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Professor Robert Aldrich

Chevalier des Palmes Académiques, FAHA, FASSA, FRHistS, BA Emory MA PhD Brandeis

Professor Emeritus
History

Email

Robert.aldrich@sydney.edu.au

Address

A18 - Brennan MacCallum Building

The University of Sydney

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Member of Sydney Southeast Asia Centre

Websites

Monarchy in Peril - podcast

Biographical details

Robert Aldrich, Professor Emeritus of European History, carries out research in modern European and colonial history, especially the history of the French and British overseas empires; the history of modern monarchy; and the history of gender and sexuality.

Research interests

Aldrich's current research is centred on two areas:

- the history of modern monarchy in global perspective, particularly the links between colonialism and both European and indigenous monarchies

- the history of France in Asia in the long nineteenth century

Forthcoming, in addition to the edited Global Royal Families (for Oxford University Press), is a new and updated edition of his Gay Life Stories (for Thames & Hudson).

Current projects

Robert Aldrich is author (with Andreas Stucki) of The Colonial World: A History of European Empires, 1780s to the Present (Bloomsbury, London, 2023). This 536-page volume provides a wide-ranging coverage and analysis of modern colonialism; the three sections are devoted to a chronological overview, a series of chapters on particular themes (e.g., colonialism and the body, representations of colonialism, migration and crossed destines), and selected case studies anchored in a particular moment in the colonial history of a country. He has writen and edited various other books on the history of colonialism, especially in the French overseas empire, and on the legacy of the colonial period.

In recent years, Aldrich has been engaged in collaborative work on the history of modern monarchy. Works in that area include an authored book, Banished Potentates: Dethroning and Exiling Indigenous Monarchs under British and French Colonial Rule, 1815-1955 (Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2017) - which examines the circumstances of the deposition of hereditary indigenous rulers, their fate in exile (and occasional repatriation), and their posthumous place in national commemoration and historical narrative. With Cindy McCreery, Aldrich has edited Crowns and Colonies: European Monarchies and Overseas Empires (2016),Royals on Tour: Politics, Pageantry and Colonialism (2018), and Monarchies and Decolonisation in Asia (2020), all published by Manchester University Press. Forthcoming in 2024 is a co-edited volume (with McCreery and Falko Schnicke) on Global Royal Families.

Among other recent works is a study co-authored with John Connell, The Ends of Empire: The Last Colonies Revisited (Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2020).

Associations

Awards and honours

Aldrich is a Fellow of the Australian Humanities Academy, the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, and the Royal Historical Society. He was decorated with the Ordre des Palmes Académiques by the French government for his 'conributions to French culture'.

He is currently chair of the Advisory Board of The French Australian Review, published by the Institute for the Study of French-Australian Relations.

He has held visiting fellowships at the Camargo Foundation in Cassis, France, at the Columbia University Institute for Scholars in Paris, and at Wolfson College and the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and the Humanities at the University of Cambridge.

Selected publications

Global Royal Families: Cultures of Transnational Monarchy in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

(Oxford University Press, 2024)

Monarchies and Decolonisation in Asia

(Manchester University Press, 2020)

The Ends of Empire: The Last Colonies Revisited

(Palgrave Macmillan, 2020)

Banished Potentates: Dethroning and exiling indigenous monarchs under British and French colonial rule, 1815-1955

(Manchester University Press, 2018)

Royals on Tour: Politics, Pageantry and Colonialism

(Manchester University Press, 2018)

Crowns and Colonies: European Monarchies and Overseas Empires

(TBC, 2016)

Cultural Encounters and Homoeroticism in Sri Lanka: Sex and serendipity

(Routledge, 2014)

The Routledge History of Western Empires

(Routledge, 2013)

Gay Life Stories

(Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2012)

Monuments et mÃ©moires: Les traces coloniales dans le paysage francais

(SociÃ©tÃ© FranÃ§aise d'Histoire d'Outre-Mer, 2011)

The Age of Empires

(Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2007)

Gay Life and Culture: A World History

(Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2006)

Vestiges of the Colonial Empire in France: Monuments, Museums and Colonial Memories

(Palgrave Macmillan, 2005)

Colonialism and Homosexuality

(Routledge, 2003)

Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day

(Routledge, 2001)

Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to World War II

(Routledge, 2001)

Publications

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Books

Aldrich, R., Connell, J. (2024). France in world politics. London: Routledge. [More Information]
Connell, J., Aldrich, R. (2020). The Ends of Empire: The Last Colonies Revisited. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2018). Banished Potentates: Dethroning and exiling indigenous monarchs under British and French colonial rule, 1815-1955. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Aldrich, R. (2014). Cultural Encounters and Homoeroticism in Sri Lanka: Sex and serendipity. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2012). Gay Life Stories. London, UK: Thames & Hudson Ltd.
Aldrich, R. (2011). Monuments et mÃ©moires: Les traces coloniales dans le paysage francais. Paris: SociÃ©tÃ© FranÃ§aise d'Histoire d'Outre-Mer.
Aldrich, R. (2005). Vestiges of the Colonial Empire in France: Monuments, Museums and Colonial Memories. Melbourne (Aust): Palgrave Macmillan.
Aldrich, R. (2003). Colonialism and Homosexuality. London: Routledge.

