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Prof. Lyndall Ryan

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Position Break in Appointment
School of Humanities and Social Science
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Office HO 1.75, Humanities Building

Qualifications

  • PhD, Macquarie University
  • Bachelor of Arts/Diploma of Education, University of Sydney
  • Master of Arts Qualifying, Australian National University

Research

Research keywords

  • Aboriginal History
  • Australian History
  • Feminist History

Research expertise

Australian History

Aboriginal History

Feminist History

Fields of Research

Code Description Percentage
210300 Historical Studies 50
219999 History And Archaeology Not Elsewhere Classified 35
160199 Anthropology Not Elsewhere Classified 15

Centres and Groups

Centre

Memberships

Body relevant to professional practice.

  • Member - Australian Women's Studies Association
  • Member - Association of Canadian Studies in Australia and New Zealand
  • Member - International Association of Australian Studies
  • Member - Australian Historical Association

Invitations

How Many? The doctrine of the self-exterminating and its influence on the historical debate about estimating the Aboriginal population in Tasmania in 1803
Riawunna, University of Tasmaia, Hobart Campus, Australia (Distinguished Visitor)
2009
Massacre in Tasmania: How Do We Know?
University of Adelaide, Australia (Distinguished Visitor)
2006
'Risdon Cove: Contested Site in Tasmanian History'
University of Newcastle, Australia (Keynote Address)
2004
'Imagined Republics: Australia in the 21st Century'.
University of Newcastle , Australia (Inaugural Lecture)
1998
'The Struggle for Trukanini'
Tasmanian Historical Research Association, Hobart, Australia (Peter Eldershaw Memorial Lecture)
1997
'The Queensland Government and Aboriginal Policy Making 1859-1984'
Griffith University, Australia (Invited Presenter)
1985

Administrative

Administrative expertise

I was Head of the Women's Studies at Flinders University (1986-1998) and Head of the School of Humanities at the University of Newcastle, Ourimbah Campus (1999-2003). And then I was Director of Research, School of Humanities at the University of Newcastle, Ourimbah Campus (2004-2005).

Teaching

Teaching keywords

  • Aboriginal History
  • Australian History
  • Australian Studies
  • Women's Studies