Michael Sturma
Professor
School of Arts
Murdoch University
Australia
Biography
Michael Sturma grew up in Lexington, Kentucky, and moved to Australia after being awarded an Australian National University PhD Scholarship. He taught at the Australian National University and the University of New England before joining Murdoch University in 1991. Michael has published books on nineteenth-century crime, Australian rock’n'roll music and representations of the South Pacific, as well as four books on World War II submarines. He was creator of the award-winning documentary film Hula Girls: Imagining Paradise (2005). He served as Editor of The Great Circle, the peer-reviewed journal of the Australian Association for Maritime History (2008 – 2013).
Research Interest
Maritime History, World War II, Popular Culture, Film and History, South Pacific History, Australian History, Modern U.S. History
Publications
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Sturma, M., (2016), The limits of hate: Japanese prisoners on US submarines during the second world war, Journal of Contemporary History, 51, 4, pages 738 - 759.
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Sturma, M., (2016), Australian POWs and the sinking of the Rakuyo Maru: The politics of repatriation, Australian Journal of Politics and History, 62, 3, pages 353 - 368.
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Sturma, M., (2016), Fremantle Reunion: Prisoners of War and Submarine Warfare, Studies in Western Australian History, 31, , pages 109 - 124.
