Dr. Stuart Ward

Biography

Stuart James Ward is a Professor at the Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen, specializing in imperial global history. His research focuses on the history of settler colonialism, global legacies, and decolonization in the twentieth century. He has engaged with multiple colonial contexts, including Africa, South Asia, Canada, the Caribbean, and especially Australia. Ward has explored the social and political repercussions of imperial retrenchment abroad post-war Britain, contributing to recent works like 'Untied Kingdom: Global History End 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. Ward has also held visiting fellowships at the Australian Defence Force Academy, UNSW (2005), Exeter University (2017), Australian National University (2018), and Nuffield College, Oxford (2023). From 2018 to 2023, he served as the Head of the Saxo Institute and was the Provost of University College Regensen in 2010.

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