David Day (historian)
David Day | |
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| Born | David Andrew Day 24 June 1949 Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (2004) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne (BA [Hons]) University of Cambridge (PhD) |
| Influences | Geoffrey Blainey[1] |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | La Trobe University University College Dublin Bond University |
| Main interests | Australian political history |
| Website | http://www.davidday.com.au/ |
David Andrew Day (born 24 June 1949) is an Australian historian, academic, and author.
Academic career
The son of a weather forecaster with Australia's Bureau of Meteorology, Day grew up in Melbourne and Charleville, Queensland before commencing accounting studies in which he performed poorly owing to his political activity, which included protesting against Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War.[1] After a short period of work, Day returned to his studies and graduated with first-class Honours in History and
Political Science from the University of Melbourne and was awarded a PhD from the University of Cambridge
.
Day has been a Junior Research Fellow at
Clare College in Cambridge, founding head of History and Political Science at Bond University, official historian of the Australian Customs Service, Keith Cameron Professor of Australian History at University College Dublin, and Professor of Australian Studies at the University of Tokyo. He is currently an Honorary Associate in the History Program at La Trobe University in Melbourne.[2]
Career as an author
Day has written widely on Australian history and the history of the
NSW Premier's Literary Awards' Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction
.
Published works
Sole author
- Menzies & Churchill at war: a controversial new account of the 1941 struggle for power. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1986. p. 271. ISBN 0-207-15169-5.
- The Great Betrayal: Britain, Australia and the Onset of the Pacific War, 1939–42. ISBN 0-207-15328-0.
- Reluctant Nation: Australia and the Allied Defeat of Japan, 1942–45. Melbourne: ISBN 0-19-553453-0.
- Brave new world: Dr. H.V. Evatt and Australian foreign policy 1941–1949. ISBN 0-7022-2608-4.
- Claiming a Continent: A New History of Australia. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1996. p. 488. ISBN 0-207-19670-2.
- John Curtin: A Life. Sydney: HarperCollins. 1999. p. 610. ISBN 0-207-19669-9.
- Chifley. Sydney: HarperCollins. 2001. p. 562. ISBN 0-7322-6702-1.
- The Politics of War. Sydney: HarperCollins. 2003. p. 750. ISBN 0-7322-7333-1. Completely revised and updated edition bringing together two earlier works: The Great Betrayal and Reluctant Nation.
- Conquest: A New History of the Modern World. Sydney: HarperCollins. 2005. p. 370. ISBN 0-7322-7765-5.
- The Weather Watchers: 100 years of the Bureau of Meteorology. Carlton: Melbourne University Publishing. 2007. p. 530. ISBN 978-0-522-85275-2.
- Conquest: how societies overwhelm others. New York: Oxford University Press. 2008. pp. 288. ISBN 978-0-19-534011-2.
- ISBN 978-0-7322-7610-2.
- Flaws in the ice: In search of ISBN 978-1-9220-7074-6.
- The Story of a Prime Minister: Paul Keating, a Biography. Sydney: HarperCollins Australia. pp. 576. ISBN 978-0-7322-8425-1.
- Maurice Blackburn: Champion of the People. Melbourne: Scribe. 2019. ISBN 978-1-925713-78-7.
With others
- Day, David; Australian Customs Service (1992). Smugglers and Sailors: The Customs History of Australia, 1788–1901. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service Press. p. 528. ISBN 0-644-24751-7.
- Day, David; Australian Customs Service (1996). Contraband and Controversy: The Customs History of Australia from 1901. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service Press. p. 558. ISBN 0-644-33151-8.
References
- ^ a b c "Interview by Marshall Poe with David Day". New Books in History. 11 July 2008. Archived from the original (streaming audio) on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- ^ "Dr David Day". Academy Fellows. Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. 1 May 2011. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
External links
- Interview by Marshall Poe with David Day in New Books in History on 11 July 2008 – streaming audio interview
- Personal homepage of David Day
- Conquest: a review by Morag Fraser in The Age on 30 July 2005
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