Christina Twomey

Biography

Christina Twomey is Professor of History at Monash University. Her research focuses on war, gender, trauma, welfare and humanitarianism. Her books include The Battle Within: POWs in post-war Australia, winner of the 2018 NSW Premier’s Prize for Australian History and Australia’s Forgotten Prisoners: Civilians Interned by the Japanese in World War II, winner of a 2008 NSW Premier’s History Prize. She co-authored A History of Australia with Mark Peel. ARC Discovery, Linkage and Future Fellowship grants and the National Archives of Australia have funded her research.

Formerly a member of the ARC College of Experts, Christina was Chief Research Officer at the ARC (2023-25), Head of School, Faculty of Arts at Monash University, and Vice-President of Academic Board. She has served on the Executive Committee of the Australian Historical Association, as Editor then Chair of the Board of Australian Historical Studies, and as President of the International Australian Studies Association. She held the DEEWR Distinguished Visiting Chair of Australian Studies at the University of Copenhagen. Christina is also a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia.