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Marilyn Lake
Born
Marilyn Lee Calvert

(1949-01-05)5 January 1949(age 75)
Hobart,Tasmania
AwardsHarbison-Higinbotham Prize (1985)
Human Rights Commission Arts Non-Fiction Award (1994, 2002)
Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities(1995)
Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia(1999)
Queensland Premier's History Book Award(2008)
Sir Ernest Scott Prize (2009)
Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-Fiction(2009)
Officer of the Order of Australia(2018)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Tasmania(BA Hons, MA)
Monash University(PhD)
ThesisThe limits of hope: soldier settlement in Victoria, 1915–1938(1984)
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Melbourne
La Trobe University
Main interestsAustralian history
Feminist theory and gender
Nationalism and the World Wars
Notable worksCreating a Nation(1994)
Faith: Faith Bendler, Gentle Activist(2002)
Drawing the Global Colour Line(2008)

Marilyn Lee Lake,AO,FAHA,FASSA(born 5 January 1949) is an Australian historian known for her work on the effects of the military and war on Australian civil society,[1]the political history of Australian women[2]and Australian racism including theWhite Australia Policy[3]and the movement for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander human rights.[2]She was awarded a personal chair in history atLa Trobe Universityin 1994. She has been elected a Fellow,Australian Academy of the Humanitiesand a Fellow,Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.[4]

Her research interests include Australian history; nation and nationalism; gender, war and citizenship; femininity and masculinity; history of feminism; race, gender and imperialism; global and trans-national history.[5]

Early life and education[edit]

Marilyn Lee Calvert was born 5 January 1949 in Hobart, Tasmania. On 5 October 1968 she married Sam (Philip Spencer) Lake. They have two daughters.[4][6]

She studied history at theUniversity of Tasmania,where she resided atJane Franklin Hall,and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts on 10 April 1968. That year she submitted her honours thesis,W.A. Wood's and the Clipper, 1903 – 1909. A Study in Radical Journalism,and was awarded Honours which was conferred on 2 April 1969.[6][7]

On 11 April 1973 she was graduated Master of Arts by the University of Tasmania.[6]Her thesis, on Tasmanian society in World War 1, became her first book,A Divided Society,in 1975.[8]: 2 

She was graduated a Doctor of Philosophy by Monash University in 1984.[9]Her doctoral thesis, "The limits of hope: soldier settlement in Victoria, 1915–1938"[10]became a book with the same title in 1987.[11]

Career[edit]

In 1986, Lake was appointed a lecturer in History and Social Theory at The University of Melbourne.[4]

In 1988, she was appointed Senior Lecturer and made foundational Director of Women's Studies (1988–94) at La Trobe University. In 1991, Lake was appointed Reader in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University.[4]In 1994 she was elevated to Professor of History, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University with a Personal Chair in History.[4]

In 1997, she was Visiting Professorial Fellow,Stockholm University.[4]

In 2001–2002, she was the Chair of Australian Studies atHarvard University.[4]

Between 2004 and 2008 she was anAustralian Research CouncilAustralian Professorial Fellow, La Trobe University.[4]

In 2008, she was a research fellow at theAustralian Prime Ministers Centrein Canberra.[12]

In 2011, Lake was awarded another Australian Research Council Professorial Research Fellowship "to investigate the international history of Australian democracy. She will research both the impact of Australian democratic innovation – manhood suffrage, the 8-hour day, the Australian ballot, women's rights – overseas, and Australian engagements with international organisations such as the ILO and United Nations, the translation of new human rights into citizenship rights, at home, in the twentieth century."[13]

In February 2019Monash University PublishingreleasedContesting Australian History: Essays in Honour of Marilyn Lakeedited byJoy DamousiandJudith Smart.The contents are papers presented at a two-day celebration of Lake's career held at the University of Melbourne in 2016.[14]

Committees and voluntary work[edit]

Lake is a former president,Australian Historical Association.[15]

Lake is a member of the reference group of theAustralian Women's History Forum.[16]

Lake is a member of the editorial boards ofLabor History,Journal of Australian StudiesandSocial Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society,and was a member of the editorial board ofAustralian Historical Studiesbetween 2006 and 2009.[4]

Lake was a member of the La Trobe University Council between 1995 and 1997 and of Monash University Council between 1985 and 1989.[4]

She was aMuseum Victoriacouncillor from 1985 to 1989 and a member of theHistory Council of Victoriabetween 2001 and 2004.[4]

She served as a member of theSullivan's Cove Waterfront Authoritybetween 2005 and 2009.[4]

She was a director and board member,Victorian Women's Trustfrom 2005 to 2009.[4]

Awards and honours[edit]

Marilyn Lake has received the following awards and honours:

  • 1985, The University of Melbourne Harbison-Higinbotham Prize[4]
  • 1994, Human Rights Non-Fiction Award forCreating a NationwithPatricia Grimshaw,Marian QuartlyandAnn McGrath[17]
  • 1995, elected Fellow, Australian Academy of the Humanities[18]
  • 1999, elected Fellow, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia[19]
  • 2000, awarded Doctor of Letters (honoris causa), University of Tasmania[20]
  • 2002, Human Rights Arts Non-Fiction Award forFaith: a biography of Faith Bandler[21]
  • 2003, Centenary Medal[22]
  • 2008, Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, History Book – Faculty of Arts, University of Queensland Award forDrawing the Global Colour Line(withHenry Reynolds)[23]
  • 2009,Prime Minister's Literary Awardfor non-fiction bookDrawing the Global Colour Line(with Henry Reynolds)[24]
  • 2009, The University of MelbourneErnest ScottPrize forDrawing the Global Line'(with Henry Reynolds)[25]
  • 2018, appointed anOfficer of the Order of Australia(AO) for "distinguished service to higher education, particularly to the social sciences, as an academic, researcher and author, and through contributions to historical organisations."[26][27]
  • 2019,NSW Premier's History Awards– General History Prize, shortlisted forProgressive New World: How Settler Colonialism and Transpacific Exchange Shaped American Reform(Harvard University Press).[28]

