Paul Sendziuk

Biography

Paul Sendziuk is a graduate of the University of Western Australia and Monash University. He specialises in twentieth-century Australian History and comparative History, with particular interests in post-war immigration, public health and the history of disease. Paul's doctoral thesis, 'Learning to Trust: A History of Australian Responses to AIDS', was awarded the 2002 Mollie Holman Doctoral Medal. A revised version of this text, published by UNSW Press and University of Washington Press, was short-listed for the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission's 2004 Human Rights Award (non-fiction section). Paul is currently finishing two research projects. The first is titled 'The Art of AIDS Prevention: Cultural Responses to HIV/AIDS in Australia, South Africa and the United States', which explores the nexus between art and health promotion and the way in which artists can save lives. The second, titled 'A Forgotten Odyssey: A Study of Polish-Australian Displacement, Identity and Memory through Life Stories and Material Culture', investigates the poorly understood experience of Polish displaced persons who migrated to Australia after World War Two. One of the outcomes of this project is a collection of oral histories now held at the National Library of Australia.

Research Interest

Medicine,Medical Education,Research,etc