ProfessorDavid Lowe
Deakin Distinguished Professor and Chair in Contemporary History
Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences/Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation
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- Deakin Distinguished Professor and Chair in Contemporary HistoryFaculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences/Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation
- +61 3 522 72691 (Work)
- Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216
RESEARCH INTERESTS
David conducts research in a number of aspects of contemporary history, including: regionalism in Asia; the uses of history by politicians; remembering conflict and political transitions; the growth of international students as a factor in cultural diplomacy; and the history of Australia's foreign and aid policies, including overseas diplomatic representation.
GRANTS
- CONTRACT RESEARCHPNG 50th Anniversary Project A Partnership to celebrate Papua New Guineas independence from Australia13 Jan 2025 - 10 Sep 2025People funded by this grant:
- Lowe D,
- Underhill B
- GRANTRemembering the Korean War in Australia and South Korea1 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2025People funded by this grant:
- Hundt D,
- Lowe D,
- Singleton A
- GRANTWitnesses to war and peace: Australian recollections of Korea and Koreans, 1953-202318 Oct 2023 - 17 Oct 2024People funded by this grant:
- Hundt D,
- Lowe D
- GRANTA Conceptual History of Australian National Security since 19011 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2023People funded by this grant:
- Lowe D,
- Holbrook C,
- Conze E
- GRANTAustralia-India Student Mobility: Experiences, Lessons and Transformations27 Sep 2017 - 28 Feb 2018People funded by this grant:
- Lowe D,
- Druzenko L,
- Lobo M
- GRANTAustralia's foreign aid since 1945: national values and aid allocation1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2019People funded by this grant:
- Lowe D,
- McGillivray M
- GRANTAustralia's Embassy in Tokyo: history from Australian and Japanese perspectives20 Jul 2016 - 31 Aug 2017People funded by this grant:
- David Lowe
- GRANT50 years of Papua New Guinean and Indonesian tertiary scholarships in Australia: an assessment of post-scholarship leadership, networks and linkages with Australia23 Apr 2013 - 1 May 2015People funded by this grant:
- Lowe D,
- Ritchie J
- GRANTEnriched Relations: Cultural Diplomacy in Australian-Indian relations, past and present25 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2011People funded by this grant:
- Lowe D,
- Walker D
- GRANTRegional Research and Information Centre Business Plan25 Nov 2010 - 15 Sep 2011People funded by this grant:
- David Lowe
- COLLABORATIVE GRANTPolicies and governance to support integrated landscape management in a changing environment.30 Aug 2010 - 31 Oct 2012People funded by this grant:
- Bennett A,
- Lowe D,
- O'Toole K
- TENDERRegional Research and Information Centre - A review of the current data in the Health and Wellbeing Pillar of G2114 May 2010 - 14 Jan 2011People funded by this grant:
- Lowe D,
- O'Toole K
- GRANTAustralian politicians and the uses of history: from Federation to the present1 Jan 2010 - 31 Dec 2012People funded by this grant:
- Lowe D,
- Walter J