Brad West is an award winning sociologist at the University of South Australia, having held previous academic posts at the University of Bristol, Flinders University, University of Newcastle and King's College London. He is currently the co-President of the International Sociological Association's Research Committee on Sociological Theory (2018-2023), a Faculty Fellow in the Center for Cultural Sociology at Yale University and has previously held a Menzies Foundation Bicentennial Fellowship at King's College London and International Fellowship from the Turkish Academy of Science. His recent publications include the sole authored books Finding Gallipoli: Battlefield Remembrance and the Movement of Australian and Turkish History (Palgrave... Read more
About me
Brad West is an award winning sociologist at the University of South Australia, having held previous academic posts at the University of Bristol, Flinders University, University of Newcastle and King's College London. He is currently the co-President of the International Sociological Association's Research Committee on Sociological Theory (2018-2023), a Faculty Fellow in the Center for Cultural Sociology at Yale University and has previously held a Menzies Foundation Bicentennial Fellowship at King's College London and International Fellowship from the Turkish Academy of Science. His recent publications include the sole authored books Finding Gallipoli: Battlefield Remembrance and the Movement of Australian and Turkish History (Palgrave Macmillan) and Re-enchanting Nationalisms (Springer). Amongst other professional service he currently sits on the advisory editorial boards of the American Journal of Cultural Sociology (2012-current) and Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies (2018-current). In recent years he has been an advocate for the development of a 'strong' research program on the interconnections between war, the military and civil society and is co-founder of the Military Organisation and Culture Studies Group. Applying neo-Durkheimian theories of ritual and identity, Brad is also co-founder of Self@Arts that runs a performing arts based wellbeing program for the Australian Army's Soldier Recovery Centre in Adelaide and Darwin.
About me
RC16 Sociological Theory, International Sociological Association,The Australian Sociological Association
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of Queensland
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) University of Queensland
Bachelor of Arts University of Queensland
Co-President, International Sociological Association Research Commitee on Sociological Theory (2018- present)
Associate Head (Research), School of Communication, International Studies and Languages, UniSA (2014-2017)
2010- 2012 Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Bristol
2006 - 2010 Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Flinders University
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Drawing On Reserves: Enhancing Capability Through Civilian Employer-Military Relations, Cwth Dept of Defence-Army Research Scheme, 30/01/2023 - 03/03/2024
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
Year | Output |
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2017 |
West, B 2017, War Memory and Commemoration, Routledge, London. |
2016 |
4
2
2
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2016 |
Open access
1
3
4
|
2016 |
Open access
3
1
3
|
2015 |
12
1
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Year | Output |
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2022 |
4
|
2017 |
West, B 2017, War Memory and Commemoration, Routledge, London. |
2015 |
12
1
|
Year | Output |
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2021 |
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2021 |
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2021 |
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2017 |
1
14
|
2017 |
1
|
2016 |
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2014 |
3
|
2010 |
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2008 |
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2008 |
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Year | Output |
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2023 |
Open access
6
|
2022 |
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2022 |
Open access
|
2022 |
Open access
1
|
2018 |
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2016 |
4
2
2
|
2016 |
Open access
1
3
4
|
2016 |
Open access
3
1
3
|
2014 |
Open access
11
8
|
2011 |
4
3
|
2010 |
25
|
2008 |
4
2
|
2008 |
29
23
|
2008 |
44
38
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Year | Output |
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2021 |
Open access
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2020 |
Open access
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Research
