Dr John Paul Newman

    History, Centre for European and Eurasian Studies

    Senior Lecturer

    Rhetoric House
    44
    (01) 708 3326

    Biography

    Dr John Paul Newman is Associate Professor in Twentieth-century European History. He completed his PhD at the University of Southampton (supervised by Professor Mark Cornwall) and from 2008- 2011 he was an ERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow working on the project 'Paramilitary Violence after the Great War', to which he contributed a case study of violence in the Balkans.  He is interested in the modern history of the Balkans and East-Central Europe, with a particular focus on Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Czechoslovakia. His work to date has focussed on war veterans, paramilitary violence, and on the larger legacies left by war in the region.

    He has been working on a large research project looking at victorious societies and cultures of war victory in twentieth century Europe, a study of the Croatian General Josip Jelačić and the intersections of national and imperial identities in nineteenth-century Central Europe, and a book-length study of irregular warfare and paramilitary violence in the Balkans, provisionally titled ‘Freedom or Death: A History of Guerilla Warfare in the Balkans.


    Research Interests


    I am interested in the modern history of the Balkans and East-Central Europe, with a particular focus on Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia. I have published on veterans of the First World War, paramilitary violence, and the larger legacies left by war in the region. Recently, I have been working on a large research project on victorious societies and cultures of war victory in twentieth century Europe. I am also interested in the history of disability and disabled war veterans in Central Europe and the Balkans, and the comparative histories and historical trajectories of Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1993. I welcome proposals from potential research students in any of these or related fields. 

    Books

      Year Publication
    2018 • Jugoslavija u senci rata ratni veterani i stvaranje nove države 1903-1945.
    John Paul Newman (2018) • Jugoslavija u senci rata ratni veterani i stvaranje nove države 1903-1945. Belgrade: Službeni glasnik. [Details]
    2015 Yugoslavia in the Shadow of War: Veterans and the Limits of State-building 1903-1945.
    Dr John Paul Newman (2015) Yugoslavia in the Shadow of War: Veterans and the Limits of State-building 1903-1945. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details]

    Edited Books

      Year Publication
    2021 1918 and the Ambiguities of the Old-New Europe
    John Paul Newman, Lili Zach (Ed.). (2021) 1918 and the Ambiguities of the Old-New Europe Cambridge: Nationalities Papers. [Details]
    2021 Balkan Legacies: The Long Shadow of Conflict and Ideological Experiment in Southeastern Europe
    Balazs Apor, John Paul Newman (Ed.). (2021) Balkan Legacies: The Long Shadow of Conflict and Ideological Experiment in Southeastern Europe Purdue: Purdue University Press. [Details]
    2019 Cultures of Victory and Victorious Societies in the Twentieth Century’
    John Paul Newman (Ed.). (2019) Cultures of Victory and Victorious Societies in the Twentieth Century’ London: Special Edition, Journal of Contemporary History, 54/3. [Details]
    2018 World War One in Central and Eastern Europe: Politics, Conflict, and Military Experience
    Judith Devlin, Maria Falina (Ed.). (2018) World War One in Central and Eastern Europe: Politics, Conflict, and Military Experience London: I.B.Tauris. [Details]
    2016 Sacrifice and Rebirth: The Legacy of the Great War in East-Central Europe
    Mark Cornwall, John Paul Newman (Ed.). (2016) Sacrifice and Rebirth: The Legacy of the Great War in East-Central Europe New York, Oxford: Berghahn. [Details]
    2013 The First World War and Veterans' Internationalism
    Julia Eichenberg, John Paul Newman (Ed.). (2013) The First World War and Veterans' Internationalism Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [Details]
    2010 'Aftershocks: Violence in Dissolving Empires after the First World War
    Julia Eichenberg, John Paul Newman (Ed.). (2010) 'Aftershocks: Violence in Dissolving Empires after the First World War UK: Special Edition, Contemporary European History 19/3. [Details]

