Ros Pesman
Roslyn Louise "Ros" Pesman,
Early life and family
Roslyn Cooper was born in Leeton, New South Wales, on 24 June 1938[4] to Robert Hewitson Cooper and Dulcie May Butler.[4] She attended the MLC School, Burwood, graduating in 1956, going on to receive a Bachelor of Arts in history at the University of Sydney in 1959 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1965 from the University of London, where she was the junior fellow of the Warburg Institute from 1963–65. Her thesis was on the Italian Gonfaloniere and statesman, Piero Soderini, entitled Piero Soderini, Gonfaloniere a Vita of Florence 1502–1512.[4] She married Albert Pesman in London in 1964; they have two daughters and one son.[4]
Career
In 1966, Pesman was appointed lecturer in history at the University of Sydney and promoted to professor in 1996,
She was appointed chair of the History Department in 1989 and oversaw the centenary celebrations of the department in 1991. In 1995 she became acting principal of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music at University of Sydney. She was elected chair of the University of Sydney of Sydney Academic Board in 1997, the first woman to hold this role,[4] In 1999 she was appointed pro vice-chancellor of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, one of the then three main faculty groupings at the university.[6] She retired four years later, becoming Emeritus Professor in 2005.[8]
Pesman was made a
Selected works
- 1982 A volume of Italian Renaissance studies (with Conal Condren), Frederick May Foundation for Italian Studies, University of Sydney ISBN 0-909798-27-3
- 1990 Alessandro Malaspina, an Italian life in the Pacific: papers of a conference held at History House, 11 May 1990 University of Sydney, Frederick May Foundation for Italian Studies ISBN 0-86758-349-5
- 1992 History at Sydney, 1891–1991: centenary reflections (with Barbara Caine) History Dept., University of Sydney, [Sydney] ISBN 0-08-675863-2
- 1996 The Oxford Book of Australian Travel Writing (with David Walker and Richard White) Oxford University Press
- 1996 Duty Free: Australian Women Abroad Melbourne, Oxford University Press Australia ISBN 0-19-553639-8
- 2002 Pier Soderini and the ruling class in Renaissance Florence Goldbach: Keip, ISBN 3-8051-0961-X
- 2005 From paesani to global Italians: Veneto migrants in Australia (with Loretta Baldassar) Crawley, W.A.: University of Western Australia Press ISBN 1-920694-50-1
- 2008 Australians in Italy: contemporary lives and impressions (ed with Bill Kent and Cynthia Troup) Clayton, Victoria, Monash University ePress ISBN 978-0-9803616-8-1
References
- ISBN 0-08-675863-2.
- ^ University of Sydney Calendar (PDF). University of Sydney. 1999.
- ^ a b Hare, Julie (26 January 2012). "Australia Day honours list goes Melbourne's way". The Australian. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f Harrison, Sharon M. "Pesman, Roslyn (Ros) Louise (1938–)". The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ^ Refer to Annual University Calendars.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-74095-190-6
- ^ "Ros Pesman". AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ^ "Emeritus Professor Ros Pesman – Department of History". University of Sydney. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ^ "PESMAN, Roslyn Louise". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
External links
- Pesman, Roslyn (Ros) Louise (1938–) at The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia
- Ros Pesman at AustLit
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