GILFEDDER DEIRDRE - CV

Biography

Deirdre Gilfedder is Professor of English at the University of Paris-Dauphine. She specializes  in Australian history and cultural studies, and has published widely on the memory of the First World War and other “places of remembrance” in Australia.  She is also interested in issues relating to indigenous Australians, monarchy and republicanism in Commonwealth countries, as well as postcolonial theory. She is the author of the book L'Australie et la Grande Guerre, published by Michel Houdiard and editor of the journal, Postcolonial Cultures: studies and essays, published by SEPC, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle.

Selection of recent publications :

« La silhouette du mémorial australien de la guerre à Canberra » in "Lieux de mémoire des guerres mondiales dans le monde britannique", Guerres mondiales et conflits contemporains, Presses universitaires de France. No.290 2023.

• The early punk scene in Brisbane, Australia as site of social and postcolonial rebellion” in Garbaye & Gérôme Guibert (eds.), Musical Scenes and Social Class: Debating Punk and Metal, Palgrave Macmillan, 2024.

“Australie” in Clément Fabre (ed), Les mondialisations des années 1880 au milieu des années 1930,  Editions Atlande, 2023.

“Notes on Mining, Indigenous Communities and the Gulf of Carpentaria in Agrégation anglaise 2022 Alexis Wright, “Carpentaria”, Editions Ellipse, Paris 2021. pp. 278 – 296

 “Your media majesty: three kings and radio in the inter-war years”, in Realms of Royalty: New directions in studying European monarchies. Transcript. Bielefeld, Germany, March 2020

“ ‘A Strange, New Race’: eugenics and the Australian Soldier in the First World War” in Commemorating Race and Empire in the First World War Centenary, Liverpool University Press. 2018.