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Edited Books

Aldrich, R., McCreery, C., Schnicke, F. (2024). Global Royal Families: Cultures of Transnational Monarchy in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Aldrich, R., McCreery, C. (2020). Monarchies and Decolonisation in Asia. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [More Information]
Aldrich, R., McCreery, C. (2018). Royals on Tour: Politics, Pageantry and Colonialism. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Aldrich, R., McCreery, C. (2016). Crowns and Colonies: European Monarchies and Overseas Empires. TBC.
Aldrich, R., McKenzie, K. (2013). The Routledge History of Western Empires. London: Routledge. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2007). The Age of Empires. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd.
Aldrich, R. (2006). Gay Life and Culture: A World History. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd.
Aldrich, R., Wotherspoon, G. (2001). Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day. London: Routledge.
Aldrich, R., Wotherspoon, G. (2001). Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to World War II. London: Routledge.

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Book Chapters

Connell, J., Aldrich, R. (2024). Remnants of empire: France's overseas departments and territories. In Robert Aldrich, John Connell (Eds.), France in world politics, (pp. 148-169). London: Routledge. [More Information]
McCreery, C., Aldrich, R., Schnicke, F. (2024). Royal Families and Global Monarchies in Modern History: Past Trajectories and New Avenues. In Robert Aldrich, Cindy McCreery, Falko Schnicke (Eds.), Global Royal Families: Cultures of Transnational Monarchy in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, (pp. 3-19). United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Aldrich, R. (2024). The Globalization of Monarchs and Royal Families, c. 1850-1945. In Robert Aldrich, Cindy McCreery, Falko Schnicke (Eds.), Global Royal Families: Cultures of Transnational Monarchy in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, (pp. 21-47). United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Aldrich, R., McCreery, C. (2020). European Royals and their Colonial Realms: Honors and Decorations. In Christina Jordan and Imke Polland (Eds.), Realms of Royalty: New Directions in Researching Contemporary European Monarchies, (pp. 63-88). Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag. [More Information]
Aldrich, R., McCreery, C. (2020). Monarchies, Decolonisation and Post-Colonial Asia. In Robert Aldrich and Cindy McCreery (Eds.), Monarchies and Decolonisation in Asia, (pp. 1-21). Manchester: Manchester University Press. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2020). Old colonial sites and new uses in contemporary Paris. In Daniel E. Coslett (Eds.), Neocolonialism and Built Heritage: Echoes of Empire in Africa, Asia, and Europe, (pp. 23-41). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2020). Same-Sex Unions: In Retrospect and Prospect. In Sean Brady and Mark Seymour (Eds.), From Sodomy Laws to Same-Sex Marriage: International Perspectives since 1789, (pp. 227-236). London: Bloomsbury Academic. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2020). The Himalayan kingdoms, British colonialism, and indigenous monarchs after the end of empire. In Robert Aldrich and Cindy McCreery (Eds.), Monarchies and Decolonisation in Asia, (pp. 60-79). Manchester: Manchester University Press. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2019). A Tram Ticket, an Egyptian and an Englishman. In Chris Brickell and Judith Collard (Eds.), Queer Objects, (pp. 245-250). Dunedin: Otago University Press.
Aldrich, R. (2019). Gender and Travel Writing. In Nandini Das, Tim Youngs (Eds.), The Cambridge History of Travel Writing, (pp. 520-534). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2019). Trade: Trade, Colonialism and Culture, 1780 - 1920. In Kirsten McKenzie (Eds.), A Cultural History of Western Empires in the Age of Empire, (pp. 43-66). London: Bloomsbury Academic. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2018). Apologies Restitutions, and Compensation: Making Reparations for Colonialism. In Martin Thomas and Andrew S. Thompson (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Ends of Empire, (pp. 1-27). Oxford: Oxford University Press. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2018). Colonial kings in the metropole: the visits to France of King Sisowath (1906) and Emperor Khai Dinh (1922). In R. Aldrich, C. McCreery (Eds.), Royals on Tour: Politics, Pageantry and Colonialism, (pp. 125-145). Manchester: Manchester University Press. [More Information]
Aldrich, R., McCreery, C. (2018). Empire Tours: royal travel between colonies and metropoles. In R. Aldrich, C. McCreery (Eds.), Royals on Tour: Politics, Pageantry and Colonialism, (pp. 1-22). Manchester: Manchester University Press. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2018). French imperial tours: Napoleon III and Eugenie in Algeria and beyond. In R. Aldrich, C. McCreery (Eds.), Royals on Tour: Politics, Pageantry and Colonialism, (pp. 38-55). Manchester: Manchester University Press. [More Information]
