Dr Alexis Bergantz

Alexis Bergantz' research focuses on Franco-Australian history, the French Pacific and New Caledonia. He is currently writing a book on the history of the idea of French culture in Australia in the nineteenth century. His new project investigates the history of French convicts in Australia and the transcolonial links between Australia and New Caledonia.

He completed his PhD thesis in 2016 in the School of History at the Australian National University for which he was awarded the John Molony Prize for best thesis in History, the ANU J. G. Crawford Prize for Academic Excellence and was shortlisted for the Serle Award by the Australian Historical Association (for best PhD thesis in Australian history) .

Alexis also sits on the Research Committee of the Institute for the Study of French Australian Relations (ISFAR), and the Editorial Committee of the academic journals PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies and The French Australian Review.

Twitter: @alexisbergantz and @theISFAR

• Lecturer and course coordinator, French program
• Research Committee, Institute for the Study of French Australian Relations
• ECR Deputy Leader, Social and Global Studies Centre

• PhD (History), The Australian National University
• MA (History), The University of Sydney
• MA (International Studies), The University of Sydney
• BA (English and French studies), Université Marc Bloch (Strasbourg II)
• Diplôme d'Aptitude à l'Enseignement du Français Langue Etrangère

Member of Editorial Committee:

• PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies
• The French Australian Review

Professional affiliations:

• The Australian Historical Association (AHA)
• The Institute for the Study of French Australian Relations (ISFAR)
• The Australian Society for French Studies (ASFS)
• Pacific Interest Group, Melbourne (PIG)
• European Asia-Pacific Network (Eurasiane)