Dr Paul Sendziuk

Biography/ Background

Paul Sendziuk is a graduate of the University of Western Australia and Monash University. He specialises in twentieth-century Australian History and comparative History, with particular interests in post-war immigration, public health and the history of disease. Paul's doctoral thesis, 'Learning to Trust: A History of Australian Responses to AIDS', was awarded the 2002 Mollie Holman Doctoral Medal. A revised version of this text, published by UNSW Press, was short-listed for the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission's 2004 Human Rights Award (non-fiction section). A link to the book can be found by clicking here.

Paul is currently undertaking two research projects. The first is titled 'The Art of AIDS Prevention: Cultural Responses to HIV/AIDS in Australia, South Africa and the United States', which explores the nexus between art and health promotion and the way in which artists can save lives. The second, titled 'Stalin's Exiles: A History of Polish Displacement from the Soviet Union to Australia', investigates the poorly understood experience of Polish displaced persons who migrated to Australia after World War Two.

At undergraduate level, Paul teaches 'Australia and the World in the Twentieth Century' and 'Migrants, Refugees and the Making of Modern Australia', as well as 'Themes and Debates in South Australian History' and the 'Common Course' (a course in historical method and theory) to Honours students. He also supervises a number of Honours and postgraduate students. In recognition of his work, he was awarded the Executive Dean's Excellence in Teaching Award in 2007.

Paul also co-hosts a fortnightly Australian History program on Carole Whitelock's afternoon ABC radio show.

Recent articles by Dr Sendziuk have appeared in 'Australian Studies', 'Health and History', 'Journal of Australian Studies' and 'Eureka Street'.

Publications

For a full list of Paul Sendziuk's publications, please see the attached document

Monographs

1. Learning to Trust: Australian Responses to AIDS, Sydney: UNSW Press, Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2004.

Refereed Articles and Chapters in Books and Journals:

1. 'Harm Reduction and HIV Prevention Among Injecting Drug Users in Australia: An International Comparison', Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, vol. 24, no. 1, 2007, pp. 113-29.
2. 'The Historical Context of Improvements in Oral Health', in Gary Slade, A. John Spencer and Kaye Roberts-Thompson (eds), Australia's Dental Generations: The National Survey of Adult Oral Health, 2004-06, AIHW cat. no. DEN 165, Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2007, pp.56-81.
3. '"Thing's haven't been the same since the Grim Reaper came knocking": AIDS as an Agent of Change', in Graham Willett (ed.), Thinking Down Under: Australian Politics, Society and Culture in Transition, Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2006, pp. 155-72.
4. 'Imag(in)ing People with AIDS: Art as Activism in the Age of AIDS', Australian Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 2004, pp. 107-46

Invited and Peer-reviewed Encyclopaedia Entries:

1. 'AIDS Politics', in Brian Galligan (ed.), The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2007, p.24.
2. 'HIV/AIDS in Western Australia', in Jenny Gregory, Jan Gothard and Virginia Rowland (eds), Historical Encyclopaedia of Western Australia, in press (2009).
3. 'Environmental Degradation in Eastern Europe', in Bernard A. Cook (ed.), Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopaedia, New York: Garland, 2000, pp.330-33.

Other Articles and Book Reviews:

1. Review of 'Evidence of Survival: The Impact of World War II in Documents' exhibition, Migration Museum, History Australia, vol.6, no.1, 2009, pp.17.1-17.2.
2. Review of Judith Raftery, 'Not Part of the Public: Non-indigenous Policies and Practices and the Health of Indigenous South Australians 1836-1973', Australian Historical Studies, vol. 130, 2007, pp. 360-1.
3. Review of Alison Bashford 'Imperial Hygiene: A Critical History of Colonialism, Nationalism and Public Health', Eras, vol. 6, November 2004. See www.arts.monash.edu.au/eras/edition_6/sendziuk.htm
4. 'Denying the Grim Reaper: Australian Responses to AIDS', Eureka Street, vol.13, no. 8, 2003, pp. 16-19.

Files

• Sendziuk publications - Sendziuk.pdf [107.4K] (text/plain)

Entry last updated: Tuesday, 8 Sep 2009