Aldrich, R., McCreery, C. (2016). European sovereigns and their empires 'beyond the seas'. In Not known (Eds.), Crowns and Colonies: European Monarchies and Overseas Empires, (pp. 1-26). TBC. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2016). Out of Ceylon: The Exile of the Last King of Kandy. In Ronit Ricci (Eds.), Exile in Colonial Asia: Kings, Convicts, Commemoration, (pp. 48-70). Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. [More Information]
Aldrich, R., McKenzie, K. (2014). Introduction. In Robert Aldrich, Kirsten McKenzie (Eds.), The Routledge History of Western Empires, (pp. 1-2). London: Routledge. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2014). Politics. In David Armitage, Alison Bashford (Eds.), Pacific Histories: Ocean, Land, People, (pp. 305-325). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
Aldrich, R. (2014). The Difficult Art of Exhibiting Colonies. In Pascal Blanchard, Sandrine Lemaire, Nicholas Bancel, Dominic Thomas (Eds.), Colonial Culture in France since the Revolution, (pp. 438-452). Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press.
Aldrich, R., McKenzie, K. (2014). Why Colonialism? In Robert Aldrich, Kirsten McKenzie (Eds.), The Routledge History of Western Empires, (pp. 3-13). London: Routledge. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2013). Sex matters: sexuality and the writing of colonial history. In Not known (Eds.), Writing imperial histories, (pp. 74-99). TBC. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2012). When Did Decolonization End? France and the Ending of Empire. In AW McCoy, JM Fradera and S Jacobson (Eds.), Endless Empire: Spains Retreat, Europes Eclipse, Americas Decline, (pp. 216-229). Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press.
Aldrich, R. (2011). Preface. In Viviane Fayaud (Eds.), Le Paradis autour de Paul Gauguin, (pp. 13-15). Paris: CNRS Editions.
Aldrich, R. (2011). The Colonial Past and the Postcolonial Present. In Martin Thomas (Eds.), The French Colonial Mind, Volume 2: Violence, Military Encounters, and Colonialism, (pp. 334-356). Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press.
Aldrich, R. (2010). Colonial violence and postcolonial France. In Craig Browne and Justine McGill (Eds.), Violence in France and Australia: Disorder in the postcolonial welfare state, (pp. 125-149). Sydney: Sydney University Press.
Aldrich, R., Ward, S. (2010). Ends of Empire: Decolonizing the Nation in British and French Historiography. In Stefan Berger and Chris Lorenz (Eds.), Nationalizing the Past: Historians as Nation Builders in Modern Europe, (pp. 259-281). Basingtoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
Aldrich, R., Hilliard, C. (2010). The French and British Empires. In John Horne (Eds.), A Companion to World War I, (pp. 524-539). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2009). A Poet's Politics: Jean Senac's Writings during the Algerian War. In G.Gafaiti, Hafid; Lorcin, Patricia M E; Troyansky,David (Eds.), Transnational spaces and identities in the francophone world, (pp. 149-181). Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press.
Aldrich, R. (2008). Le musee colonial impossible. In Pascal Blanchard, Sandrine Lemaire and Nicolas Bancel (Eds.), Culture Coloniale En France: De la Revolution francaise a nos jours, (pp. 545-561). Paris: CNRS Editions.
Aldrich, R. (2007). Colonial Man. In Christopher E Forth and Bertrand Taithe (Eds.), French Masculinities: History, Culture and Politics, (pp. 123-140). London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Aldrich, R. (2007). Introduction. In Robert Aldrich (Eds.), The Age of Empires, (pp. 6-25). London: Thames & Hudson Ltd.
Aldrich, R. (2006). Gay and Lesbian History. In Robert Aldrich (Eds.), Gay Life and Culture: A World History, (pp. 7-27). London: Thames & Hudson Ltd.
Aldrich, R. (2006). Le musee colonial impossible. In Nicholas Bancel, Pascal Blanchard and Sandrine Lemaire (Eds.), Culture post-coloniale 1961-2006 : traces et mÃ©moires coloniales en France, (pp. 83-101). Paris: Editions Autrement.
Aldrich, R. (2005). European expansion in the Island Pacific: A historiographical review. In Foucrier, A (Eds.), The French and the Pacific World, 17th-19th Centuries: Explorations, Migrations and Cultural Exchanges, (pp. 1-16). Aldershot: Ashgate.
Aldrich, R. (2003). Les derniÃ¨res colonies dans les annÃ©es 1980: les Ã©preuves de la dÃ©colonisation dans les pays d'outre-mer. In Jeam-Marc Regnault (Eds.), Francois Mitterrrand et les territoires francais du Pacifique (1981-1988), (pp. 519-526). Paris: Les Indes Savantes.
Aldrich, R. (2002). Putting the Colonies on the map: Colonial names in Paris Streets. In Amanda Sackur; Tony Chafer (Eds.), Promoting the Colonial Idea: Propaganda and Visions of Empire in France, (pp. 211-223). Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave.
Aldrich, R. (2001). Frankreich und Deutschland im Sudlichen Pazifik. In Hiermann Hiery (Eds.), Die Deutschen Sudsee 1884-1914 - Ein Handbuch, (pp. 754-772). Paderborn: F. Schoningh.
Aldrich, R. (2001). Introduction. In Robert Aldrich & Garry Wotherspoon (Eds.), Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day. London: Routledge.
Aldrich, R. (2001). Introduction. In Aldrich, R., Wotherspoon, G. (Eds.), Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to World War II. London: Routledge.
Aldrich, R. (2000). Le Guide de l'Exposition coloniale et l'ideologie coloniale dans l'entre-deux-guerres. In Gilles Chabaud, Evelyne Cohen, Natacha Coquery, Jerome Penez (Eds.), Les Guides Imprimes du XVIe AU XXe siecle Villes, paysages, voyages, (pp. 607-618). Paris: Editions Belin et Herscher.

