Associate ProfessorCarolyn Holbrook
Associate Professor
Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences/Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation
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- Associate ProfessorFaculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences/Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation
- +61 3 924 68892 (Work)
- Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Australian political and policy history, including the history of federalism,
civics and citizenship education, attitudes to democracy, political parties,
immigration, housing and Indigenous policy
Public health history, including the history of Medicare and cancer prevention
Conceptual history of national security
History of war, war memory and Anzac commemoration
Comparative histories of railway in the public imagination
GRANTS
- COMPETITIVE GRANTThe Australian Cancer Journey in Historical PerspectiveAustralian Research Council1 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2031People funded by this grant:
- May A,
- Holbrook C,
- Leahy D,
- Burns K,
- Kehoe T
- GRANTDerailing Empire A transcultural and gendered history of Australian rail11 Apr 2025 - 12 Apr 2028People funded by this grant:
- Nettelbeck A,
- Holbrook C,
- Lui-Chivizhe L,
- Mountford B,
- Robertson E
- GRANTCancer culture: understanding anti-cancer campaigns in Australia25 Jul 2022 - 25 Jul 2025People funded by this grant:
- May A,
- Holbrook C,
- Barker R,
- Varnava A,
- Moodie A
- GRANTA Conceptual History of Australian National Security since 19011 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2023People funded by this grant:
- Lowe D,
- Holbrook C,
- Conze E
- FELLOWSHIPAustralians and Their Federation: Commemoration, Identity and Engagement1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2021People funded by this grant:
- Carolyn Holbrook