Mr Geoff Keating
| Name | Geoff Keating |
|---|---|
| Position | Lecturer (Pathways) |
| Section | UniSQ College (Pathways) |
| Office | K333 |
| Location | Toowoomba Campus |
| Phone | +61 7 4631 2134 |
| Extension | 2134 |
| Qualifications | BEd USQ , MHist UNE |
Geoff is an early career historian and educator whose research examines Colonial and Imperial history and impacts, particularly in the Pacific region. He also researches and publishes around the development of human rights, with a particular emphasis on the Holocaust and Holocaust education. His PhD project centres around the role of outsiders in establishing Australian rule in Papua and New Guinea between 1906 and 1964. He has taught across a number of contexts, including schools on Cape York and rural Queensland, correctional facilities and refugee camps. Geoff is a proud Kunja man, whose family comes from the land around Cunnamulla, Western Queensland. He was a Yad Vashem scholar in 2017, and developed an educational package comparing and contrasting the experiences of the Holocaust with those experienced by Indigenous peoples in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth century. He has also presented at numerous history teaching conferences, including the Australian History Teachers conference
Colonial and Imperial History and the legacies thereof
Studies of Pacific History
Increasing participation and equity in higher education
Australian Indigenous history
History of Human Rights and their contraventions
Modern comics and their history/historical relevance
Member, Moanaroa Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology
Member, Pacific History Association
Member, Papua New Guinea Association of Australia
Member, Queensland Historical Society
Board Member, Toowoomba Grammar School Old Boys Association
Member, Australian Association for Pacific Research
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Centre for Heritage and Culture (CHC)
2 Years
13 Years