Professor Alison Mackinnon

Welcome to the home page of Alison Mackinnon AM. Alison Mackinnon was appointed Professor of History and Gender Studies in 1997. She was the Foundation Director of the Hawke Research Institute (see link below) from 1997 to December 2005. She has retired from that position but will remain an Emeritus Professor within the University. Previously she was Director of the Institute for Social Research (1994–1999) and Director, University Research Development (1996–1998). She is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and the convener of the SA branch of the Academy. On January 26th 2009 she was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM). From August to November 2000 she was a Visiting Fellow at the Humanities Research Centre, ANU and she returned to the HRC as a Visiting Fellow in August and September 2006. She was a Research Fellow at the Research School for Social Sciences, ANU, Canberra, in 1993-94, where she coordinated the gender strand of the 'Reshaping Australian Institutions project: towards and beyond 2001'. She is an Associate of the Research School of Social Sciences, affiliated with the Australian Centre for Population Research.She is a past president of the Australian New Zealand History of Education Society. In November 2000 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Umeå, Sweden. From February to July 2002 she was the Kerstin Hesselgren Guest Professorship at the Centre for Population Studies at the University of Umeå, Sweden, an appointment of the Swedish Research Council.She is currently an Advisory Board Member of the Ageing and Life Conditions project at the Centre for Population Studies at Umea University. In March 2004 she visited the University of Victoria, British Columbia, to lecture in the Lansdowne Lecture Series Program. She was a board member of the History Trust of South Australia from 2004 to 2013 and of the International Federation for Research in Women's History, and was President of the History Council of South Australia from 2005-2008.In 2005 she was invited to deliver the six Clare Burton Memorial Lectures, a lecture series established to commemorate the work of Clare Burton, a specialist in gender equity and organizational change.In March 2006 she was awarded the title of Emeritus Professor. In 2014 she was appointed to the Heritage Council of South Australia.

Member, South Australian Heritage Council from 2014,President, History Council of South Australia.(from 2004 to 2008),Board member - History Trust of South Australia,Member, Australian Historical Association, from 1995,Executive Member, Network for Research in Women's History, from 1992,Member, International Consortium for Feminist Research and Policy, from 1992,Member, Australian Women's Studies Association, from 1991,Fellow, Corporate Citizenship Unit, Deakin University,Board member, International Federation for Research in the History of Women.,Member, Australian Population Association,Member of Editorial Board: Australian Feminist Studies,Member of Editorial Board: History of Education Review; Australian Feminist Studies.,Past President, Australian and New Zealand History of Education Society.

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy The University of Adelaide