Marnie Hughes-Warrington AO is an Australian academic who currently serves as professor of history at the University of South Australia, where she has also served since 2020 as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Enterprise). She previously worked at the Australian National University.[1] Her areas of expertise are the philosophy of history, historiography, and world history.

Early life and education

Hughes-Warrington was born in Victoria and grew up in Tasmania. She studied Philosophy and History at the University of Tasmania from 1988 to 1991, and graduated with a Bachelor of Education with First Class Honours with majors in history and philosophy in 1992.

She was chosen as a Rhodes Scholar in 1992, and completed her DPhil at Merton College, Oxford, where she served as President of the Middle Common Room.[2] Her thesis, completed in 1995, is entitled Historical imagination and education, and focuses on the philosophy of history and education of R. G. Collingwood.

Career

After completing her DPhil, Hughes-Warrington lectured in history at the University of Oxford, the University of Washington and Macquarie University. She became Associate Dean of Education at Macquarie in 1998, and held the position until 2009. She has also taught at Leipzig University and Harvard University.

From 2009 to 2012, she worked as Pro-Vice Chancellor (Learning and Teaching) at Monash University, and became Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at the Australian National University in 2012. In 2018 she announced[3] her intention to go back to her twin loves of history and philosophy to work on three new books. Her current writing project focuses on the relationship between the scales of histories and ethics. She is the fifth secretary of the Rhodes Scholarships in Australia.[4] She is also a member of the International Commission for the History and Theory of Historiography (ICHTH), currently serving as its Secretary-General (2022-2026).[5]

Published works

Hughes-Warrington is the author of eight books:

Awards

  • 2008: Australian Prime Minister's Award for University Teacher of the Year
  • 2008: Teaching Excellence Award in Humanities and the Arts, Australian Learning and Teaching Council
  • 2013: University of Tasmania Foundation Graduate of the Year Award
  • 2022: Appointed Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours for "distinguished service to tertiary education and governance as an administrator, leader and mentor".[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington". The Australian National University, Canberra. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington (1992)". 40 Years: Merton Women 1980-2020. Merton College, Oxford. 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "A Long-Expected Party". Making Sense of University Business. October 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "Rhodes Australia Team". The Rhodes Trust. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "International Commission for the History and Theory of Historiography - Board".
  6. ↑ Review of Fifty Key Thinkers on History:
    • Marwick, Arthur (January 2002). History. 87 (285): 77–78. JSTOR 24425708.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  7. ↑ Reviews of How Good an Historian Shall I Be?:
    • Johnson, Peter (Fall 2005). History of Political Thought. 26 (3): 553–556. JSTOR 26221716.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Kobayashi, Chinatsu (2005). "Review". Collingwood and British Idealism Studies. 11 (2): 115–136.
    • Stuart-Fox, Martin (March 2006). Australian Journal of Politics and History. 52 (1): 168–171. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8497.2006.00412a.x.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Taylor, Anthony Ian (2004). History Australia. 1 (2): 338–341.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • van der Dussen, W. J. (February 2005). Journal of Philosophy of Education. 39 (1): 149–158. doi:10.1111/j.0309-8249.2005.00426.x.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  8. ↑ Reviews of Palgrave Advances in World Histories:
    • Giráldez, Arturo (March 2006). Journal of Global History. 1 (1): 153. doi:10.1017/s1740022806230080.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Middell, Matthias (November 2007). "Review". H-Net.
  9. ↑ Reviews of History Goes to the Movies:
    • Miller, Cynthia J. (2011). "Reframing historical film". Literature/Film Quarterly. 39 (1): 74–76. JSTOR 43798773.
    • Phillips, Murray G. (Spring 2014). "Introduction". Journal of Sport History. 41 (1): 3. doi:10.5406/jsporthistory.41.1.3. JSTOR 10.5406/jsporthistory.41.1.3.
    • de Vries, T. (2007). Tijdschrift voor Mediageschiedenis. 10 (1): 114–116.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  10. ↑ Review of The History on Film Reader:
    • Childs, Cynthia (Spring 2012). "Review". Film & History. 42 (1).
  11. ↑ Review of Revisionist Histories:
    • Melrose, Jamie (February 2014). "Review". Reviews in History.
  12. ↑ Review of History as Wonder:
  13. ↑ "Queen's Birthday 2022 Honours - the full list". Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Entertainment Co. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
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