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Journals

Aldrich, R. (2024). Imperial exiles: The banishment of traditional sovereigns. Outre-Mers. Revue d'Histoire: explorations, colonisations, independences, 2024 (422-423), 17-27.
Aldrich, R. (2021). From the French East India Company to the French in the 'Indo-Pacific'. The French Australian Review, 70, 4-19.
Aldrich, R. (2021). Kingdoms, empires and the French Republic: colonisers and indigenous monarchs in the Asia-Pacific. History Australia, 18(2), 370-389. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2019). The 2018 New Caledonian Referendum in Historical Perspective. The French Australian Review, 65, 48-61.
Aldrich, R. (2013). Homosexuality in the gallery. Australian Review of Public Affairs, December, 1-6.
Aldrich, R. (2013). Pacific Sex: Theory and Practice. Transnational Subjects: History, Society and Culture.
Aldrich, R. (2012). Celebration, Commemoration and the Postcolonial World. ex PLUS ultra, 3.
Aldrich, R. (2012). Commemorating Colonialism in a Post-Colonial World. E-rea, 10(1), 1-14. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2012). Le Crabe-Tambour: In the Wake of Empire. Fiction and Film for French Historians: A Cultural Bulletin, 2(5).
Aldrich, R. (2010). Remembrances of empires past. PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies, 7(1), 1-19.
Aldrich, R. (2010). The French Overseas Empire and its Contemporary Legacy. European History Quarterly, 40(1), 97-108. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2009). Colonial Museums in a Postcolonial Europe. African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal, 2(2), 137-156.
Aldrich, R. (2009). France's Colonial Island: Corsica and the Empire. French History and Civilization: papers from the George Rude Seminar, 3, 112-125.
Aldrich, R. (2009). Marshall Lyautey's Funerals: The Afterlife of a French Colonial Hero and the Death of an Empire. French History and Civilization: papers from the George Rude Seminar, 2, 137-152.
Aldrich, R. (2008). 1931, les etrangers au temps de l'Exposition coloniale. Vingtieme Siecle - Revue d'histoire, 100(Oct-Dec 2008), 209-212.
Aldrich, R., Keene, J. (2008). Rethinking and Rewriting Europe's Histories: Introduction. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 54(3), 343-345. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2006). Abroad and Home: Colonial Culture in France. Modern and Contemporary France, 14(2), 235-242.
Aldrich, R. (2006). Colonial past, post-colonial present: History wars French style. History Australia, 3(1), 14.1-14.9.
Aldrich, R. (2006). Coming to Terms with the Colonial Past: The French and Others. Arts: the Proceedings of the Sydney University Arts Association, 28, 91-116.
Aldrich, R. (2006). Introduction - Colonies et commemoration. Outre-Mers. Revue d'Histoire: explorations, colonisations, independences, 94(350-351), 5-26.
Aldrich, R. (2004). Homosexuality and the City: An Historical Overview. Urban Studies, 41(9), 1719-1737. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2002). Imperial Mise en Valeur and Mise en Scene: Recent works on French Colonialism. The Historical Journal, 45(4), 917-936.
Aldrich, R. (2001). Homosexuality in the French Colonies. Journal of Homosexuality, 41, 201-218.
Aldrich, R. (2001). The Decolonisation of the Pacific Islands. Itinerario: Journal of the history of European expansion and global interaction, 24, 173-191.

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Edited Journals

Aldrich, R., McCreery, C. (2018). Twentieth-century British royal tours of the Dominions. Royal Studies Journal, 5(1).
Neilson, B., Aldrich, R. (2011). French History and Civilisation: Papers from the 2010 George Rude Seminar.
Aldrich, R. (2006). 'Sites et moments de mÃ©moire' special issue of Outre-Mers Revue d'histoire. Outre-Mers. Revue d'Histoire: explorations, colonisations, independences, 95.

