Barbara Caine | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Australian |
Education | Ph D Monash University |
Alma mater | University of Sydney |
Occupation | Historian & Professor |
Employer | University of Sydney |
Known for | Women History |
Barbara Caine AM is an Australian feminist historian. [1]
She was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, then her family settled in Australia in 1960. [2] Since 2015 she has been the Head of the School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry at the University of Sydney. [3] She has written extensively on British and Australian women's history, and has written biographies of a number of historical figures, including the Strachey family and the Webb family.
Caine researches and writes in the fields of nineteenth-century studies, [4] women's history and biography and life-writing. She is an elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, and the British Royal Historical Society. [5]
Caine established the first Women's Studies Centre in Australia at the University of Sydney, and oversaw its development into a Department of Women's Studies.
In 2014, Caine became a member of the Order of Australia "for significant service to tertiary education, particularly gender studies, and as a role model and mentor". [6]
ABC interview on the relationship between biography and history<http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bookshow/biography-and-history/2930992>