ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow
Overview
Dr Kate Ariotti is an ARC DECRA Fellow in the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry at the University of Queensland. Her research examines the social and cultural impacts of war in Australia. She has published on wartime captivity and the experiences of Australian prisoners of war – including the 2018 book Captive Anzacs: Australian POWs of the Ottomans during the First World War (Cambridge University Press), which was nominated for the inaugural Les Carlyon Literary Award – as well as the ways in which Australians have historically remembered and commemorated wars. In 2017 she edited with Dr James Bennett Australians and the First World War: Local-Global Connections and Contexts (Palgrave).
Her current ARC-funded project ‘Between Death and Commemoration: An Australian History of the War Corpse’ will provide the first comprehensive account of the changing policies, practices and attitudes that have shaped the treatment of the physical remains of Australian war dead between the First World War and recent wars in the Middle East (1915-2015). This project will provide a valuable new perspective on the realities of Australian participation in war and a critical understanding of the place of death in war in the Australian past and present.
Kate teaches 19th and 20th century Australian history, and supervises both honours and postgraduate students working on research projects within this rich field. Several of her students have won prestigious national prizes for their work.
Kate has been a participant in several writer’s festivals, public symposia, and museum exhibitions, and has served as a judge for the NSW Premier's History Awards. Before commencing her position at the University of Queensland, Kate worked as a Historian in the Military History Section of the Australian War Memorial and, most recently, in the School of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Newcastle
Research Interests
- Social and Cultural Impacts of War
- Histories of Death and Dying
- Prisoners of War and Histories of Captivity
- 20th Century Australian History
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours), The University of Queensland
- Bachelor of Science/Arts, The University of Queensland
Publications
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Journal Article: Mourning the dead of the Great Escape: POWs, grief, and the memorial vault of Stalag Luft III
Alexander, Kristen and Ariotti, Kate (2022). Mourning the dead of the Great Escape: POWs, grief, and the memorial vault of Stalag Luft III. Journal of War and Culture Studies, 16 (3), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/17526272.2022.2097774
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Journal Article: Between death and commemoration: the treatment of Australian POW dead on the Thai-Burma railway, 1942-45
Ariotti, Kate (2021). Between death and commemoration: the treatment of Australian POW dead on the Thai-Burma railway, 1942-45. Australian Historical Studies, 53 (2), 327-347. doi: 10.1080/1031461x.2021.1981414
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Book: Captive Anzacs : Australian POWs of the Ottomans during the First World War
Ariotti, Kate (2018). Captive Anzacs : Australian POWs of the Ottomans during the First World War. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108182652
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Book: Australians and the First World War: local-global connections and contexts
Kate Ariotti and James E. Bennett eds. (2017). Australians and the First World War: local-global connections and contexts. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-51520-5
Grants
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Between Death & Commemoration: An Australian History of the War Corpse
(2022–2025) ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
Supervision
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Forgotten Women: Australian War Widows and Spinsters in the Aftermath of World War I, 1919-1939
Doctor Philosophy
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Experiences of Secondary School Cadet Training in Australia and New Zealand During the Second World War
Doctor Philosophy
Publications
Featured Publications
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Mourning the dead of the Great Escape: POWs, grief, and the memorial vault of Stalag Luft III
Alexander, Kristen and Ariotti, Kate (2022). Mourning the dead of the Great Escape: POWs, grief, and the memorial vault of Stalag Luft III. Journal of War and Culture Studies, 16 (3), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/17526272.2022.2097774
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Ariotti, Kate (2021). Between death and commemoration: the treatment of Australian POW dead on the Thai-Burma railway, 1942-45. Australian Historical Studies, 53 (2), 327-347. doi: 10.1080/1031461x.2021.1981414
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Captive Anzacs : Australian POWs of the Ottomans during the First World War
Ariotti, Kate (2018). Captive Anzacs : Australian POWs of the Ottomans during the First World War. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108182652
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Australians and the First World War: local-global connections and contexts
Kate Ariotti and James E. Bennett eds. (2017). Australians and the First World War: local-global connections and contexts. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-51520-5
Book
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Captive Anzacs : Australian POWs of the Ottomans during the First World War
Ariotti, Kate (2018). Captive Anzacs : Australian POWs of the Ottomans during the First World War. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108182652
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Australians and the First World War: local-global connections and contexts
Kate Ariotti and James E. Bennett eds. (2017). Australians and the First World War: local-global connections and contexts. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-51520-5
Book Chapter
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From unspeakable to honourable: the Great War and Australian narratives of the Turks
Ariotti, Kate (2022). From unspeakable to honourable: the Great War and Australian narratives of the Turks. Remembering the Great War in the Middle East: from Turkey and Armenia to Australia and New Zealand. (pp. 135-155) edited by Hans-Lukas Kieser, Pearl Nunn and Thomas Schmutz. London, United Kingdom: I.B. Tauris. doi: 10.5040/9780755626496.ch-007
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Ariotti, Kate (2017). International encounters in captivity: the cross-cultural experiences of Australian POWs in the Ottoman empire. Australians and the First World War: local-global connections and contexts. (pp. 47-65) edited by Kate Ariotti and James E. Bennett. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-51520-5_4
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The role of sport for Australian POWs of the Turks during the First World War
Ariotti, Kate and Crotty, Martin (2016). The role of sport for Australian POWs of the Turks during the First World War. Sport, War and Society in Australia and New Zealand. (pp. 68-80) edited by Martin Crotty and Robert Hess. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
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"'At Present Everything is Making Us Most Anxious': Families of Australian prisoners in Turkey"
Ariotti, Kate (2015). "'At Present Everything is Making Us Most Anxious': Families of Australian prisoners in Turkey" . Beyond Surrender: Australian Prisoners of War in the Twentieth Century. (pp. 57-74) edited by Joan Beaumont, Lachlan Grant and Aaron Pegram. Melbourne, VIC Australia: Melbourne University Press.
