Thomas James Rogers

Thomas James Rogers is a historian in the Military History Section at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. He is currently working on projects dealing with Australia's involvement in the Boer War and the First World War. Prior to working at the Memorial, he lectured and tutored at the University of Melbourne and Australian Catholic University. He taught Australian and world history, Australian Indigenous history, and the history of violence. Tom's PhD won the 2014 Dennis-Wettenhall Prize for the year's best thesis in Australian history at the University of Melbourne. His research interests include colonial Australian and British Empire history, genocide studies, military and political history, and historical studies of violence.