Kevin Foster

Associate Professor Kevin Foster is Head of the School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics at Monash University in Melbourne. Educated in the UK, Canada and Australia, he has conducted original research with the Australian, British, Canadian, Dutch, US and Israeli militaries. He has published widely on the representation of war, military-media relations, the cultural history of the military, national identity and combat photography. His work has appeared in a range of national and international journals. He is the author/editor of a number of books including Don’t Mention the War: the Australian Defence Force, the Media and the Afghan Conflict (2015). His latest monograph, Anti-Social Media: Conventional Militaries in the Digital Battlespace, will be published in 2021.