Cody is a published historian and author currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Medieval and Modern European Studies. He completed his undergraduate studies in history and politics at the University of New England (Armidale), where he received the 2019 James Dolan Memorial Prize in History and was named a 2021 Vice Chancellor’s Scholar.

Research Interests

Cody’s research interests span Australian, British, and European history, with particular focus on intellectual, religious, political, and military history. His academic background includes both ancient and modern historical studies, with emphasis on European intellectual and military developments.

His areas of study have included:

• Classical and modern political thought – including Plato, Aristotle, Epicureanism, Machiavelli’s The Prince, socialist egalitarianism, and modern luck egalitarianism

• Ancient Rome – with a focus on military and political institutions

• Egypt and the Near East – especially the Eighteenth Dynasty (16th–13th centuries BC)

• Chinese and Japanese religious history – including Daoism, Shintō, and Buddhism

• Islamic history – with a focus on gender in early Islam and contemporary discourse

• European history – particularly:

  • The Renaissance (14th–15th centuries)

  • The Enlightenment (18th century)

  • The Austro-Prussian War (1866) and German unification

  • The origins of the First World War (1914–1918)

  • Spanish imperialism (16th–17th centuries) and the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939)

Cody is currently researching modern British intellectual history, with an emphasis on themes of environmentalism, anti-industrialisation, and agrarianism in the works of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the Inklings. Additional interests include the history of theology and the history of music.

Publications

1. Mitchell, Cody. “The Fight for Supremacy and the Course of German History: The Battle of Königgrätz as a Contributing Factor in German Unification.” West Point Undergraduate Historical Review 12 (Spring 2022): 141–156. https://athena.westpoint.edu/items/680992b1-74d9-4585-aebe-5ede674b94a8

2. Mitchell, Cody Bryan. “Problems of Distance, Communications, and Authority: How Charles V and Philip II Ruled the Global Spanish Empire.” Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History 12, no. 3 (2022): Article 1. https://doi.org/10.20429/aujh.2022.120301

3. Mitchell, Cody. “Privatisation and Toleration: How the Eighteenth-Century Enlightenment Impacted European Attitudes Towards Religion.” Swarthmore Undergraduate History Journal 6, no. 2 (2025): 54–69. https://works.swarthmore.edu/suhj/vol6/iss2/4/

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