    Peer Reviewed Journals

      Year Publication
    2021 'Introduction: 1918 and the Ambiguities of the Old-New Europe'
    John Paul Newman, Lili Zach (2021) 'Introduction: 1918 and the Ambiguities of the Old-New Europe'. Nationalities Papers, 49 (4) [DOI] [Details]
    2020 'Victory, Defeat, Gender, and Disability: Blind War Veterans in Czechoslovakia'
    Adam Luptak, John Paul Newman (2020) 'Victory, Defeat, Gender, and Disability: Blind War Veterans in Czechoslovakia'. Journal of Social History, 53 (3) [Details]
    2019 'Loyalty for Loyalty: Volunteer Veterans and Entangled Cultures of Victory in Interwar Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia'
    John Paul Newman (2019) 'Loyalty for Loyalty: Volunteer Veterans and Entangled Cultures of Victory in Interwar Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia'. Journal of Contemporary History, 54 (3) [Details]
    2019 '• ‘The Burden of Triumph: Introduction to Special Edition on Cultures of Victory and Victorious Societies in Twentieth Century Europe'
    John Paul Newman (2019) '• ‘The Burden of Triumph: Introduction to Special Edition on Cultures of Victory and Victorious Societies in Twentieth Century Europe'. Journal of Contemporary History, 54 (3) [Details]
    2018 'The Ban Jelacic Trust for Disabled Soldiers and Their Families: Habsburg Dynastic Loyalty beyond National Boundaries, 1849-51'
    Newman, JP;Scheer, T (2018) 'The Ban Jelacic Trust for Disabled Soldiers and Their Families: Habsburg Dynastic Loyalty beyond National Boundaries, 1849-51'. Austrian History Yearbook, 49 :152-165 [DOI] [full-text] [Details]
    2017 'War Veterans, Fascism, and Para-Fascist Departures in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, 1918-1941'
    Newman, JP (2017) 'War Veterans, Fascism, and Para-Fascist Departures in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, 1918-1941'. Fascism, 6 :42-74 [DOI] [full-text] [Details]
    2015 'Habsburg and Serbian Military Institutional Legacies in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia'
    Dr John Paul Newman (2015) 'Habsburg and Serbian Military Institutional Legacies in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia'. First World War Studies, 5 [Details]
    2014 'Croats and Croatia in the Wake of the World War'
    Dr John Paul Newman (2014) 'Croats and Croatia in the Wake of the World War'. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 24 [full-text] [Details]
    2011 'Through Snow and Red Fog: South Slav Soldiers in Revolutionary Russia and Beyond'
    John Paul Newman (2011) 'Through Snow and Red Fog: South Slav Soldiers in Revolutionary Russia and Beyond'. Irish Slavonic Studies, [full-text] [Details]
    2011 'War in the Balkans 1914-1918'
    Newman, Dr John Paul (2011) 'War in the Balkans 1914-1918'. WAR IN HISTORY, 18 [full-text] [Details]
    2011 'Serbian Integral Nationalism and Mass Violence in the Balkans 1903-1945'
    Newman, Dr John Paul (2011) 'Serbian Integral Nationalism and Mass Violence in the Balkans 1903-1945'. TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR GESCHIEDENIS, 124 [full-text] [Details]
    2010 'Introduction: Aftershocks: Violence in Dissolving Empires after the First World War'
    Newman, Dr John Paul (2010) 'Introduction: Aftershocks: Violence in Dissolving Empires after the First World War'. CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN HISTORY, 19 [full-text] [Details]
    2010 'Post-Imperial and Post-War Violence in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes 1917-1923'
    Newman, Dr John Paul (2010) 'Post-Imperial and Post-War Violence in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes 1917-1923'. CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN HISTORY, 19 [full-text] [Details]

    Book Chapters

      Year Publication
    2022 'Veterans and Political Culture'
    John Paul Newman (2022) 'Veterans and Political Culture' In: Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict. Amsterdam: Elsevier. [Details]
    2021 'Introduction'
    Balázs Apor, John Paul Newman (2021) 'Introduction' In: Balkan Legacies: The Long Shadow of Conflict and Ideological Experiment in Southeastern Europe. Purdue: Purdue University Press. [Details]
    2019 ''A Croat Iliad? Miroslav Krleža and the Refractions of Victory and Defeat in Central Europe''
    John Paul Newman (2019) ''A Croat Iliad? Miroslav Krleža and the Refractions of Victory and Defeat in Central Europe'' In: Catriona Pennell, Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses (eds). A World at War, 1911-1949. Leiden: Brill. [Details]
    2018 'Shades of empire: Austro-Hungarian officers, Frankists, and the afterlives of Austria-Hungary in Croatia, 1918-1929'
    Newman J. (2018) 'Shades of empire: Austro-Hungarian officers, Frankists, and the afterlives of Austria-Hungary in Croatia, 1918-1929' In: Embers of Empire: Continuity and Rupture in the Habsburg Successor States after 1918. [Details]
    2018 'The Hollow Crown: Civil-Military Relations in Serbia 1903-1914'
    John Paul Newman (2018) 'The Hollow Crown: Civil-Military Relations in Serbia 1903-1914' In: Timothy Snyder, Katherine Younger (eds). The Balkans as Europe, 1821-1914. Rochester: University of Rochester Press. [Details]
    2018 'Alloying Dissent with Patriotism: Dragiša Vasić in Yugoslav Siberia'
    John Paul Newman (2018) 'Alloying Dissent with Patriotism: Dragiša Vasić in Yugoslav Siberia' In: Richard Bessell, Dorothee Wierling (eds). Inside World War One? The First World War and its Witnesses. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Details]
    2017 'Revolution and Counter Revolution in Europe, 1917-1923'
    John Paul Newman (2017) 'Revolution and Counter Revolution in Europe, 1917-1923' In: The Cambridge History of Communism, Volume One: World Revolution and Socialism in One Country. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details]
    2016 'Silent Liquidation? Croat Veterans and the Margins of War Memory in Interwar Yugoslavia'
    Dr John Paul Newman (2016) 'Silent Liquidation? Croat Veterans and the Margins of War Memory in Interwar Yugoslavia' In: Sacrifice and Rebirth: The Legacy of the Great War in East-Central EUrope (ed.s John Paul Newman, Mark Cornwall). New York: Berghahn. [Details]
    2015 'Serbia'
    Dr John Paul Newman (2015) 'Serbia' In: The Wars Before the War 1912-1914 (William Mulligan et al, ed.). Cambridge University Press. [Details]
    2014 'Times of Death: The First World War and Serbia's Twentieth Century'
    Newman, Dr John Paul (2014) 'Times of Death: The First World War and Serbia's Twentieth Century' In: Aftermath: Legacies and Memories of War in Europe 1918, 1945, 1989. Ashgate. [Details]
    2014 'War Refusal in the Croatian Countryside'
    Dr John Paul Newman (2014) 'War Refusal in the Croatian Countryside' In: Dans la Guerre 1914-1918: Accepter, Endurer, Refuser (Nicolas Beaupré, Heather Jones and Anne Rasmussen, eds.). Les Belles Lettres. [Details]
    2013 'Allied Yugoslavia: Serbian Great War Veterans and their Internationalist Ties'
    Newman, Dr John Paul (2013) 'Allied Yugoslavia: Serbian Great War Veterans and their Internationalist Ties' In: The First World War and Veterans' Internationalism. London: Palgrave Macmillan. [Details]
    2012 'The Origins, Attributes, and Legacies of Paramilitary Violence in the Balkans'
    Newman, Dr John Paul (2012) 'The Origins, Attributes, and Legacies of Paramilitary Violence in the Balkans' In: War in Peace: Paramilitary Violence in Europe after the Great War. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Details]
    2011 'Les heritages de la Première Guerre mondiale en Croatie'
    Newman, Dr John Paul (2011) 'Les heritages de la Première Guerre mondiale en Croatie' In: Identités Troublées 1914-1918: Les appartenances sociales et nationales à l’épreuve de la guerre. [Details]
    2011 'Forging a United Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes: The Legacy of the First World War and the ‘Invalid Question'
    Newman, Dr John Paul (2011) 'Forging a United Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes: The Legacy of the First World War and the ‘Invalid Question' In: New Perspectives on Yugoslavia: Key Issues and Controversies. London: Routledge. [full-text] [Details]

    Encyclopedia Entry

      Year Publication
    2016 The Black Hand.
    John Paul Newman (2016) The Black Hand. 1914-1918 Online: Encyclopedia Entry [Details]
    2014 Nationalism (Pre-war).
    Newman, Dr John Paul (2014) Nationalism (Pre-war). Encyclopedia Entry [Details]
    2012 Civilian and Military Power in South East Europe.
    Newman, Dr John Paul (2012) Civilian and Military Power in South East Europe. Encyclopedia Entry [Details]