Conferences

Aldrich, R. (2011). France and the Patrimoine of the Empire: Heritage Policy under Colonial Rule. 17th George Rude Seminar in French History and Civilization 2010, Sydney, Australia: George Rude Society.
Aldrich, R. (2004). Monuments Aux Morts And Colonial Memories. George Rude Seminar in French History, Hobart, Tasmania: University of Tasmania.
Aldrich, R. (2004). The Algerian War In France: Memories and Memorials. Fourteenth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Association for European History, South Australia: Australian Humanities Press.

Reference Works

Aldrich, R. (2020). Historical Views of Homosexuality: European Colonialism. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Oxford University Press.
Aldrich, R. (2008). Les Mots de la Colonisation. In Les Mots de la Colonisation (Vol. 1, pp. 1-127). Toulouse: Presses Universitaires du Mirail.
Aldrich, R. (2003). Colonialisme. In Didier Eribon (Eds.), Dictionnaire des cultures Gays et Lesbiennes. (pp. 124-125). Paris: Larousse.
Aldrich, R. (2003). Lyautey Louis Hubert Gonzalve. In Didier Eribon (Eds.), Dictionnaire des cultures Gays et Lesbiennes. (pp. 304-304). Paris: Larousse.
Aldrich, R. (2003). Maghreb. In Didier Eribon (Eds.), Dictionnaire des cultures Gays et Lesbiennes. (pp. 306-307). France: Larousse.
Aldrich, R. (2003). SÃ©nac Jean. In Didier Eribon (Eds.), Dictionnaire des cultures Gays et Lesbiennes. (pp. 425-426). France: Larousse.

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2024

Aldrich, R., Connell, J. (2024). France in world politics. London: Routledge. [More Information]
Aldrich, R., McCreery, C., Schnicke, F. (2024). Global Royal Families: Cultures of Transnational Monarchy in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Aldrich, R. (2024). Imperial exiles: The banishment of traditional sovereigns. Outre-Mers. Revue d'Histoire: explorations, colonisations, independences, 2024 (422-423), 17-27.
Connell, J., Aldrich, R. (2024). Remnants of empire: France's overseas departments and territories. In Robert Aldrich, John Connell (Eds.), France in world politics, (pp. 148-169). London: Routledge. [More Information]
McCreery, C., Aldrich, R., Schnicke, F. (2024). Royal Families and Global Monarchies in Modern History: Past Trajectories and New Avenues. In Robert Aldrich, Cindy McCreery, Falko Schnicke (Eds.), Global Royal Families: Cultures of Transnational Monarchy in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, (pp. 3-19). United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Aldrich, R. (2024). The Globalization of Monarchs and Royal Families, c. 1850-1945. In Robert Aldrich, Cindy McCreery, Falko Schnicke (Eds.), Global Royal Families: Cultures of Transnational Monarchy in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, (pp. 21-47). United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.

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2021

Aldrich, R. (2021). From the French East India Company to the French in the 'Indo-Pacific'. The French Australian Review, 70, 4-19.
Aldrich, R. (2021). Kingdoms, empires and the French Republic: colonisers and indigenous monarchs in the Asia-Pacific. History Australia, 18(2), 370-389. [More Information]

2020

Aldrich, R., McCreery, C. (2020). European Royals and their Colonial Realms: Honors and Decorations. In Christina Jordan and Imke Polland (Eds.), Realms of Royalty: New Directions in Researching Contemporary European Monarchies, (pp. 63-88). Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2020). Historical Views of Homosexuality: European Colonialism. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Oxford University Press.
Aldrich, R., McCreery, C. (2020). Monarchies and Decolonisation in Asia. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [More Information]
Aldrich, R., McCreery, C. (2020). Monarchies, Decolonisation and Post-Colonial Asia. In Robert Aldrich and Cindy McCreery (Eds.), Monarchies and Decolonisation in Asia, (pp. 1-21). Manchester: Manchester University Press. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2020). Old colonial sites and new uses in contemporary Paris. In Daniel E. Coslett (Eds.), Neocolonialism and Built Heritage: Echoes of Empire in Africa, Asia, and Europe, (pp. 23-41). Abingdon: Routledge. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2020). Same-Sex Unions: In Retrospect and Prospect. In Sean Brady and Mark Seymour (Eds.), From Sodomy Laws to Same-Sex Marriage: International Perspectives since 1789, (pp. 227-236). London: Bloomsbury Academic. [More Information]
Connell, J., Aldrich, R. (2020). The Ends of Empire: The Last Colonies Revisited. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2020). The Himalayan kingdoms, British colonialism, and indigenous monarchs after the end of empire. In Robert Aldrich and Cindy McCreery (Eds.), Monarchies and Decolonisation in Asia, (pp. 60-79). Manchester: Manchester University Press. [More Information]

