Anna Clark (Australian historian)

Anna Clark is an Australian historian, professor and public commentator who is an internationally recognised scholar in Australian history with a particular focus on the history of education and the role of history in everyday life. ^{[1] [2]} She is the grand-daughter of Manning Clark. ^{[3] [4]}

Education

Clark completed her bachelor of arts, with honours, at the University of Sydney before completing a graduate certificate in higher education at Monash University. ^[2] She completed her PhD at the University of Melbourne and her 2006 book Teaching the nation is based from her thesis of the same name. ^[2]

Career

Clark is based at the Australian Centre for Public History at the University of Technology Sydney where she teaches Australian history and historiography. ^[2] Since 2008 she has been an Australian Research Council future fellow. ^[2]

Selected publications

• MacIntrye, Stuart; Clark, Anna (2004), The History Wars, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic, retrieved 7 July 2025
• Clark, Anna (2006), Teaching the nation : politics and pedagogy in Australian history, Melbourne University Publishing, ISBN   978-0-522-85234-9
• Clark, Anna (2008), History's children : history wars in the classroom, University of NSW Press, ISBN   978-0-86840-863-7
• Clark, Anna (2016), Private lives, public history, Melbourne University Publishing, ISBN   978-0-522-86895-1
• Clark, Anna, ed. (2019), The knowledge solution / Australian history, Melbourne University Press, ISBN   978-0-522-87543-0
• Clark, Anna (2022), Making Australian History, Vintage Books, ISBN   978-1-76089-852-6
• Clark, Anna (2023), The catch: Australia's love affair with fishing (Revised ed.), Vintage Books Australia, ISBN   978-1-76134-220-2

References

1. "Anna Clark". www.penguin.com.au. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
2. "Anna Clark (she/her) professor". University of Technology Sydney. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
3. Connor, Michael (18 May 2022). "Anna Clark: Daughter of the History Wars - Quadrant" . Retrieved 7 July 2025.
4. "Making Australian History". Professional Historians Australia. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2025.

External links

• Official website