Joan Beaumont

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Joan Beaumont

Member of the Order of Australia (2020)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Adelaide (BA [Hons])
King's College London (PhD)
ThesisGreat Britain and the Soviet Union: The Supply of Munitions, 1941–1945 (1975)
Doctoral advisorM. L. Dockrill
Academic work
InstitutionsAustralian National University
Deakin University
Monash University
Main interestsAustralian experience of war
Foreign policy
Memory and commemoration
Notable worksGull Force (1988)
Broken Nation (2013)

Joan Errington Beaumont,

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Early life and education

Beaumont was born Joan Errington Magor on 25 October 1948 in Adelaide, South Australia, to Clifford James Magor and his wife Edna Jean (née Errington).[1][2] Educated at Unley High School, she completed a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours at the University of Adelaide in 1970. In her final year, Beaumont was appointed a tutor in modern European history at the university.[1][2] In 1971, she was awarded a British Commonwealth Scholarship to undertake doctoral studies at King's College London.[2] Under the guidance of M. L. Dockrill, Beaumont graduated in 1975 with a thesis titled "Great Britain and the Soviet Union: The Supply of Munitions, 1941–1945".[3] During her time in London, Beaumont wed Oliver James Beaumont in 1973. The couple had three daughters, before the union ended in divorce.[1][2]

Academic career

On her return to Australia, Beaumont worked as an editor for

Melbourne University Press. In 1976, she gained a position tutoring in British colonial history at La Trobe University, before being appointed to a lectureship at Deakin University the following year. Promoted to senior lecturer, Beaumont's doctoral thesis was published in 1980 as her first book: Comrades in Arms: British Aid to Russia, 1941–1945. In 1985, she was appointed Lecturer in British and Australian History at Monash University. After three years in the post, she returned to Deakin as a senior lecturer in 1988; her second book, Gull Force: Survival and Leadership in Captivity, 1941–1945, was published by Allen & Unwin the same year.[1][2] Her research analysed the experience of the Australian prisoners of war captured by the Japanese on Ambon in 1942.[4] Beaumont was promoted to reader in 1990.[1][2]

Beaumont has occupied a number of senior academic leadership positions since 1993, the first being Head of the School of Australian and International Studies at Deakin. Made Alfred Deakin Professor in 1995,

Beaumont was appointed a

Member of the Order of Australia in the 2020 Australia Day Honours. The award recognised her "significant service to education, particularly to the study of war history."[13]

Bibliography

Books

Edited books

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g Sharon M. Harrison. "Beaumont, Joan Errington (1948 – )". The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia. Australian Women's Archives Project 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  3. ^ Joan Beaumont. "Great Britain and the Soviet Union: The Supply of Munitions, 1941–1945". Doctoral Theses. King's College London. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
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  7. ^ "Fellows of the AIIA". Australian Institute of International Affairs. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  8. ^ "2014 Prime Minister's Literary Award winners". Ministry of the Arts. Australian Government. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  9. ^ "Winners announced for 2014 NSW Premier's History Awards". State Library of NSW. Archived from the original on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  10. ^ "2014 Queensland Literary Award Winners". Queensland Literary Awards. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  11. ^ "Asher Award Shortlist 2015". Australian Society of Authors. Archived from the original on 11 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  12. ^ "Western Australian Premier's Book Awards – 2014 Shortlist". Western Australian Premier's Book Awards. State Library of Western Australia. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  13. ^ "Australia Day 2020 Honours List" (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. 26 January 2020.