Judith Margaret Brett | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1949 (age 74–75) Melbourne, Australia |
| Awards | Ernest Scott Prize (1993, 2004) Member of the Order of Australia (2023) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne (BA) (PhD) University of Oxford (DipSocAnth) |
| Thesis | The Milk of Language: A Psycho-Analytic Interpretation of Hugo von Hofmannsthal's Chandos Crisis (1980) |
| Influences | Dennis Altman[1] |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | La Trobe University (1989-2012) |
| Main interests | Cultural history, political history |
| Notable works | Australian Liberals and the Moral Middle Class (2003) Robert Menzies' Forgotten People (1992) |
Judith Margaret Brett AM (born 1949, Melbourne) is an Emeritus Professor of politics at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.[2][3] She retired from La Trobe in 2012, after a restructuring of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in which the School of which she was head was dismantled.[4]
Her PhD from Melbourne University’s Politics Department in the 1970s was on Austrian fin-de-siècle poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal.[5]
Brett's 2017 biography of Alfred Deakin won the 2018 National Biography Award.[6] Her next book, From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage: How Australia got Compulsory Voting,[7] was shortlisted for the 2019 Queensland Literary Awards University of Southern Queensland History Book Award.[8]
Brett was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2023 Australia Day Honours.[9]
- ^ "Judith Brett".
- ^ "The origins of the beloved democracy sausage? It's a long-time love affair" SBS News. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
- ^ "The end of certainty: Reeling Liberals look to rebuilding from wreckage" Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
- ^ "Staff profile, La Trobe University". www.latrobe.edu.au. Archived from the original on 23 June 2011.
- ^ Judith Brett 'Doing Politics: Writing on Public Life' Text Publishing, 2021, p.255
- ^ Convery, Stephanie (6 August 2018). "Judith Brett wins National Biography award for 'profound' look at life of Alfred Deakin". the Guardian. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ "For Australian voters, a meaty decision" Washington Post. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
- ^ "2019 Queensland Literary Awards Winners and Finalists". State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "Australia Day 2023 Honours: Full list". The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.