Professor Kate Darian-Smith is Executive Dean and Pro-Vice Chancellor, College of Arts, Law and Education at the University of Tasmania. She previously worked in the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne for many years, teaching and conducting research in Australian history and cultural heritage, and holding several senior leadership positions.
Professor Darian-Smith is currently a Professorial Fellow (Honorary) in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning. She is an elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA).
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FEATURED Journal article
Children, Comforts and Intercultural Exchanges for Australians in Both World Wars
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Projects
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Project Types
14
Research Grant
5
Research Contracts
2
Internal Research Grant
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Citation for Teaching Excellence (RHD Supervision) - National
University Teaching Award for Excellence in Research Higher Degree Supervision
2008 Mander Jones Award for 'Seize the day: Exhibitions, Australia and the World'
Neil Currie Publishing Award (with Yasue Arimitsu, Doshisha University)
Faculty of Arts Excellence in Supervision
FASSA - Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
Credentials
Positions
Honorary
Architecture, Building And Planning
Honorary
Historical And Philosophical Studies
Editorial Board
Journal of Grainger Studies (Editorial Board)
Advisory Council
Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House (Advisory Council)
Advisory Committee
Australian Children's Folklore Collection, Museum Victoria (Advisory Committee)
Editorial Advisory Board
Meanjin (Editorial Advisory Board)
Research Associate
Museum Victoria (History and Technology and Indigenous Studies programs, Research Associate)
Section Editor, Australia And The Pacific
History Compass (Section Editor)
Editorial Board
Australian Historical Studies (Editorial Board)
Editorial Advisory Committee
Public History Review
Member
Australian Historical Association
President (2002-2007), Vice-President (2008 - Present)
International Australian Studies Association (InASA)
Editorial Advisory Board
Journal of Australian Studies (Editorial Advisory Board)
Education
Graduate Diploma in Education
University of Melbourne
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Arts Honours
University of Melbourne