Board Member, StoryRight Veteran Employment Initiative
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Australian Student Veterans Association (ASVA) | AUSTRALIA |
Coventry University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
Griffith University | AUSTRALIA |
Istanbul Bilgi University | TURKEY |
La Trobe University | AUSTRALIA |
Monash University | AUSTRALIA |
Royal Danish Defence College | DENMARK |
University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
University of Auckland | NEW ZEALAND |
University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
University of Newcastle | AUSTRALIA |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | UNITED STATES |
University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
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Advisory Board MemberStoryRight |
2018 |
Editorial Board MemberAmerican Journal of Cultural Sociology |
2018 |
Editorial Board MemberTourist Studies |
2018 |
Editorial Board MemberScandinavian Journal of Military Studies |
2018 |
Editorial Board MemberTurkish Yearbook of Gallipoli Studies |
2018 |
Elected Board Member, Research Committee on Sociological TheoryInternational Sociological Association |
2018 |
MemberRC16 Sociological Theory, International Sociological Association |
2018 |
MemberThe Australian Sociological Association |
2018 |
Editorial Board MemberTourist Studies |
2017 |
Elected Board Member, Research Committee on Sociological TheoryInternational Sociological Association |
2017 |
International Scholar Research FellowshipThe Scientific and Technological Research Council, Turkey |
2017 |
MemberRC16 Sociological Theory, International Sociological Association |
2017 |
MemberThe Australian Sociological Association |
2017 |
Editorial Board MemberAmerican Journal of Cultural Sociology |
2016 |
Editorial Board MemberTourist Studies |
2016 |
Editorial Board MemberTurkish Yearbook of Gallipoli Studies |
2016 |
Elected Board Member, Research Committee on Sociological TheoryInternational Sociological Association |
2016 |
Editorial Board MemberAmerican Journal of Cultural Sociology |
2015 |
Editorial Board MemberTourist Studies |
2015 |
Editorial Board MemberTurkish Yearbook of Gallipoli Studies |
2015 |
Elected Board Member, Research Committee on Sociological TheoryInternational Sociological Association |
2015 |
Editorial Board MemberAmerican Journal of Cultural Sociology |
2014 |
Editorial Board MemberTourist Studies |
2014 |
Editorial Board MemberTurkish Yearbook of Gallipoli Studies |
2014 |
Elected Board Member, Research Committee on Sociological TheoryInternational Sociological Association |
2014 |
Editorial Board MemberAmerican Journal of Cultural Sociology |
2013 |
Editorial Board MemberTourist Studies |
2013 |
Editorial Board MemberJournal of Sociology |
2013 |
Editorial Board MemberAmerican Journal of Cultural Sociology |
2012 |
Editorial Board MemberTourist Studies |
2012 |
Editorial Board MemberJournal of Sociology |
2012 |
Best Paper, Journal of Sociology 2008-2010The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) |
2011 |
Editorial Board MemberTurkish Yearbook of Gallipoli Studies |
2011 |
International Editorial Board MemberJournal of Sociology |
2011 |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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Discourses of health in the vegan movement | Current |
Identity issues for Kazakh Christians converted from a Muslim background in Kazakhstan. | Current |
Living in disorder place making beyond domestic space | Current |
A nation changed? post-tsunami images / (re)presentations of national identity in Japanese television advertising | Completed |
Anangu literacy practices unsettle northern models of literacy | Completed |
Designer casuals: women's work and designer fashion boutiques - negotiating glamorous disadvantage | Completed |
Hearing and heeding `the other side': (Re)-centring the southern multilingualisms and lived realities of South Sudanese women in Australia | Completed |
Indigenous education policies in Malaysia and Australia: a study of the recognition of Indigenous rights and self-determination | Completed |
Lifeline: making the personal experience theatrical | Completed |
Maintaining male dominance in the workplace: firefighters in an Australian metropolitan fire service | Completed |
Shaping narratives in transition: examining local memory initiatives prior to Colombia¿s 2016 peace agreement | Completed |
Stories of Australian deserters in World War 1 | Completed |
Talking about family photographs and the Australian Baby Boomers' legacy. Opening the shoeboxes: snapshots, memories and narratives | Completed |
The changing conceptions of time and memory in post-socialist Chinese cinema | Completed |
The digital home: exploring the communicative experiences of contemporary mothers | Completed |