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Prof

Joy Damousi

Professor- Historical Studies
Historical and Philosophical Studies
arts & humanities
history
social sciences
literature
literary reviews
women's studies
historical studies
history: australian; understanding australia's past
political science
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Arts
 
Primary Interest
Intellectual history
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Projects

Displaying the 10 most recent projects by Joy Damousi.

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AFTERMATHS OF WAR: VIOLENCE, TRAUMA, DISPLACEMENT, 1815-1950

2020 - 2024
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The Invisible Farmer: Securing Australian Farm Women's History

This project, believed to be the first national study of farm women in Australia, aims to address their historical and contemporary invisibi..

2016 - 2019
Completed
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The Invisible Farmer: Securing Australian Farm Women's History

This project, believed to be the first national study of farm women in Australia, aims to address their historical and contemporary invisibi..

2016 - 2019
Completed
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THE INVISIBLE FARMER

2015 - 2015
Completed
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CHILD REFUGEES AND AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONALISM: 1920 TO THE PRESENT

This project aims to generate new and powerful understandings of the impact and experiences of child refugees in Australia throughout the tw..

2014 - 2020
Completed
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CHILD REFUGEES AND AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONALISM: 1920 TO THE PRESENT

This project aims to generate new and powerful understandings of the impact and experiences of child refugees in Australia throughout the tw..

2014 - 2020
Completed
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'Hell Sounds': The Soundscape of War, 1914-1945

Hell Sounds will explore how the experience of war is mediated by sound. Drawing on diaries, memoirs and contemporary accounts, this project..

2014 - 2019
Completed
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Comedy - no laughing matter: identifying and preserving the history of comedy in Melbourne from the 1960s through the 1980s.

This project will document the historical development of the comedy industry in Melbourne through preserving the material culture and record..

2013 - 2016
Completed
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Comedy - no laughing matter: identifying and preserving the history of comedy in Melbourne from the 1960s through the 1980s.

This project will document the historical development of the comedy industry in Melbourne through preserving the material culture and record..

2013 - 2016
Completed
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Women and leadership in a century of Australian Democracy

This examination of Australian women leaders addresses the National Research Priority area, frontier technologies. Six Partner Organisations..

2011 - 2013
Completed

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Projects

Project Types

19

Research Grant

3

Internal Research Grant

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Joy Damousi.

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Response by Joy Damousi and Marilyn Lake

J Damousi, M Lake

Journal article  |  2020  |  History Australia

It is indeed an honour that 25 years after the publication of Gender and War its enduring intellectual significance and political ..

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From the President

J Damousi

Journal article  |  2020  |  History Australia

At the time of writing, the world remains in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic. Every aspect of life is affected. Although some le..

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Child sponsorship, development and aid_ PLAN and UNICEF in Australia, 1945–1975

J Damousi

Journal article  |  2020  |  History Australia

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Humanitarianism and Child Refugee Sponsorship. The Spanish Civil War and the Global Campaign of Esme Odgers

Joy Damousi

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Women's History

This article explores the humanitarian work of the Australian Communist Esme Odgers during the Spanish Civil War. Odgers’s story h..

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Editorial: Refugees: Past and Present

Joy Damousi, Rachel Stevens

Journal article  |  2019  |  Australian Journal of Politics & History

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From humanitarian “Charity” to “Justice”: the Australian Foster Parents Plan and Fostering Refugees in Asia during the 1970s

Joy Damousi

Journal article  |  2019  |  Australian Journal of Politics & History

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From the President

J Damousi

Journal article  |  2019  |  History Australia

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From the president

J Damousi

Journal article  |  2019  |  History Australia

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Out of ‘Common Humanity’: Humanitarianism, Compassion and Efforts in Australia to Assist Jewish Refugees in the 1930s

J Damousi

Journal article  |  2019  |  Australian Historical Studies

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From the president

J Damousi

Journal article  |  2019  |  History Australia

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Historical Studies
Understanding Past Societies
Expanding Knowledge
Cultural Studies
Political Science
Arts and Leisure
History and Philosophy of Specific Fields
Other Studies in Human Society
Sociology
Community Service (excl. Work)

News

Displaying the 6 most recent news articles by Joy Damousi.

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Watch Episode 1: Life Beyond Coronavirus: The Expert View

Ian Harper, James McCaw, Joy Damousi, Sharon Lewin

April 16, 2020
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How Leonardo da Vinci made a living from killing machines

Joy Damousi

April 2, 2019
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Turbulence isn't just a science problem

Joy Damousi, Ivan Marusic

June 19, 2018
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Footy isn’t life or death - it’s more important

Joy Damousi, John Cash

August 29, 2017
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Growing up Greek in Australia

Joy Damousi

October 15, 2015
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Send us baby food, board games - and some barmaids

Joy Damousi, Alan March

October 7, 2015

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2006

Ernest Scott Prize for 'Freud in the Antipodes: A Cultureal History of Psychoanalysis in Australia' (UMSW Press) 2006

Australian Historical Association
2004

FAHA - Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities

2004

FASSA - Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Professor- Historical Studies

Historical and Philosophical Studies

Editorial Board Member

Gender and History (journal)

Member Of Association

History Council of Victoria

Editor

Women's History Review (journal)

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

The Australian National University

Bachelor of Arts

La Trobe University

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