Bruce Charles Scates,FASSA (born 1957) is an Australian historian,academic,novelist and documentary film producer at the Australian National University.
Scates moved to the Australian National University in 2017,where he is a professor of history in the Research School of Social Sciences.[1] He is currently an Australian Fulbright senior scholar,having been awarded a Fulbright 70th Anniversary Scholar Award in 2020.[4]
Since 1989,Scates has been the author and/or editor of 14 academic books and a historical novel.[5]
With historian Susan Carland he presented a documentary video series titled Australian Journey,filmed around Australia and involving more than 50 major cultural institutions.[10][11]
On Dangerous Ground
In 2012,Scates published his first,and to date only,historical novel. Titled On Dangerous Ground:a Gallipoli Story, the book drew on both his historical research and experiences working with government advisory bodies to tell a story about the Gallipoli campaign and its aftermath through the perspectives of a soldier on the frontline,CEW Bean and a historian investigating war graves in 2015.[12]
Concurrent with his academic career,Scates has also acted as a public historian,through public appearances,lectures and opinion articles. He has written several opinion pieces for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age newspapers,mostly on the topic of war remembrance and commemoration.[13][14] He has also been involved in the production of documentaries for the ABC,BBC and Māori Television.[15]
1 2 Harrison, Sharon. "Frances, Raelene". Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
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