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2019

Aldrich, R. (2019). A Tram Ticket, an Egyptian and an Englishman. In Chris Brickell and Judith Collard (Eds.), Queer Objects, (pp. 245-250). Dunedin: Otago University Press.
Aldrich, R. (2019). Gender and Travel Writing. In Nandini Das, Tim Youngs (Eds.), The Cambridge History of Travel Writing, (pp. 520-534). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2019). The 2018 New Caledonian Referendum in Historical Perspective. The French Australian Review, 65, 48-61.
Aldrich, R. (2019). Trade: Trade, Colonialism and Culture, 1780 - 1920. In Kirsten McKenzie (Eds.), A Cultural History of Western Empires in the Age of Empire, (pp. 43-66). London: Bloomsbury Academic. [More Information]

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2018

Aldrich, R. (2018). Apologies Restitutions, and Compensation: Making Reparations for Colonialism. In Martin Thomas and Andrew S. Thompson (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Ends of Empire, (pp. 1-27). Oxford: Oxford University Press. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2018). Banished Potentates: Dethroning and exiling indigenous monarchs under British and French colonial rule, 1815-1955. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Aldrich, R. (2018). Colonial kings in the metropole: the visits to France of King Sisowath (1906) and Emperor Khai Dinh (1922). In R. Aldrich, C. McCreery (Eds.), Royals on Tour: Politics, Pageantry and Colonialism, (pp. 125-145). Manchester: Manchester University Press. [More Information]
Aldrich, R., McCreery, C. (2018). Empire Tours: royal travel between colonies and metropoles. In R. Aldrich, C. McCreery (Eds.), Royals on Tour: Politics, Pageantry and Colonialism, (pp. 1-22). Manchester: Manchester University Press. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2018). French imperial tours: Napoleon III and Eugenie in Algeria and beyond. In R. Aldrich, C. McCreery (Eds.), Royals on Tour: Politics, Pageantry and Colonialism, (pp. 38-55). Manchester: Manchester University Press. [More Information]
Aldrich, R., McCreery, C. (2018). Royals on Tour: Politics, Pageantry and Colonialism. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Aldrich, R., McCreery, C. (2018). Twentieth-century British royal tours of the Dominions. Royal Studies Journal, 5(1).

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2016

Aldrich, R., McCreery, C. (2016). Crowns and Colonies: European Monarchies and Overseas Empires. TBC.
Aldrich, R., McCreery, C. (2016). European sovereigns and their empires 'beyond the seas'. In Not known (Eds.), Crowns and Colonies: European Monarchies and Overseas Empires, (pp. 1-26). TBC. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2016). Out of Ceylon: The Exile of the Last King of Kandy. In Ronit Ricci (Eds.), Exile in Colonial Asia: Kings, Convicts, Commemoration, (pp. 48-70). Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. [More Information]

2014

Aldrich, R. (2014). Cultural Encounters and Homoeroticism in Sri Lanka: Sex and serendipity. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. [More Information]
Aldrich, R., McKenzie, K. (2014). Introduction. In Robert Aldrich, Kirsten McKenzie (Eds.), The Routledge History of Western Empires, (pp. 1-2). London: Routledge. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2014). Politics. In David Armitage, Alison Bashford (Eds.), Pacific Histories: Ocean, Land, People, (pp. 305-325). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
Aldrich, R. (2014). The Difficult Art of Exhibiting Colonies. In Pascal Blanchard, Sandrine Lemaire, Nicholas Bancel, Dominic Thomas (Eds.), Colonial Culture in France since the Revolution, (pp. 438-452). Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press.
Aldrich, R., McKenzie, K. (2014). Why Colonialism? In Robert Aldrich, Kirsten McKenzie (Eds.), The Routledge History of Western Empires, (pp. 3-13). London: Routledge. [More Information]

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2013

Aldrich, R. (2013). Homosexuality in the gallery. Australian Review of Public Affairs, December, 1-6.
Aldrich, R. (2013). Pacific Sex: Theory and Practice. Transnational Subjects: History, Society and Culture.
Aldrich, R. (2013). Sex matters: sexuality and the writing of colonial history. In Not known (Eds.), Writing imperial histories, (pp. 74-99). TBC. [More Information]
Aldrich, R., McKenzie, K. (2013). The Routledge History of Western Empires. London: Routledge. [More Information]

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2012

Aldrich, R. (2012). Celebration, Commemoration and the Postcolonial World. ex PLUS ultra, 3.
Aldrich, R. (2012). Commemorating Colonialism in a Post-Colonial World. E-rea, 10(1), 1-14. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2012). Gay Life Stories. London, UK: Thames & Hudson Ltd.
Aldrich, R. (2012). Le Crabe-Tambour: In the Wake of Empire. Fiction and Film for French Historians: A Cultural Bulletin, 2(5).
Aldrich, R. (2012). When Did Decolonization End? France and the Ending of Empire. In AW McCoy, JM Fradera and S Jacobson (Eds.), Endless Empire: Spains Retreat, Europes Eclipse, Americas Decline, (pp. 216-229). Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press.

