Robert Aldrich FAHA FASSA (born July 29, 1954, in New York)[1] is an Australian historian and writer.
Aldrich is Professor Emeritus of European History at the University of Sydney, where he taught from 1981-2021.
[2] After school Aldrich studied history in the United States of America, first at Emory University, Georgia, where he received his undergraduate degree, and afterwards at Brandeis University, Massachusetts, where he gained his Master's and PhD.
He wrote several books on French colonialism in the Pacific and on the history of homosexuality.
[4][5] In 2002 the French Government awarded Aldrich the Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques.