Professor Noah Riseman

Noah Riseman. "Finding 'evidence of me' through 'evidence of us': Transgender oral histories and personal archives speak." In New Directions in Queer Oral History: Archives of Disruption. Eds Clare Summerskill, Amy Tooth Murphy and Emma Vickers, 59-70. Abingdon: Routledge, 2022.

Noah Riseman. "Australia's History of LGBTI Politics and Rights." In Oxford Encyclopedia of LGBT Politics and Policy. Ed. Don Haider-Markel. Oxford University Press, 2019. Available from https://oxfordre.com/politics/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228637-e-1260.

Noah Riseman. "Vietnam War, LGBTQ+ Veterans." In Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History.  Vol. 3. Ed. Howard Chiang, 1708-1710. Farmington Hills, MI: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2019.

Noah Riseman. "From Witch Hunts to Pride Balls: The ADF and LGBTI Service Personnel." In Beyond Combat: The Australian Military off the Battlefield. Eds Tristan Moss and Tom Richardson, 29-44. Sydney: NewSouth Publishing, 2018.

Noah Riseman. "Ex-service activism after 1945." In Serving Our Country: Indigenous Australians, War, Defence and Citizenship. Eds Joan Beaumont and Allison Cadzow, 261-281. Sydney: NewSouth Publishing, 2018.

Noah Riseman. "The Vietnam War." In Serving Our Country: Indigenous Australians, War, Defence and Citizenship. Eds Joan Beaumont and Allison Cadzow, 215-238. Sydney: NewSouth Publishing, 2018.

Noah Riseman. "Opening the military door, 1945-65." In Serving Our Country: Indigenous Australians, War, Defence and Citizenship. Eds Joan Beaumont and Allison Cadzow, 196-214. Sydney: NewSouth Publishing, 2018.

Noah Riseman and Timothy Winegard. "Indigenous Experience of War (British Dominions)." In 1914-1918 Online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War. Eds Peter Gatrell, Heather Jones and Jennifer Keene. Freie Universitat Berlin, 2015. Available from http://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/indigenous_experience_of_war_british_dominions.

Noah Riseman. "The Vietnam War and Indigenous Service in Australia and the United States." In New Perceptions of the Vietnam War: Essays on the War, the South Vietnamese Experience, the Diaspora and the Continuing Impact. Ed. Nathalie Nguyen, 203-228. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2015.

Noah Riseman. "Enduring Silences, Enduring Prejudices: Australian Aboriginal Participation in the First World War." In Endurance and the First World War: Experience and Legacies in New Zealand and Australia. Eds David Monger, Katie Pickles and Sarah Murray, 178-195. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Noah Riseman. "Black Skins, Black Work: Race and Labour in World War II Papua and New Guinea." In Labour History in the New Century. Ed. Bobbie Oliver, 63-75. Perth: Black Swan Press, 2009.

My research historicises the experiences of marginalised social groups in Australia in the twentieth century. I have conducted several research projects examining the history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation in the Australian armed forces, particularly in the Second World War and post-Second World War eras. Through these projects I have researched topics including the role of women, racism and commemorations of Indigenous service. I have also conducted transnational research, looking at Native American military service as a point of comparison with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander experiences.

I also recently completed a project examining the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex service personnel in the Australian armed forces post-Second World War. This project, entitled 'Serving in Silence? LGBTI Military Service in Australia since 1945', was in partnership with the Australian Queer Archives (formerly Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives) and Defence LGBTI Information Service (DEFGLIS). I am still doing work with LGBTI veterans - especially the Defence LGBTI Veterans Association (DLVA) - to seek justice for past persecution of LGBTI service members.

Since 2017, I have been researching the history of transgender Australians since the early twentieth century. The project focuses especially on the personal experiences of gender diverse people and intentionally centres their stories and perspectives in the contemporary era, while looking to media, the law and medicine for trans histories before living memory. This project is working closely with Australia's trans and gender diverse community.

Finally, I have recently commenced a project on the history of sex and sexuality in the Australian military.