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2011

Aldrich, R. (2011). France and the Patrimoine of the Empire: Heritage Policy under Colonial Rule. 17th George Rude Seminar in French History and Civilization 2010, Sydney, Australia: George Rude Society.
Neilson, B., Aldrich, R. (2011). French History and Civilisation: Papers from the 2010 George Rude Seminar.
Aldrich, R. (2011). Monuments et mÃ©moires: Les traces coloniales dans le paysage francais. Paris: SociÃ©tÃ© FranÃ§aise d'Histoire d'Outre-Mer.
Aldrich, R. (2011). Preface. In Viviane Fayaud (Eds.), Le Paradis autour de Paul Gauguin, (pp. 13-15). Paris: CNRS Editions.
Aldrich, R. (2011). The Colonial Past and the Postcolonial Present. In Martin Thomas (Eds.), The French Colonial Mind, Volume 2: Violence, Military Encounters, and Colonialism, (pp. 334-356). Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press.

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2010

Aldrich, R. (2010). Colonial violence and postcolonial France. In Craig Browne and Justine McGill (Eds.), Violence in France and Australia: Disorder in the postcolonial welfare state, (pp. 125-149). Sydney: Sydney University Press.
Aldrich, R., Ward, S. (2010). Ends of Empire: Decolonizing the Nation in British and French Historiography. In Stefan Berger and Chris Lorenz (Eds.), Nationalizing the Past: Historians as Nation Builders in Modern Europe, (pp. 259-281). Basingtoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2010). Remembrances of empires past. PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies, 7(1), 1-19.
Aldrich, R., Hilliard, C. (2010). The French and British Empires. In John Horne (Eds.), A Companion to World War I, (pp. 524-539). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2010). The French Overseas Empire and its Contemporary Legacy. European History Quarterly, 40(1), 97-108. [More Information]

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2009

Aldrich, R. (2009). A Poet's Politics: Jean Senac's Writings during the Algerian War. In G.Gafaiti, Hafid; Lorcin, Patricia M E; Troyansky,David (Eds.), Transnational spaces and identities in the francophone world, (pp. 149-181). Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press.
Aldrich, R. (2009). Colonial Museums in a Postcolonial Europe. African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal, 2(2), 137-156.
Aldrich, R. (2009). France's Colonial Island: Corsica and the Empire. French History and Civilization: papers from the George Rude Seminar, 3, 112-125.
Aldrich, R. (2009). Marshall Lyautey's Funerals: The Afterlife of a French Colonial Hero and the Death of an Empire. French History and Civilization: papers from the George Rude Seminar, 2, 137-152.

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2008

Aldrich, R. (2008). 1931, les etrangers au temps de l'Exposition coloniale. Vingtieme Siecle - Revue d'histoire, 100(Oct-Dec 2008), 209-212.
Aldrich, R. (2008). Le musee colonial impossible. In Pascal Blanchard, Sandrine Lemaire and Nicolas Bancel (Eds.), Culture Coloniale En France: De la Revolution francaise a nos jours, (pp. 545-561). Paris: CNRS Editions.
Aldrich, R. (2008). Les Mots de la Colonisation. In Les Mots de la Colonisation (Vol. 1, pp. 1-127). Toulouse: Presses Universitaires du Mirail.
Aldrich, R., Keene, J. (2008). Rethinking and Rewriting Europe's Histories: Introduction. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 54(3), 343-345. [More Information]

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2007

Aldrich, R. (2007). Colonial Man. In Christopher E Forth and Bertrand Taithe (Eds.), French Masculinities: History, Culture and Politics, (pp. 123-140). London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Aldrich, R. (2007). Introduction. In Robert Aldrich (Eds.), The Age of Empires, (pp. 6-25). London: Thames & Hudson Ltd.
Aldrich, R. (2007). The Age of Empires. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd.

2006

Aldrich, R. (2006). 'Sites et moments de mÃ©moire' special issue of Outre-Mers Revue d'histoire. Outre-Mers. Revue d'Histoire: explorations, colonisations, independences, 95.
Aldrich, R. (2006). Abroad and Home: Colonial Culture in France. Modern and Contemporary France, 14(2), 235-242.
Aldrich, R. (2006). Colonial past, post-colonial present: History wars French style. History Australia, 3(1), 14.1-14.9.
Aldrich, R. (2006). Coming to Terms with the Colonial Past: The French and Others. Arts: the Proceedings of the Sydney University Arts Association, 28, 91-116.
Aldrich, R. (2006). Gay and Lesbian History. In Robert Aldrich (Eds.), Gay Life and Culture: A World History, (pp. 7-27). London: Thames & Hudson Ltd.
Aldrich, R. (2006). Gay Life and Culture: A World History. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd.
Aldrich, R. (2006). Introduction - Colonies et commemoration. Outre-Mers. Revue d'Histoire: explorations, colonisations, independences, 94(350-351), 5-26.
Aldrich, R. (2006). Le musee colonial impossible. In Nicholas Bancel, Pascal Blanchard and Sandrine Lemaire (Eds.), Culture post-coloniale 1961-2006 : traces et mÃ©moires coloniales en France, (pp. 83-101). Paris: Editions Autrement.

