Rate My Professor Mike Davis

Dr. Mike Davis is Senior Lecturer of History in Griffith University's School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science, located at the Gold Coast Campus in room G30 4.22. Prior to his appointment at Griffith, he held teaching positions at the University of Southern Queensland and Macquarie University. As a member of the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Davis contributes to scholarly work on social and cultural themes. His research focuses on the history of Britain and Australia in the long nineteenth century, with particular emphasis on conviction politics, the influence of convicts on Australian democracy and the labour movement, political trials during ages of revolution, and historical lessons for contemporary political developments such as democratic transitions in China. He has secured Australian Research Council funding for the project 'History of the London Corresponding Society' spanning 1995 to 1998.

Davis has authored and co-authored significant publications, including the article 'Conviction politics: How convicts shaped Australian democracy and the labour movement' with Tony Moore, 'Why Chinese Democracy Is Inevitable' in New Global Studies (2015), 'Some Answers from History' in The Historian (2014), and the book Political Trials in an Age of Revolutions: Britain and the North Atlantic, 1793-1848. He has also contributed to Terrorism: An International Perspective. In his teaching role, Davis convenes courses such as 'A History of Terrorism and Political Violence' (2055LHS) and 'A History of Nature' (2059LHS), guiding students through critical historical analyses. Furthermore, he has served in editorial capacities, listed as a contact for contributors to Queensland Review. Through his scholarship, Davis illuminates the connections between historical convict experiences, labour history, political violence, and democratic evolution.