Stuart James Ward

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Stuart James Ward is professor of imperial and global history at the Saxo Institute, specializing in the history of settler colonialism and the global legacies of decolonization in the twentieth century. His research has engaged with multiple colonial contexts, from Africa to South Asia, Canada, the Caribbean and especially Australia. He has also explored the social and political repercussions of imperial retrenchment abroad for post-war Britain - most recently in Untied Kingdom: A Global History of the End of Britain (2023). 

He holds degrees in history from the University of Queensland (BA hons) and the University of Sydney (PhD), and has held academic appointments in Italy, the UK and Ireland. He has taught Australian History at King's College London, the University of Southern Denmark, University College Dublin and the University of Greenland, and has held visiting fellowships at the Australian Defence Force Academy, UNSW (2005), Exeter University (2017), the Australian National University (2018) and Nuffield College Oxford (2023). From 2018 to 2023 he was Head of the Saxo Institute, and since 2010 he has been Provost of the university college Regensen.

Selected publications

1. Published

   The European Provenance of Decolonization

   Ward, Stuart James, 2016, In: Past & Present. 230, 1, p. 227-260

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

2. Published

   "Cramped and Restricted at Home"? Scottish Separatism at Empire's End

   Ward, Stuart James & Nielsen, J. Ø., 2015, In: Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. XXV, p. 159-185 26 p.

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

3. Published

   The Unknown Nation: Australia After Empire

   Ward, Stuart James & Curran, J., 2010, Melbourne: Melbourne University Publishing. 352 p.

   Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review