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2005

Aldrich, R. (2005). European expansion in the Island Pacific: A historiographical review. In Foucrier, A (Eds.), The French and the Pacific World, 17th-19th Centuries: Explorations, Migrations and Cultural Exchanges, (pp. 1-16). Aldershot: Ashgate.
Aldrich, R. (2005). Vestiges of the Colonial Empire in France: Monuments, Museums and Colonial Memories. Melbourne (Aust): Palgrave Macmillan.

2004

Aldrich, R. (2004). Homosexuality and the City: An Historical Overview. Urban Studies, 41(9), 1719-1737. [More Information]
Aldrich, R. (2004). Monuments Aux Morts And Colonial Memories. George Rude Seminar in French History, Hobart, Tasmania: University of Tasmania.
Aldrich, R. (2004). The Algerian War In France: Memories and Memorials. Fourteenth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Association for European History, South Australia: Australian Humanities Press.

2003

Aldrich, R. (2003). Colonialism and Homosexuality. London: Routledge.
Aldrich, R. (2003). Colonialisme. In Didier Eribon (Eds.), Dictionnaire des cultures Gays et Lesbiennes. (pp. 124-125). Paris: Larousse.
Aldrich, R. (2003). Les derniÃ¨res colonies dans les annÃ©es 1980: les Ã©preuves de la dÃ©colonisation dans les pays d'outre-mer. In Jeam-Marc Regnault (Eds.), Francois Mitterrrand et les territoires francais du Pacifique (1981-1988), (pp. 519-526). Paris: Les Indes Savantes.
Aldrich, R. (2003). Lyautey Louis Hubert Gonzalve. In Didier Eribon (Eds.), Dictionnaire des cultures Gays et Lesbiennes. (pp. 304-304). Paris: Larousse.
Aldrich, R. (2003). Maghreb. In Didier Eribon (Eds.), Dictionnaire des cultures Gays et Lesbiennes. (pp. 306-307). France: Larousse.
Aldrich, R. (2003). SÃ©nac Jean. In Didier Eribon (Eds.), Dictionnaire des cultures Gays et Lesbiennes. (pp. 425-426). France: Larousse.

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2002

Aldrich, R. (2002). Imperial Mise en Valeur and Mise en Scene: Recent works on French Colonialism. The Historical Journal, 45(4), 917-936.
Aldrich, R. (2002). Putting the Colonies on the map: Colonial names in Paris Streets. In Amanda Sackur; Tony Chafer (Eds.), Promoting the Colonial Idea: Propaganda and Visions of Empire in France, (pp. 211-223). Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave.

2001

Aldrich, R. (2001). Frankreich und Deutschland im Sudlichen Pazifik. In Hiermann Hiery (Eds.), Die Deutschen Sudsee 1884-1914 - Ein Handbuch, (pp. 754-772). Paderborn: F. Schoningh.
Aldrich, R. (2001). Homosexuality in the French Colonies. Journal of Homosexuality, 41, 201-218.
Aldrich, R. (2001). Introduction. In Robert Aldrich & Garry Wotherspoon (Eds.), Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day. London: Routledge.
Aldrich, R. (2001). Introduction. In Aldrich, R., Wotherspoon, G. (Eds.), Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to World War II. London: Routledge.
Aldrich, R. (2001). The Decolonisation of the Pacific Islands. Itinerario: Journal of the history of European expansion and global interaction, 24, 173-191.
Aldrich, R., Wotherspoon, G. (2001). Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day. London: Routledge.
Aldrich, R., Wotherspoon, G. (2001). Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to World War II. London: Routledge.

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2000

Aldrich, R. (2000). Le Guide de l'Exposition coloniale et l'ideologie coloniale dans l'entre-deux-guerres. In Gilles Chabaud, Evelyne Cohen, Natacha Coquery, Jerome Penez (Eds.), Les Guides Imprimes du XVIe AU XXe siecle Villes, paysages, voyages, (pp. 607-618). Paris: Editions Belin et Herscher.

Selected Grants

2016

Monarchies in Northern Europe and Overseas Empires, Aldrich R, DVC Research/Bridging Support Grant

2013

Banishing Potentates: European Colonialists and Indigenous Rulers in the British and French Overseas Empires, Aldrich R, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)

2011

Kingship and Colonialism, Aldrich R, DVC Research/Bridging Support Grant

2009

WUN International Network in Colonialism and Postcolonial Studies, Aldrich R, Office of Global Engagement/IPDF Grant

2005

Province, Nation, Empire: France, 1871 - 1940, Aldrich R, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)

2003

Marshal Lyautey and the paradoxes of a French colonial life, Aldrich R, DVC Research/Research and Development Scheme: Research and Development (R&D)

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