Susan Magarey

Professor Susan Margaret Magarey AM, FASSA, is an Australian historian and author, most notable for her historic works and biographies of Australian women.[1][2]

Education

English Literature and History:

Career

1985-now Founding editor of the international journal Australian Feminist Studies (Routledge)
1985-2002 Director of the Research Centre for Women's Studies at the University of Adelaide
2002-now Professor Emerita in History at the University of Adelaide

Honours and awards

Publications

She has published over seventy articles and book chapters. This is a somewhat random selection:

Books
Recent publications
Catherine Helen Spence and feminism related.

Magarey Medal for biography

Not to be confused with the annual Magarey Medal of the South Australian National Football League

"The Magarey Medal for biography is a biennial prize of at least $10,000. The prize is awarded to the female author who has published the work judged to be the best biographical writing on an Australian subject in the preceding two years."[6] The prize is donated by Susan Magarey.

Prize winners have been:

References

  1. Biography, Professor Susan Magarey AM, FASSA, PhD, University of Adelaide, www.adelaide.edu.au
  2. Professor Susan Magarey, AM, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, www.assa.edu.au
  3. Member of the Order of Australia, 12 June 2006, www.itsanhonour.gov.au
    Citation: For service to education as a pioneer of women's studies as an academic discipline, to tertiary curriculum development, and to professional and historical organisations.
  4. Walter McRae Russell Award, Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL), asaliterature.com
  5. Susan Magarey (1985, 2010) Unbridling the Tongues of Women: a biography of Catherine Helen Spence, University of Adelaide Press, 214 pp, ISBN 978-0-9806723-0-5 Free Download
  6. Magarey Medal for biography, the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) and the Australian Historical Association, asaliterature.com

External links

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