Dr Elizabeth Roberts
Biography
Elizabeth Roberts received her PhD in history from the University of Sydney in 2007 for a study into the experience of British volunteers in the Greek War of Independence, the Spanish Civil War and the Russo-Finnish War.
She is interested in the social and cultural histories of warfare, and in particular the interaction of gender and violence. She is currently researching the history of desertion, cowardice and other ‘unmanly’ behaviour in World War II.
Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise
Cultural and social histories of war in the modern world
Gender and war
Histories of gender and sexuality
Selected Publications
Freedom, Faction, Fame and Blood: British Soldiers of Conscience in Greece, Spain and Finland (Sussex Academic Press, 2010).
‘British and American Volunteers and the Politics of Dress and Demeanour in the Spanish Civil War’, Limina 14 (2008).
‘ “The Spanish Precedent”: British Volunteers in the Russo-Finnish War’, History Australia 3 (2006), pp.7.1-7.14.
