Marilyn Lake facts for kids

Marilyn Lake (born 5 January 1949) is a famous Australian historian. She studies how wars affect society. She also looks at the history of women in Australia. Her work includes understanding Australia's past policies on race. This includes the White Australia Policy and the fight for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander human rights.

Marilyn Lake became a professor of history in 1994. She is a respected member of important academic groups. These include the Australian Academy of the Humanities. She is also a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.

Her research helps us understand many things. She studies Australian history and what it means to be a nation. She also explores how gender, war, and citizenship are connected. Her work covers the history of feminism. She also looks at race and how it affected empires. She studies history from a global point of view too.

Early Life and Education

Marilyn Lee Calvert was born in Hobart, Tasmania. Her birthday is January 5, 1949. She married Sam (Philip Spencer) Lake on October 5, 1968. They have two daughters together.

Studying History in Tasmania

Marilyn studied history at the University of Tasmania. She lived at Jane Franklin Hall while she was there. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree on April 10, 1968. That same year, she wrote her honours paper. It was about a newspaper called W.A. Wood's and the Clipper. She received Honours for her work.

On April 11, 1973, she earned her Master of Arts degree. Her master's paper was about Tasmanian society during World War 1. This paper later became her first book, called A Divided Society, published in 1975.

Doctoral Studies at Monash University

Marilyn Lake continued her studies. She earned her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1984. She got this degree from Monash University. Her PhD paper was about soldier settlement in Victoria. It was titled "The limits of hope: soldier settlement in Victoria, 1915–1938". This paper also became a book with the same name in 1987.

Marilyn Lake's Career in Academia

Marilyn Lake has had a long and successful career. She has taught at several universities. She has also held important research positions.

Teaching and Leadership Roles

In 1986, Marilyn Lake started working at The University of Melbourne. She was a lecturer in History and Social Theory. In 1988, she moved to La Trobe University. There, she became a Senior Lecturer. She also became the first Director of Women's Studies. She held this leadership role from 1988 to 1994.

In 1991, she was promoted to Reader at La Trobe University. By 1994, she became a full Professor of History. This was a special honor called a Personal Chair in History.

Visiting Positions and Research Fellowships

Marilyn Lake has also worked at universities around the world. In 1997, she was a Visiting Professorial Fellow at Stockholm University in Sweden. From 2001 to 2002, she was the Chair of Australian Studies at Harvard University in the United States.

Between 2004 and 2008, she was an Australian Professorial Fellow. This was a special research position at La Trobe University. In 2008, she was a research fellow at the Australian Prime Ministers Centre. This center is in Canberra, Australia.

In 2011, she received another important research fellowship. This allowed her to study the international history of Australian democracy. She researched how Australian ideas like voting rights for all men and women's rights influenced other countries. She also looked at how Australia worked with groups like the United Nations.

Honoring Her Work

In February 2019, a special book was released. It was called Contesting Australian History: Essays in Honour of Marilyn Lake. This book was edited by Joy Damousi and Judith Smart. It contained papers from a celebration of Marilyn Lake's career. This event took place at the University of Melbourne in 2016.

Awards and Honours

Marilyn Lake has received many awards and honours for her work. These awards recognize her important contributions to history.

• 1985: The University of Melbourne Harbison-Higinbotham Prize.
• 1994: Human Rights Non-Fiction Award for her book Creating a Nation. She shared this award with Patricia Grimshaw, Marian Quartly, and Ann McGrath.
• 1995: Elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.
• 1999: Elected a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.
• 2000: Awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the University of Tasmania.
• 2002: Human Rights Arts Non-Fiction Award for her book Faith: a biography of Faith Bandler.
• 2003: Received the Centenary Medal.
• 2006: Included in the Victorian Honour Roll of Women.
• 2008: Won the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, History Book Award. This was for her book Drawing the Global Colour Line, written with Henry Reynolds.
• 2009: Received the Prime Minister's Literary Award for non-fiction. This was also for Drawing the Global Colour Line with Henry Reynolds.
• 2009: Won The University of Melbourne Ernest Scott Prize for Drawing the Global Line with Henry Reynolds.
• 2018: Appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO). This award recognized her great service to higher education. It also honored her work as an academic, researcher, and author.
• 2019: Shortlisted for the NSW Premier's History Awards – General History Prize. This was for her book Progressive New World.

Major Books and Publications

Marilyn Lake has written or co-edited many important books. Here are some of her major works:

• A Divided Society (1975)
• Double Time: Women in Victoria 150 Years (1985) (co-editor)
• The Limits of Hope: Soldier Settlement in Victoria 1915–38 (1987)
• Australians at Work: Commentaries and Sources (1991) (co-editor)
• Creating a Nation (1994) (jointly written)
• Getting Equal: The History of Australian Feminism (1999)
• Faith Bandler Gentle Activist (2002)
• Connected Worlds: History in Transnational Perspective (2006)
• Memory, Monuments and Museums (2006)
• Drawing the Global Colour Line (2008) with Henry Reynolds
• What's Wrong with ANZAC? The Militarisation of Australian History (2010) with Henry Reynolds
• Progressive New World: How Settler Colonialism and Transpacific Exchange Shaped American Reform (2019)

See also

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