Dr Catherine Dewhirst
| Name | Dr Catherine Dewhirst |
|---|---|
| Email Address | catherine.dewhirst@unisq.edu.au |
| Job Title | Senior Lecturer (History) |
| Qualifications | DipCivFr Paris-Sorbonne, BA UNSW, GDipEd UNSW, MA UNSW, PhD QUT |
| Department | School of Humanities and Communication |
| Affiliations | Centre for Heritage and Culture |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5278-0075 |
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Biography
Catherine Dewhirst is Senior Lecturer in History, School of Humanities and Communication, at the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba. She teaches courses on Global History since 1500, Revolutions and the People's Voice, Interpreting the Past, and Sovereignty, Equality and Racism. She is a member of the University's Centre for Heritage and Culture, Institute for Resilient Regions, and has served as Queensland representative on the Management Committee of the Australasian Centre for Italian Studies (2009-2022). She was Chief Convenor of the 2019 Australian Historical Association conference in Toowoomba. With a research background specialising in Italian migration history and women's autobiographical histories, she has published on Italian-migrant communities and newspapers, family histories, memories and life-narratives, and women's life experiences. Her publications include two co-edited books (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, 2021) which explore the significant histories and 'voices' of Australia's migrant and minority communities through their periodical presses.
Recent publications include articles on: an Italian-migrant socialist's activism 1920s to the 1940s; the memories and experiences of a second-generation Italian migrant whose father escaped and later contested his internment in Australia between 1940 and 1945; contributions to a co-written history of children's picture books about nurses at the Front, World War I; and most recently Jo-Anne Duggan's theorisation of viewing art. Her current research projects focus on Italian memories of internment and the entangled relationship between Liberal Italy and editors of the Italian migrant press, 1880s-1920s.
Employment
| Position | Organisation | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Lecturer in History | University of Southern Queensland | 2006 | 2025 |
Expertise
Archives
Community memories and heritage
Global histories
Migration histories
Women's histories
History of racism and activism
Teaching
HIS1004 Global History, 1500-1900
HIS2001 Sovereignty, Equality and Racism
HIS2006 Revolutions and the People's Voice
HIS3004 Interpreting the Past
HIS8005 Duties to Rights: European Women's History (2006-2023)
Fields of Research
- 430302. Australian history
- 430303. Biography
- 430308. European history (excl. British, classical Greek and Roman)
- 430309. Gender history
- 430310. Global and world history
- 430312. Histories of race
- 430313. History of empires, imperialism and colonialism
- 430319. Migration history
- 430323. Transnational history
- 430399. Historical studies not elsewhere classified
Professional Membership
| Professional Membership | Year |
|---|---|
| Australian Historical Association | |
| Dante Alighieri Society, Brisbane |
DipCivFr
Paris-Sorbonne
1987
BA
UNSW
1986
GDipEd
UNSW
1986
MA
UNSW
1989
PhD
QUT
2004
Supervision Interests
43: HISTORY, HERITAGE AND ARCHAEOLOGY
4303: HISTORICAL STUDIES
* 430302. Australian history
* 430303. Biography
* 430304. British history
* 430306. Digital history
* 430308. European history (excl. British, classical Greek and Roman)
* 430309. Gender history
* 430311. Historical studies of crime
* 430312. Histories of race
* 430313. History of empires, imperialism and colonialism
* 430314. History of religion
* 430315. History of the Pacific
* 430316. International history
* 430317. Latin and South American history
* 430318. Middle Eastern and North African history
* 430319. Migration history
* 430320. New Zealand history
* 430321. North American history
* 430323. Transnational history
* 430399. Historical studies not elsewhere classified
4302. HERITAGE, ARCHIVE AND MUSEUM STUDIES
* 430201. Archival, repository and related studies
* 430205. Heritage and cultural conservation
Current Supervisions
| Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Commenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| * African participation in the economic, cultural and social life of Queensland: An analysis of the challenges and prospects | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2024 |
| Could the resettlement and migration of people in the prime of their socioeconomic life | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2024 |
| The Governors' Wives - Queensland, 1859 to 1901 | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
| Indigenous Roots, Greek Migrants: Commercialisation of Australia's Macadamia | Principal Supervisor | Masters | 2022 |
| A Historical Analysis of Life-Writings of Anglo-Allied Professional Nurses on the Western Front | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2020 |
| Agency and Activism: The Transnational Network of the Feminist Press in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, 1900-1939 | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2019 |
| Politics of Memory: Understanding Modern Day Iran | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2018 |
Completed Supervisions
| Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Completed |
|---|---|---|---|
| * Reasoning Madness: Women, the Public Sphere, and the Mind Doctors in France, 1674–1838 | Principal | Masters | 2022 |
| * Private Men, Public Intellectuals: British Historians and Changing Perceptions of Interwar Germany | Associate | Doctoral | 2016 |
| * ‘Vi er alle Australiere’: The migrant newspaper Norden and its promotion of pan-Scandinavian unity within Australia, 1896-1940 | Principal | Doctoral | 2015 |
| * Negotiating Custom and Being a Woman – A History of I-Kiribati Women and their Engagement with Feminisms | Associate | Doctoral | 2013 |
| * Changing Experiences at Banyo Seminary: Students’ Oral Reflections and Recollections of Banyo Seminary (1941-2001) | Associate | Doctoral | 2011 |
| The Imperial woman's colonising mission: Making space in three colonial crises | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2021 |
| Queen Anne's Upbringing, Education, and Their Impact On Her Rein and Influence Over The Church of England | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2018 |
| Terrorist choice and the media | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2017 |
| Project title | Details | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Internal Academic Affairs Collaboration Grant | Italian Memories of Internment Map', Queensland regional communities. | 2024 |
| The Ian Potter Foundation | 'Voices of the Australian migrant and minority press' conference, Toowoomba, 22-23 November 2017. Outcome: Two co-edited books, Palgrave Macmillan within Palgrave Studies of the History of the Media | 2017 |
| Date | Name | Awarding organisation | Underpinning research |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | ‘Voices of the Australian Migrant and Minority Press: Intercultural, Transnational and Diasporic Contexts’ | The Ian Potter Foundation | |
| 2022 | Queensland Representative, Management Committee, 2009-2022 | Australasian Centre for Italian Studies |