Kate Darian-Smith

Kate Darian-Smith is Professor of Australian Studies and History at University of Melbourne, and a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. She has published widely on Australian and imperial history; on memory studies, material culture and heritage; and the historical and contemporary dimensions of children s play. She has held advisory positions with many cultural institutions, and led major research projects in partnership with government, museums and heritage...See more

Kate Darian-Smith is Professor of Australian Studies and History at University of Melbourne, and a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. She has published widely on Australian and imperial history; on memory studies, material culture and heritage; and the historical and contemporary dimensions of children s play. She has held advisory positions with many cultural institutions, and led major research projects in partnership with government, museums and heritage organizations. Carla Pascoe is a Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, an Honorary Associate at Museum Victoria and a professional historian. She has published a monograph "Spaces Imagined, Places Remembered: Childhood in 1950s Australia" (2011) and in leading Australian and international journals. She is currently completing a social history of Melbourne s tram workers, contributing to a biography of eminent Australian H.V. Evatt and teaching undergraduate history courses. See less