Major works[edit]

  • A Divided Society(1975)ISBN0522840809
  • Double Time: Women in Victoria 150 Years(1985) (co-editor)ISBN0140060022
  • The Limits of Hope: Soldier Settlement in Victoria 1915–38(1987)ISBN0195546660
  • Australians at Work: Commentaries and Sources (1991) (co-editor)ISBN0869140655
  • Creating a Nation(1994, reprinted 1996, 2000) (jointly)ISBN0869140957
  • Getting Equal: The History of Australian Feminism(1999)ISBN186508137X
  • Faith Bandler Gentle Activist(2002)ISBN1865088412
  • Connected Worlds: History in Transnational Perspective(2006)ISBN1920942440
  • Memory, Monuments and Museums(2006)ISBN9780522852509
  • Drawing the Global Colour Line(2008) withHenry ReynoldsISBN9780521707527
  • What's Wrong with ANZAC? The Militarisation of Australian History(2010) with Henry ReynoldsISBN9781742231518
  • Progressive New World: How Settler Colonialism and Transpacific Exchange Shaped American Reform(2019)ISBN9780674975958

References[edit]

  1. ^Annie Guest, "Historians challenge Anzac legend", Australian Broadcasting Corporation Transcripts, 24 April 2010
  2. ^ab"Book – A triumph of gentle Faith." Gold Coast Bulletin (Nationwide News Pty Limited), 24 August 2002. "Marilyn Lake, renowned historian and Australia's leading authority on the political history of women."
  3. ^Marilyn Lake, "'Yellow peril' racism rears its ugly head" (op-ed),The Age,3 April 2010 p. 21
  4. ^abcdefghijklmn"Who's Who Live (Australia)".Crown Content ABN 37 096 393 636.Retrieved18 August2011.
  5. ^Lake, Marilyn(entry), Teaching Aust. Lit. Resource (TAL) (database online) Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Australia Licence.
  6. ^abc"Marilyn Lee Calvert" (entry), University of Tasmania.Graduation Verification ServiceArchived5 October 2011 at theWayback Machine(database online). Accessed 18 August 2011.
  7. ^University of Tasmania.Thesis Database(database online). Accessed 18 August 2011.
  8. ^Judy Skene"Politics, Identity, History: An Interview with Marilyn Lake"Archived29 September 2011 at theWayback Machine(1998)Limina(Western Australia) Vol 4 (1) pp 1–10. Accessed 18 August 2011.
  9. ^Richard Crompton (photographer)"Dr Marilyn Lake with Dr Sam Lake of Zoology and Jessica Monash University."(graduation photograph). Accessed 18 August 2011.
  10. ^Marilyn Lake, "The limits of hope: soldier settlement in Victoria, 1915–1938" (1984) Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Melbourne.
  11. ^Marilyn Lake,The limits of hope: soldier settlement in Victoria(1987, Oxford University Press, Melbourne).
  12. ^Professor Marilyn Lake(staff profile), La Trobe University. Humanities and Social Sciences. History Program. accessed 18 August 2011.
  13. ^Michael Richards,"Professor Marilyn Lake to investigate the international history of Australian democracy"Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House, 15 March 2011 accessed 18 August 2011.
  14. ^"Contesting Australian History: Essays in Honour of Marilyn Lake (Monash University Publishing)".www.publishing.monash.edu.Retrieved13 February2019.
  15. ^"National Archives of Australia launches joint scholarship program with Australian Historical Association at Annual Regional Conference in Launceston" (Media Release) 7 July 2011 Australian Government News via HT Media Limited.
  16. ^AboutArchived22 August 2011 at theWayback MachineAustralian Women's History Forum, accessed 18 August 2011.
  17. ^1994 Human Rights Medal and AwardsArchived7 June 2011 at theWayback MachineAustralian Human Rights Commission accessed 19 August 2011
  18. ^Professor Marilyn LakeArchived28 September 2011 at theWayback Machine(entry) in The Academy Fellows, The Australian Academy of the Humanities (database online) accessed 18 August 2011.
  19. ^Professor Marilyn LakeArchived26 September 2011 at theWayback Machine(entry) in Academy Fellows, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (database online) accessed 18 August 2011.
  20. ^University of TasmaniaHonorary Graduates by surname 1951–1990Archived13 April 2011 at theWayback Machine(PDF) accessed 18 August 2011
  21. ^2002 Human Rights Medal and AwardsArchived27 August 2011 at theWayback MachineAustralian Human Rights Commission accessed 19 August 2011
  22. ^"Marilyn Lake. Centenary Medal".It's an honour. (database online).Retrieved18 August2011.For service to Australian society and the humanities in the study of Australian women's history.
  23. ^Queensland Premier's Literary Awards. Previous Winners.accessed 19 August 2011.
  24. ^"2009 Prime Minister's Literary Awards winners"Archived5 November 2009 at theWayback Machine
  25. ^University's Ernest Scott Prize winner announcedArchived11 July 2011 at theWayback Machine,The University of Melbourne accessed 19 August 2011.
  26. ^"Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia"(PDF).2018 Australia Day Honours.Office of the Governor-General of Australia.Retrieved26 January2018.
  27. ^"Australia Day Honours 2018: The full list".The Sydney Morning Herald.26 January 2018.Retrieved29 January2018.
  28. ^Perkins, Cathy (Summer 2019). "Excellence in Literature and History".SL Magazine.12(4): 52–55.

External links[edit]

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