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Mia Martin Hobbs

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Research Fellow, Deakin University

Oral historian researching war (Vietnam War and War on Terror), trauma, memory, gender, peace and security. Research fellow on the ARC project "A Conceptual History of National Security in Australia since 1901" at Deakin University.

Experience

  • 2021–present
    Research Fellow, Deakin University
  • 2019–2021
    Honorary Fellow, University of Melbourne
  • 2018–2019
    Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Melbourne
  • 2015–2018
    PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne

Education

  • 2018 
    University of Melbourne, Doctor of Philosophy
  • 2013 
    University of Melbourne, Bachelor of Arts with Honours

Publications

  • 2022
    Veteran Reflections: Legacies of War in Vietnam at Peace, Vietnam War in the Pacific World, University of North Carolina
  • 2022
    Why soldiers commit war crimes - and what we can do about it, Lessons from History: Leading Historians Tackle Australia's Greatest Challenge, NewSouth
  • 2022
    Calamity or commodity? Conceptualising security in the nuclear debate in Fraser’s Australia, History Australia
  • 2021
    (Un)naming: Agency, Anonymity, and Ethics in Oral Histories with Veteran-Narrators, Oral History Review
  • 2021
    Return to Vietnam: An Oral History of American and Australian Veterans' Journeys, Cambridge University Press
  • 2018
    “We went and did an Anzac job”: Memory, myth, and the Anzac Digger in Vietnam, Australian Journal of Politics and History

Grants and Contracts

  • 2020
    History and Policy Award
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    Contemporary Histories Research Group
  • 2019
    Freilich Project Small Grant Scheme
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    Herbert and Valmae Freilich Project for the Study of Bigotry
  • 2018
    Gilbert Postdoctoral Career Development Fellowship
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    University of Melbourne
  • 2018
    AHA-Copyright Agency Early Career Mentorship Scheme
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    Australian Historical Society - Copyright Agency