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Australian prisoners of the Turks: negotiating culture clash in captivity
Ariotti, Kate (2014). Australian prisoners of the Turks: negotiating culture clash in captivity. Other fronts, other wars? First World War studies on the eve of the centennial. (pp. 146-166) edited by Joachim Bürgschwentner, Matthias Egger and Gunda Barth-Scalmani. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. doi: 10.1163/9789004279513_008
Journal Article
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Ariotti, Kate (2023). Book review: Colonial captivity during the First World War: internment and the fall of the German empire, 1914–1919, by Mahon Murphy, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2018, xiii + 245 pp., £89.00 (hardback), ISBN 9781108418072. First World War Studies, 1-2. doi: 10.1080/19475020.2023.2249298
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Mourning the dead of the Great Escape: POWs, grief, and the memorial vault of Stalag Luft III
Alexander, Kristen and Ariotti, Kate (2022). Mourning the dead of the Great Escape: POWs, grief, and the memorial vault of Stalag Luft III. Journal of War and Culture Studies, 16 (3), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/17526272.2022.2097774
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Ariotti, Kate (2021). Between death and commemoration: the treatment of Australian POW dead on the Thai-Burma railway, 1942-45. Australian Historical Studies, 53 (2), 327-347. doi: 10.1080/1031461x.2021.1981414
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Australian POWs of the first world war: responding to the challenges of captivity and return
Ariottia, Kate and Pegram, Aaron (2019). Australian POWs of the first world war: responding to the challenges of captivity and return. History Australia, 16 (1), 72-89. doi: 10.1080/14490854.2018.1558072
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"I'm awfully fed up with being a prisoner": Australian POWs of the Turks and the strain of surrender
Ariotti, Kate (2016). "I'm awfully fed up with being a prisoner": Australian POWs of the Turks and the strain of surrender. Journal of Australian Studies, 40 (3), 276-290. doi: 10.1080/14443058.2016.1199585
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Ariotti, Kate (2014, 04 23). Another Side of ANZAC The Courier Mail 10-11.
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The role of sport for Australian POWs of the Turks during the First World War
Ariotti, Kate and Crotty, Martin (2014). The role of sport for Australian POWs of the Turks during the First World War. International Journal of the History of Sport, 31 (18), 2362-2374. doi: 10.1080/09523367.2014.915519
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Walton, Kate (2013). Taken by the Turks. Wartime, 1 (63), 52-55.
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P.O.W.: Australian prisoners of war in Hitler's Reich
Walton, Kate (2012). P.O.W.: Australian prisoners of war in Hitler's Reich. Journal of Australian Studies, 36 (4), 525-526. doi: 10.1080/14443058.2012.729352
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Walton, Kate (2012). Nurses at War. History Australia, 9 (2), 212-214.
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Book review of Keep the Men Alive: Australian POW Doctors in Japanese Captivity
Walton, Kate (2011). Book review of Keep the Men Alive: Australian POW Doctors in Japanese Captivity. Journal of Australian Studies, 35 (3), 417-418. doi: 10.1080/14443058.2011.597912
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Walton, Kate (2011). Review of On Radji Beach. Journal of Australian Studies, 35 (4), 557-558. doi: 10.1080/14443058.2011.625565
Conference Publication
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Cultural Conflict in Captivity: Australian Prisoners of the Turks during the First World War
Ariotti, Kate (2014). Cultural Conflict in Captivity: Australian Prisoners of the Turks during the First World War. Australian Historical Association 33rd Annual Conference, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 7 - 11 July 2014.
Other Outputs
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Ariotti, Kate (2014). Coping with captivity: Australian POWs of the Turks and the impact of imprisonment during the First World War. PhD Thesis, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2017.735
Grants (Administered at UQ)
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Between Death & Commemoration: An Australian History of the War Corpse
(2022–2025) ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
PhD and MPhil Supervision
Current Supervision
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Forgotten Women: Australian War Widows and Spinsters in the Aftermath of World War I, 1919-1939
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
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Experiences of Secondary School Cadet Training in Australia and New Zealand During the Second World War
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
