Marilyn Lake
| Marilyn Lake | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Marilyn Lee Calvert 5 January 1949 Hobart, Tasmania |
| Awards | Harbison-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) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater |
University of Tasmania (BA Hons, MA) Monash University (PhD) |
| Thesis title | The limits of hope: soldier settlement in Victoria, 1915–1938 |
| Thesis year | 1984 |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions |
University of Melbourne La Trobe University |
| Main interests | Australian history Feminist theory and gender Nationalism and the World Wars |
| Notable works |
Creating a Nation (1994) Faith: Faith Bendler, Gentle Activist (2002) Drawing the Global Colour Line (2008) |
Marilyn Lake 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, the political history of Australian women and Australian racism including the White Australia Policy and the movement for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander human rights. She was awarded a Personal Chair in History at La Trobe University in 1994. She has been elected a Fellow, Australian Academy of the Humanities and a Fellow, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.
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.
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.
She studied History at the University of Tasmania, where she resided at Jane 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.
On 11 April 1973 she was graduated Master of Arts by the University of Tasmania. Her thesis, on Tasmanian society in World War 1, became her first book, A Divided Society, in 1975.
She was graduated a Doctor of Philosophy by Monash University in 1984. Her doctoral thesis, "The limits of hope: soldier settlement in Victoria, 1915–1938" became a book with the same title in 1987.
In 1986, Lake was appointed a lecturer in History and Social Theory at The University of Melbourne.
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. In 1994 she was elevated to Professor of History, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University with a Personal Chair in History.
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