Grace Karskens
Grace Karskens | |
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 Grace Karskens speaks at aTEDxin 2011 | |
| Born | 12 March 1958 Sydney,New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Awards | New South Wales Premier's Community and Regional History Prize(1998) Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities(2010) Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-Fiction(2010) Calibre Prize(2019) Prime Minister's Literary Award for Australian History(2021) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney |
| Thesis | The Rocks and Sydney: Society, Culture and Material Life 1788–c.1830(1995) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Australian history |
| Institutions | University of New South Wales |
| Notable works | The Rocks: Life in Early Sydney(1998) The Colony: A History of Early Sydney(2009) |
Grace Elizabeth Karskens,FRSN,FASSA,FAHA(born 12 March 1958)[1]is an Australian historian who is professor of history at theUniversity of New South Wales.
Career[edit]
Grace Elizabeth Karskens, born inSydney,New South Wales in 1958,[2]graduated from theUniversity of Sydneywith degrees in both history and historical archaeology. She was awarded aMaster of Artsin 1986,[3]and aDoctor of Philosophyfrom the University of Sydney in 1995.[4]
Before taking up a position as lecturer at theUniversity of New South Walesin 2001, Karskens worked on heritage and archaeological projects on a contract basis and researched and published a number of books.[5]
In 2012 Karskens was appointed a Carson Fellow at theRachel Carson Center for Environment and Societyfor her project on the Penrith Lakes andCastlereagh, New South Wales.[6]
Karskens is a member of theReserve Bank of Australia's Design Advisory Panel, which oversees the development and production of banknotes.[7]She was a trustee of theHistoric Houses Trust of New South Wales(now Sydney Living Museums) and theDictionary of Sydney.[8]
Awards and honours[edit]
Karskens is a Fellow of theRoyal Society of New South Wales.[5]She was elected Fellow of theAustralian Academy of the Humanitiesin 2010[5]and Fellow of theAcademy of the Social Sciences in Australiain 2022.[9]
Karskens won theNew South Wales Premier's Community and Regional History PrizeforThe Rocksin 1998. She was shortlisted for the 2009Prime Minister's Prize for Australian HistoryforThe Colony,for which she won the Non-Fiction award at the 2010Prime Minister's Literary Awards.[2]The Colonywas also awarded the Best Book 2009–2010 (non-North American) by the Urban History Association (USA).[10]
Karskens was awarded the Coral Thomas Fellowship at theState Library of New South Walesin 2018 to develop her project,The Real Secret River, Dyarubbin.[11]She also received the 2019Calibre Prizeby theAustralian Book Reviewfor her essay "Nah Doongh's Song".[12]
People of the Riverwon the 2021 NSW Premier's Australian History Prize and the 2021Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History.[13]It was shortlisted for the Nonfiction prize at the 2021 Indie Book Awards.[14]
Works[edit]
- An Historical and Archaeological Study of Cox's Road and Early Crossings of the Blue Mountains, New South Wales,(also known asCox's Way) Bicentennial Project Unit, Crown Lands Office, 1988,ISBN0730555550
- Holroyd: A Social History of Western Sydney,NSW University Press, 1991,ISBN0868401080
- The Rocks: Life in Early Sydney,Melbourne University Press, 1998,ISBN0522848443
- Four Essays about the Great North Road,Wirrimbirra Workshop, 1998,ISBN0958569703
- Inside the Rocks: The Archaeology of a Neighbourhood,Hale & Iremonger,1999,ISBN0868066664
- The Colony: A History of Early Sydney,Allen & Unwin, 2009,ISBN9781741756371
- People of the River: Lost worlds of early Australia,Allen & Unwin, 2020,ISBN9781760292232
References[edit]
- ^Who's Who in Australia.ConnectWeb. 2021.
- ^ab"Grace Karskens".AustLit: Discover Australian Stories.Retrieved29 September2020.
- ^Karskens, Grace (1985),The Grandest Improvement in the Country: An historical and archaeological study of the Great North Road, N.S.W., 1825–1836,University of Sydney, History,retrieved29 September2020
- ^Karskens, Grace (1995),The Rocks and Sydney: Society, Culture and Material Life 1788–c.1830,University of Sydney, History,retrieved29 September2020
- ^abc"Grace Karskens".Australian Academy of the Humanities.Retrieved8 July2024.
- ^"Grace Karskens".Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, LMU Munich.Retrieved29 September2020.
- ^"Banknotes: Design Advisory Panel".Reserve Bank of Australia.Retrieved29 September2020.
- ^"Professor Grace Elizabeth Karskens".University of New South Wales.Retrieved29 September2020.
- ^"34 leading social scientists elected to the Academy".Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.9 November 2022.Retrieved9 November2022.
- ^"Past Awards".Urban History Association.Retrieved29 September2020.
- ^"State Library of NSW announces 2018 Fellowship winners".History Council of New South Wales.22 October 2017.Retrieved29 September2020.
- ^"Karskens wins 'ABR' 2019 Calibre Prize".Books+Publishing.5 June 2019.Retrieved29 September2020.
- ^"PMLA 2021 winners announced".Books+Publishing.15 December 2021.Retrieved15 December2021.
- ^"Indie Book Awards 2021 shortlists announced".Books+Publishing.20 January 2021.Retrieved20 January2021.
External links[edit]
- Convicts and the making of Australia– 2012 Allan Martin lecture
- Voice from Beneath– 2011 TEDxSydney talk
- How Dyarubbin became the crucible of a colony– Conversations with Richard Fidler, 2020 ABC podcast
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- 1958 births
- Living people
- University of Sydney alumni
- Academic staff of the University of New South Wales
- Fellows of the Royal Society of New South Wales
- Fellows of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
- Fellows of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
- Historical archaeologists
- Australian women historians