Dr Nathan Wise
Lecturer, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, School of Humanities
Qualifications
BA Hons (First Class) from UOW and PhD in History from UNSW
Contact
| Email: | nwise@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Arts (E11) G32 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2810 (or +61 2 6773 2810 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3284 |
Dr Wise was formerly employed as an Associate Lecturer at the University of New South Wales and as a Research Officer with the Refugee Review Tribunal and he is currently a Lecturer in the School of Humanities at UNE.
Affiliations
Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Australian Historical Association.
Areas of Teaching
Nathan’s primary field of teaching is history education and Australian history, including Aboriginal cultural history, colonial Australia, Australia during the 20th Century, Australian political history, Australian military history, Australian labour history, Australian environmental history and conflict, and Australian cultural history in general.
Research interests
Nathan’s research focuses on an exploration of the working cultures of individuals serving in the military. This bridges the gap between explorations and understandings between the military and civil society. Within this broad approach he explores the nature of work within the military, approaches towards work, relationships within the military between different ranks, the links between civilian work and military work, and workplace resistance within the military. This research also seeks to enhance our understanding of the impact of military service on the broader lives of those who served.
Nathan's most recent pedagogical research has been a theoretical exploration of the idea of community in online teaching environments. He is interested in how communities provide ongoing value to members through their structure, design and development and how the different learning styles/cultures of individuals fare within communities of different design.
Publications
Nathan Wise, ‘ “In military parlance I suppose we were mutineers”: Industrial Relations in the Australian Imperial Force during the Great War’, Labour History, accepted and due for publication November, 2011.
Nathan Wise and Belinda Tynan, ‘The DE Hub virtual learning space: a niche social network community of practice’, in Physical and Virtual Learning Spaces in Higher Education, IGI Global, 2011.
Nathan Wise, ‘Playing soldiers: Sydney private school cadet corps and the Great War’, Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, vol. 96, no. 2, December, 2010, pp. 184-201.
Nathan Wise, ‘Fighting a different enemy: Social protests against authority in the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War’, International Review of Social History: Humour and Social Protest, Vol. 52, No. 15, 2007.
Nathan Wise, ‘The Lost Labour Force: Working class approaches towards military service during the Great War’, Labour History, No. 93, 2007.
Nathan Wise, ‘“Same old dope. Dodging work”: The working class in the military 1914-1918’, The Hummer: Publication of the Sydney Branch, Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Vol. 4, No. 5, 2006.
Nathan Wise, ‘Different Worlds, Different Lives: Social history approaches to histories of the military’, Alpheus, Vol. 2, No. March, 2005.