Research Grants:

• Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery DP210100772 (2021-23): "A Century of Sex and the Australian Military, 1914-2020" ($264,435, 1st CI)
• Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery DP180100322 (2018-20): "Transgender Australians: The History of an Identity" ($256,966, 1st CI)
• Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery DP160103548 (2016-18): "Serving in Silence? Australian LGBTI Military Service since 1945" ($199,937 1st CI)
• Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage LP120200327 (2012-17): "Serving our country: a history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the defence of Australia" ($1,024,275 grant administered by ANU 3rd CI) Partner Organisations: Department of Defence, Department of Veterans' Affairs, National Archives of Australia, Australian War Memorial 
• Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery DP110101627 (2011-13): "Defending Australia, defending Indigenous rights: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander military service and Australian identity, 1946-2003" ($120,000 1st CI)
• Department of Defence, Army History Research Unit (2009-10): "Defending Australia, Defending Indigenous Rights: Australian Indigenous Soldiers since World War II" ($4,500)
• Australian Catholic University Research Funding (2014-16): "Australia's Changing Identity in the Postwar Era" ($133,500 1st CI)
• Australian Catholic University Research Support Team (2011-13): "Exploring Social Justice in Australian Social and Cultural History" ($45,000 Team Leader)
• Australian Catholic University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Early Career Research Incentive Award (2009-10): "Defending Australia, Defending Indigenous Rights: Koori Soldiers and Veterans since World War II" ($4,131)
• Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS, 2005-06): "Colonising Yolngu Defence: Arnhem Land in the Second World War and the Transnational Uses of Indigenous People in the Second World War" ($10,612)
• Northern Territory History Grant (2005-06): "Colonising Yolngu Defence: Arnhem Land in the Second World War and the Transnational Uses of Indigenous People in the Second World War" ($3,000)

Research project 1: "Transgender Australians: The History of an Identity"

This project aims to trace the emergence of transgender identities in Australia since the early twentieth century. Using oral histories, archives and media, the project intends to analyse the shifting medical, legal, cultural and popular discourses about transgender people, as well as study how evolving societal attitudes have affected the lives of gender diverse people. By revealing transgender people's histories, the project will explore the ways gender diverse Australians have expressed their identities amidst changing social norms. The expected outcomes will inform current debates about transgender rights, healthcare provision and social inclusion.

Research project 2: "A Century of Sex and the Australian Military, 1914-2020"

This project aims to explore how the Australian military and its members have dealt with sex and sexuality. Through uncovering policy, health and disciplinary files, as well as medical literature, civilian police, newspaper and court records, the project intends to analyse how the Australian military evolved its approach to members&rsquo sexual and intimate relations, and the consequences military life had for individuals&rsquo sexual and romantic partnerships. By illuminating the relationships between the Australian military, sexual cultures, the law, health and public policy, the findings should benefit the Australian Defence Force&rsquos ongoing process of culture change and inform policy formulation around veterans&rsquo health and welfare.

PhD Thesis was recipient of 2009 C.E.W. Bean Prize for Military History awarded by Department of Defence, Army History Research Unit

Australian Catholic University (2008- )

Lecturer in charge for:

HIST 104/327: Indigenous Peoples in Settler Colonies (2009)

HIST 106: Australian Indigenous Peoples: Past and Present (2008-11)

HIST 206/329: Diasporas and Journeys: Immigration in World History (2010, 2015)

HIST 224: Rise of the United States (2008, 2012, 2015)

HIST 225: US Foreign Policy since 1945 (2008, 2013, 2016)

HIST 226/330: Contemporary World History (2009, 2012, 2016)

HIST 229: Rebels and Revolutions in Latin America (2011, 2014, 2017)

HUMA 402: Honours Research Methods (2013-17)

2015: ACU Vice Chancellor's Excellence in Teaching Award

2014: Office of Learning and Teaching (OLT) Team Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning "for collaboratively designing a program of assessment which promotes hands-on historical research and transforms students into independent historians" other team members Dr Ellen Warne and Dr Nell Musgrove**

2013: ACU Team Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning "for designing a programme of Historical Studies that scaffolds students&rsquo skills as historians through diverse and innovative activities and assessments" other team members Dr Ellen Warne and Dr Nell Musgrove**

2011: Faculty of Arts and Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award 

University of Melbourne (2005-08)

Tutor for: Rebels and Revolutions in Latin America, USA and the World: Democracy and Empire

University of New England (2005-06)

Tutor for: The Swinging Sixties: the 1960s in America, Britain and Australia

Australian Historical Association (Secretary 2018-22), International Australian Studies Association (executive member 2013-16 Secretary 2017-18 President 2019-22), Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, Australia New Zealand American Studies Association, Oral History Association of Australia, Australian Queer Archives, Defence LGBTI Information Service (DEFGLIS), Discharged LGBTI Veterans' Association (DLVA)