Biography
Judith is a Principal Fellow in the School of Historical Studies (Australian Centre) and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning at RMIT University. She has coedited (with Tony Wood) a collection of articles on social change and war in Australia and New Zealand, An Anzac Muster, and (with John Murphy) a collection of articles on the 1950s, The Forgotten Fifties. She also edited a special issue of Australian Historical Studies on writing the history of women in Australia, Twenty Years On (1996) and a special issue of the Victorian Historical Journal on women's suffrage and political citizenship (2008). Her other interests and published work deal with women and political protest, women and religion, conservative women's organisations, suffrage and postsuffrage movements, temperance reform, wartime propaganda, the social history of venereal disease, and Billy Graham's 1959 crusade. She was the editor of Australian Historical Studies from 1994 to 1999, is currently editor of the Victorian Historical Journal, and is writing (with Marian Quartly) a history of the National Council of Women of Australia.
Research Expertise and International Linkages
Research Expertise
| Research Interest |
Key Words |
Country of Expertise |
| Australian Wartime Homefront History |
World War I, conscription, food riots, women's activism, venereal disease |
Australia |
| Australian Social History |
Melbourne 1900-1950; social and urban reform movements |
Australia |
| Australian Labour History |
Women's political protest, food riots, co-operativism |
Australia |
| Australian Temperance History |
Alcohol restriction, prohibitionism |
Australia |
| Australian Religious History |
Billy Graham Crusade 1959 |
Australia |
| Australian Women's History |
Women's historical political activism and organisation; beauty contests |
Australia |
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other
Awards
Qualifications
| Title |
Institution |
Date Awarded |
Abbreviation |
| Doctor |
Monash University |
14-Oct-1992 |
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| Diploma in Education |
Monash University |
15-Dec-1993 |
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Memberships
| Membership Type |
Membership Body |
Description |
Start Date |
End Date |
| Council |
Royal Historical Society of Victoria |
Coucillor |
18-Sep-2007 |
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| Council |
Australian Society for the Study of Labour History (Melbourne Branch) |
Executive member |
01-Jan-2002 |
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| Member |
Australian Historical Association |
Member |
01-Jan-1975 |
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| Associate |
National Council of Women of Victoria |
Associate Member |
01-Sep-2007 |
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| Member |
Network for Research in Women's History (Australian Branch of International Federation for Research in Women's History) |
Member |
01-Jan-1985 |
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| Member |
History Council of Victoria |
Representative of RHSV |
01-Jan-2009 |
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| Member |
Australian Dictionary of Biography Victorian Working Party |
Member |
01-Jan-1980 |
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Government Research Classifications
Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications
Socio-Economic Objective Classifications
Grants and Contracts
Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.
Grants
| Title |
Role |
Funding Source |
Scheme |
Award Date |
| Between State and World: A History of the National Council of Women of Australia 1931-2006 |
Chief Investigator |
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN OF AUST,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL |
Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) |
01/07/2008 |
Additional Grant and Contract Information
2001-04: ARC Linkage Grant (with A/Prof Pavla Miller and The Mac.Robertson Girls' High School) to employ a PhD student to write the history of the school.
2003-05: ARC LIEF Grant (led by Prof Patricia Grimshaw) for the Australian Women's Archive Project
2005-07: ARC Linkage Grant (with Dr Suellen Murray, CASR RMIT University and Domestic Violence Victoria), to employ a PhD student to write the history of the Victorian Women's Refuge Movement, 1974-2004
2008-09: ARC LIEF Grant (led by Prof Patricia Grimshaw) for Developing the Australian Women's Archive Project
2008-11: ARC Linkage Grant (with Prof. Marian Quartly and the Naitonal Council of Women of Australia) to write a history of NCWA.
Publications
Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.
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