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Prof

Joy Damousi

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

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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 - 2021
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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 - 2021
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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
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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
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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
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Making the Case: The Case Study Genre in Sexology, Psychoanalysis and Literature

Questions of sexual subjectivity continue to concern scholars in the humanities and social sciences today as they did in the 19th and early ..

2010 - 2016
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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
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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
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Greek War Stories: Trans-nationalism, war trauma and migration

Australian history is dominated by stories of populations who have fled or migrated from war zones. Understanding the adjustment of such gro..

2010 - 2015
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Projects

Project Types

19

Research Grant

3

Internal Research Grant

Scholarly Works

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Forced Migration, Oceanic Humanitarianism, and the Paradox of Danger and Saviour of a Vietnamese Refugee Boat Journey

J Damousi, F Nelli, A Nguyen Austen, A Toffoli, M Tomsic

Journal article  |  2021  |  Historical Journal

The ocean is a central site of escape, danger, and rescue for refugees. It is also a place where oceanic humanitarianism is enacte..

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From the President

Joy Damousi

Journal article  |  2020  |  History Australia

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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

During the post-war period, Australia became actively involved with two aid organisations–the United Nations International Childre..

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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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Introduction: War, emotion and the museum

J Damousi, D Tout-Smith, B Ziino

Book  |  2020

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Emotions and memory in the soundscapes of world war I

J Damousi

Book Chapter  |  2020

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Museums, history and the intimate experience of the great war: Love and sorrow

J Damousi, D Tout-Smith, B Ziino

Book  |  2020

The Great War of 1914-1918 was fought on the battlefield, on the sea and in the air, and in the heart. Museums Victoria’s exhibiti..

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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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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Historical Studies
Understanding Past Societies
Expanding Knowledge
Gender Studies
History and Philosophy of Specific Fields
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culture, Language and History
Community Services
Other Culture and Society
Philosophy
Political Science

News

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Watch Episode 1: Life Beyond Coronavirus: The Expert View

Sharon Lewin AO, James McCaw, Ian Harper, Joy Damousi, Shitij Kapur

COVID-19 raises a lot questions, about our health, our society and our future.The first episode of this six-part web series brings together ..

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

Susan Broomhall, Joy Damousi

Leonardo da Vinci, Study of Two Warriors Heads for the Battle of Anghiari, c. 1504-5. Black chalk or charcoal, some traces of red chalk on ..

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

Ivan Marusic, Joy Damousi, Susan Broomhall

A crowd of people moving at different rates is a form of turbulence. from www.shutterstock.com Making science for people is a series that e..

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

Joy Damousi, John Cash

As the AFL finals approach, Australia is divided into two groups: footy fanatics and those who just don’t get it.The latter are often left s..

August 29, 2017
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Growing up Greek in Australia

Joy Damousi

I am the child of Greek post-war immigrants. I grew up in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy in the 1960s and early 70s. The landscape of..

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

Joy Damousi, Alan March

Send baby clothes, bedding, unsweetened milk and “quiet” games. And plumbers. And barmaids.The pleas for help of any kind started soon after..

October 7, 2015
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2019

University of Melbourne
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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