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Dr Catherine Dewhirst

Name :	Dr Catherine Dewhirst
Position :	Senior Lecturer (History)
Section :	Faculty of Arts School of Humanities and Communication
Office :	Q206
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	+61 7 4631 1046
Extension :	1046
E-mail :
Qualifications :	DipCivFr Paris-Sorbonne BA, GDipEd, MA UNSW PhD QUT

Languages

Language	Accredited Translator	Proficiency Levels *N/A = not available
		Speaking	Reading	Writing
FRA	No
ITA	No

Professional Memberships

Australasian Centre for Italian Studies (ACIS)
Australian Historical Association (AHA)
Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (ANZAMEMS)
Dante Alighieri Society, Brisbane
International Australian Studies Association (InASA)

Professional Affiliations

Australasian Centre for Italian Studies (ACIS) Management Committee (Queensland Representative):
http://www.acis.org.au/

Research Interests

Italian migration and community-building histories
Italian imperialism, diaspora and transnational histories
Renaissance history
Women’s history and gender experience
Historiography
Family history/biography

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

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• Catherine Dewhirst, ‘Lifting the Veil: Migrant Murder, a «madre italiana», and the Politics of Transnational Colonisation’, in V. Rosato (ed.), ‘150 years of our history: the pastoral care of Italian migrants in the Americas’, Studi Emigrazione, no. 184, October-December, 2011, pp. 653-674 [ISSN: 0039-2936]

• Catherine Dewhirst, 'Illustriousness in the Farmhouse Villa: Reading Virtue from the Transcendence of a Flemish-Veronese Merchant Family', Parergon, vol. 28, no. 1, 2011, pp. 113-134 [ISSN: 0313-6221]

• Catherine Dewhirst, 'Historical Turns in the Historiography of Italians in Queensland', in C. Dewhirst, C. Kennedy and F. Ricatti (eds), '150 Years of Italians in Queensland', Spunti e Ricerche, vol. 24, 2009 (published in 2011), pp. 133-153 [ISSN: 08165432]

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Most notable :

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• Catherine Dewhirst, Claire Kennedy and Francesco Ricatti (eds), '150 Years of Italians in Queensland', Spunti e Ricerche, vol. 24, 2009 (published in 2011) [ISSN: 08165432]

• Honourable Mention Citation, John Barrett Award for Australian Studies for article: Catherine Dewhirst, ‘Collaborating on whiteness: representing Italians in early White Australia’, Journal of Australian Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, March, 2008, pp. 33-49 [ISSN 1444-3058]

• C. Dewhirst, ‘Collaborating on whiteness: representing Italians in early White Australia’, Journal of Australian Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, March, 2008, 33-49 [ISSN 1444-3058]

• C. Dewhirst, ‘A Sense of being Italian: the value of family history’, in B. Hoepper and Peter C. (eds), Ozhistorybites, The National Centre for History Education, Department of Education, Science and Training, Commonwealth Government History Project, Quality Outcomes Programme, Issue 12, 2008, http://www.hyperhistory.org/index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=717&op=page. [Accessed: 18 March, 2008]

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Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

HIS1003 World History since 1500CE
HIS2005 Europe: History of an Idea
HIS3004 Approaches to History
HIS4004 European Women’s History

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 15 years
Other : 26 years

Administrative Responsibilities

- Faculty of Arts Research and Research Degrees Committee
- Faculty of Arts Learning and Teaching Committee
- School of Humanities and Communication Management Committee
- Faculty of Arts Research Seminar Series co-convenor
- ‘150 Years of Italians in Queensland’ Symposium co-convenor (USQ, Griffith University and the University of the Sunshine Coast)