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Australia, France
Biography
Dr. Romain Fathi is a Senior Lecturer in History at the Australian National University and a Chercheur Associé at the Centre d’Histoire de Sciences Po in Paris. He was born and educated in France, where he graduated from Sciences Po, and he now lives in Australia. Dr Fathi is an award-winning cultural historian who focuses on the transnational dimension of war and its aftermath, in both the European and Australian contexts. The First World War, war commemorations and Australian identity are his primary research interests. His latest book, Our Corner of the Somme, was published with Cambridge University Press. Dr Fathi is currently investigating the handling of human remains during and after the First World War. He is one of Resilient Humanitarianism’s (DP190101171) Chief Investigators, an Australian Research Council-funded project (2019-2025). Dr Fathi publishes in French and in English, and he has taught at several universities including Sciences Po in France, Yale in the United States, and the University of Queensland in Australia.
Activities
Employment (12)
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The Australian National University
2024-01
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present
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Senior Lecturer
(School of History)
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Romain Fathi
2024-01-29
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Flinders University PURE
2017-01
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2024-01
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Senior Lecturer
(History)
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Romain Fathi
2013-02
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2016-11
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Lecturer and Tutor
(History)
Employment
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Romain Fathi
2013-02
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2016-06
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Tutor
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Romain Fathi
2015-03
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2015-05
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Research Assistant for Associate Professor Martin Crotty for ARC : LP110100264
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Romain Fathi
2015-03
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2015-05
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Consultant historian for the Centenary's commemoration of the First World War
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Romain Fathi
2014-08
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2015-01
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Teaching Fellow (Professor Timothy Snyder)
(History)
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Romain Fathi
2014-02
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2014-11
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Project Coordinator for the event entitled “Somewhere in France, Somewhere in Australia”
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Romain Fathi
2013-09
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2014-01
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Course Coordinator
(Centre for History (CHSP))
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Romain Fathi
2013-08
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2013-08
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Tutor (Reims campus)
(Centre for History (CHSP))
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Romain Fathi
Education and qualifications (6)
2016-03
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present
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Associated Researcher at the Centre for History (CHSP)
(History)
Education
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Romain Fathi
2015-12
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2016-12
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Honorary Fellow at the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry
(History)
Education
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Romain Fathi
2012-02
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2015-11
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Ph.D in History, jointly-awarded ('cotutelle') by the University of Queensland and the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) Thesis title: “‘DO NOT FORGET AUSTRALIA’. Australian war memorialisation at Villers-Bretonneux”. Supervisors: Associate Professor Martin Crotty, Professor Guillaume Piketty. Unanimously awarded the distinction “Très honorable avec félicitations du jury”, France’s highest academic distinction, as a result of written reports and an oral defence held on 19 October 2015.
(History)
Education
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Romain Fathi
2014-08
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2014-12
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Visiting Assistant in Research : Doctoral exchange. Advisor: Jay Winter, Charles J. Stille ,Professor of History
(History)
Education
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Romain Fathi
2008-10
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2010-06
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Professional Master and Master by research in history : top 5%Two-year double masters degrees at Sciences Po, Paris. Thesis: “Museums’ representations of the 1914-1918 combatant’s body. The Australian War Memorial of Canberra through the prism of the Historial of the Great War, Péronne” [in French] (Highest distinction).
(History)
Education
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Romain Fathi
2006-09
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2008-06
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Undergraduate degree
(Humanities : history, law, sociology, economics and languages)
Education
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Romain Fathi
Funding (16)
2019-03
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2022-12
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Grant
Australian Research Council
(ACT, ACT, AU)
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Romain Fathi
2018-01
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2019-01
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Grant
City of Unley
(Unley, AU)
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Romain Fathi
2017-06
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2018-02
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Grant
The French Consulate in Adelaide, Flinders University, the Department of Premier and Cabinet, Veterans SA, Minister Martin Hamilton-Smith, the City of Unley
(Adelaide, South Australia, AU)
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Romain Fathi
2017-05
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2017-12
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Grant
Flinders University
(SA, SA, AU)
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Romain Fathi
2016-12
to
2016-12
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Award
The Chancellery of Paris' Universities
(Paris, Ile-de-France, FR)
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Romain Fathi
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Preferred source
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2)
2016-11
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2016-11
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Award
University of Queensland
(QLD, QLD, AU)
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Romain Fathi
2016-02
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2016-02
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Grant
ANU-UNSW/AFDA
(Canberra, AU)
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Romain Fathi
2015-08
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2015-10
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Award
University of Queensland
(QLD, QLD, AU)
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Romain Fathi
2015-04
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2015-04
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Award
International Research Centre of the 'Historial de la Grande Guerre'
(Péronne, Hauts-de-France, FR)
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Romain Fathi
2015-04
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2015-04
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Grant
Australian Historical Association
(NSW, NSW, AU)
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Romain Fathi
2014-03
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2014-03
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Grant
The Embassy of France to Australia
(Canberra, AU)
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Romain Fathi
2014-02
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2014-11
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Grant
The French Embassy to Australia, the French Institute, the Mission du Centenaire, UQ's Deputy Vice Chancellor
(Brisbane, Queensland, AU)
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Romain Fathi
2013-12
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2013-12
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Award
University of Queensland
(QLD, QLD, AU)
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Romain Fathi
2012-04
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2012-04
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Grant
The Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions at the UWA
(Perth, Western Australia, AU)
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Romain Fathi
2012-02
to
2015-11
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Contract
University of Queensland
(QLD, QLD, AU)
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Romain Fathi
2012-02
to
2015-07
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Grant
The University of Queensland - Paris Institute of Political Studies
(Brisbane - Paris, QLD - Ile-de-France, AU)
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Romain Fathi