David Lowe (historian)
David Michael Lowe (born 11 November 1964) is an Australian biographer and historian of modern international affairs, and of Australia's role therein, especially with reference to Asia and the Pacific. Early life and education. David Lowe was born on 11 November 1964. He completed undergraduate studies at Monash University in Australia, graduating with First Class Honours in 1987. Lowe was awarded his doctorate in 1991 from the University of Cambridge. Academic career. Lowe is the co-founder of the Australian Policy and History network, the Chair and founder of the Contemporary Histories Research Group and was  an elected board member of the "Australian Historical Studies" journal in 2003. Lowe has previously been a member of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Editorial Advisory Board. From 2009-2014, Lowe was the Director of the Alfred Deakin Institute. In 2015 he was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. Lowe has been awarded several Australian Research Council grants and other public sector funding grants for research projects. He has published scholarly articles in journals including the "Journal of Contemporary History", "The International Journal of Cultural Policy", "The Australian Journal of Politics and  History", and "The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History". Lowe has also written articles for "The Conversation". In 2016, Lowe was interviewed for the television series "Howard on Menzies". Lowe is currently the Chair in Contemporary History at Deakin University in Victoria.