 - 2017 Co-Supervisor The Volunteer Graduate Scheme for Indonesia in Historical Perspective Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Fletcher O'Leary
    2013 - 2020 Principal Supervisor Legalised Trade Unions, Compulsory Primary Schooling, Enhanced Higher Education - the Legacies of Anthony John Mundella, 1825-1897 Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time John Michael Davey
    2013 - 2015 Co-Supervisor British Conservatism, 1945-1951: Adapting to The Age of Collectivism Master of Philosophy Master Full Time William Jasper Prescott
    2012 - 2014 Co-Supervisor The Kingdom of Wuerttemberg and the Making of Germany, 1815-1871. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Bodie Alexander Ashton
    2012 - 2014 Principal Supervisor Perceptions of the Soviet Union in Australian political discourse between 1943 and 1950. Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Miss Belinda Quick
    2012 - 2018 Co-Supervisor Communist Women's Resistance in Occupied Paris: Engagement, Activism and Continuities from the 1930s to 1945 Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Amy Victoria Morrison
    2012 - 2015 Principal Supervisor The political role of the Catholic Church in Poland under Martial Law, 1981-1983 Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Jessica Jocher
    2011 - 2017 Principal Supervisor Anglo-American Discourse About the USSR, 1984-1986 Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Melody Watson
  • Position: Senior Lecturer
  • Phone: 83134529
  • Email: gareth.pritchard@adelaide.edu.au
  • Fax: 83134341
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Napier, floor 5
  • Org Unit: School of Humanities

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