    Book Review

      Year Publication
    2020 Therapeutic Fascism: Experiencing the Violence of the Nazi New Order.
    Newman, JP (2020) Therapeutic Fascism: Experiencing the Violence of the Nazi New Order. CHICAGO: Book Review [Details]
    2020 Serbia under the Swastika: A World War II Occupation.
    Newman, JP (2020) Serbia under the Swastika: A World War II Occupation. CHICAGO: Book Review [Details]
    2018 The Wars of Yesterday: The Balkan Wars and the Emergence of Modern Military Conflict, 1912-13.
    Newman, JP (2018) The Wars of Yesterday: The Balkan Wars and the Emergence of Modern Military Conflict, 1912-13. NEW YORK: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
    2018 The Politics of Self-Determination: Remaking Territories and National Identities in Europe, 1917-1923.
    Newman, JP (2018) The Politics of Self-Determination: Remaking Territories and National Identities in Europe, 1917-1923. OXFORD: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
    2018 Rationed Life: Science, Everyday Life, and Working-Class Politics in the Bohemian Lands, 1914-1918.
    Newman, JP (2018) Rationed Life: Science, Everyday Life, and Working-Class Politics in the Bohemian Lands, 1914-1918. OXFORD: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
    2018 A History of Czechoslovakia Between the Wars: From Versailles to Hitler's Invasion.
    Newman, JP (2018) A History of Czechoslovakia Between the Wars: From Versailles to Hitler's Invasion. LONDON: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
    2017 Austro-Hungarian War Aims in the Balkans during World War One.
    Newman, JP (2017) Austro-Hungarian War Aims in the Balkans during World War One. CAMBRIDGE: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
    2017 Forging a Multinational State: State Making in Imperial Austria from the Enlightenment to the First World War.
    Newman, JP (2017) Forging a Multinational State: State Making in Imperial Austria from the Enlightenment to the First World War. OXFORD: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
    2016 Making Yugoslavs: Identity in King Aleksandar's Yugoslavia.
    Newman, JP (2016) Making Yugoslavs: Identity in King Aleksandar's Yugoslavia. LONDON: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
    2016 Austro-Hungarian War Aims in the Balkans during World War I.
    Newman, JP;Foster, S;Weaver, EB (2016) Austro-Hungarian War Aims in the Balkans during World War I. ABINGDON: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
    2016 Simon Hall '1956: The Year in Revolt'.
    John Paul Newman (2016) Simon Hall '1956: The Year in Revolt'. Book Review [Details]
    2014 Josip Glaurdic, 'The Hour of Europe: Western Powers and the Breakup of Yugoslavia'.
    Dr John Paul Newman (2014) Josip Glaurdic, 'The Hour of Europe: Western Powers and the Breakup of Yugoslavia'. Book Review [Details]
    2016 'Austro-Hungarian War Aims in the Balkans during World War One' (Book Forum).
    John Paul Newman (2016) 'Austro-Hungarian War Aims in the Balkans during World War One' (Book Forum). Journal of Genocide Research, 18/4: Book Review [Details]
    2013 Geoffrey Swain, 'Tito: A Biography'.
    Dr John Paul Newman (2013) Geoffrey Swain, 'Tito: A Biography'. Book Review [full-text] [Details]
    2015 The Sandzak: A History.
    Newman, JP (2015) The Sandzak: A History. OXFORD: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
    2014 The Hour of Europe: Western Powers and the Breakup of Yugoslavia.
    Newman, JP (2014) The Hour of Europe: Western Powers and the Breakup of Yugoslavia. OXFORD: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
    2013 Mark Biondich 'The Balkans: Revolution, War, and Political Violence since 1878’.
    Dr John Paul Newman (2013) Mark Biondich 'The Balkans: Revolution, War, and Political Violence since 1878’. Book Review [Details]
    2013 Dejan Djokić 'Pašić and Trumbić: The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes’.
    Dr John Paul Newman (2013) Dejan Djokić 'Pašić and Trumbić: The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes’. Book Review [Details]
    2013 Jonathan Gumz,‘The Resurrection and Collapse of Empire in Habsburg Serbia’.
    Dr John Paul Newman (2013) Jonathan Gumz,‘The Resurrection and Collapse of Empire in Habsburg Serbia’. Book Review [Details]
    2011 Robert Pyrah, Marius Turda (eds.) ‘Re-contextualizaing East Central European History: Nation, Culture, and Minority Groups’.
    Dr John Paul Newman (2011) Robert Pyrah, Marius Turda (eds.) ‘Re-contextualizaing East Central European History: Nation, Culture, and Minority Groups’. Book Review [Details]
    2010 • Maria Bucur, ‘Heroes and Victims: Remembering War in Twentieth-Century Romania’.
    Dr John Paul Newman (2010) • Maria Bucur, ‘Heroes and Victims: Remembering War in Twentieth-Century Romania’. Book Review [Details]

    Honours and Awards

      Year Title Awarding Body
    2008 Best Doctoral Student Paper in the Balkans/Ottoman Section
    2019 Maynooth University Faculty of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Philosophy Early Career Research Achievement Award Maynooth University

    Professional Associations

      Association Function From / To
    Who Cares in Europe? COST Action member /
    Irish Association of Russian, Central, and East European Studies President /
    American Association of Slavic and East European Studies member /
    Royal Historical Academy Fellow /

    Employment

      Employer Position From / To
    University College Dublin European Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow 30-SEP-10 / 30-SEP-11

    Languages

      Language Reading Writing Speaking
    Bulgarian Fluent Fluent Fluent
    German Functional Functional Functional
    Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian Fluent Fluent Fluent
    Slovene Functional Basic Basic
    Slovak Functional Functional Functional
    Macedonian Functional Functional Functional
    Czech Fluent Fluent Fluent

    Recent Postgraduates

      Graduation Student Name University Degree Thesis
    2017 Anthony Farrell Maynooth University PhD Irish Disabled War Veterans of the British Army after 1921

    External Collaborators

      Name Role / Description Country
    Social Welfare in the European Borderlands Research Associate