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Research output per year
Personal profile
Research Biography
Catherine received her PhD in History from Sydney University in 2004. After holding positions at SBS Television and the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, King's College, University of London, she came to the Flinders History Department in 2007.
Research Interests
The histories of pregnancy and miscarriage in Australia, reproductive politics, Australian feminism and postcolonial perspectives on Australian film. Catherine is in the early stages of a project on the history of domestic violence since 1788 with Zora Simic and Ann Curthoys, and she is currently working on a book called Relocating Jedda in Ngunnawal Country.
Career Highlights
Academic Leadership
- Discipline Lead, History: July-December 2023
- CHASS representative on the University Higher Degrees Committee 2020-2022
- Higher Degrees Convenor for the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Scientists: Feb 2020-May 2022
- Higher Degrees Convenor for the School of History and International Studies: Feb 2014-Sept 2017
Supervised Students Successes
- Jun 2019 Anita Stelmach - Wakefield Press Essay Prize
- May 2019 Petra Mosmann - Vice Chancellor’s Prize for Doctoral thesis Excellence
- Mar 2019 Tets Kimura - Best HDR Student Publication Award
Completed Supervisions
Principal Supervisions:
- Domestic service in Argentina (1)
- Feminist memory and archival practices (1)
- Non-party political women's organisations in twentieth century Australia (1)
- omen and crime in 19th century SA (1)
- Shifting Irish-Australian loyalties in the Victorian and South Australian Irish-Catholic press (1)
Associate Supervisions:
- Cornish fatalism and compulsory vaccination (1)
- Italian migration and food in Australia (1)
- Japanese fashion as soft power (1)
- Memories of mixed Turkish-Greek communities in Cyprus (1)
- The voice of the child in child death reviews (1)
External positions
Chair, South Australian Working Party, Australian Dictionary of Biography
2019 → …
Board member, National Editorial Board, The Australian Dictionary of Biography
2018 → …
Founding member, South Australian Abortion Action Coalition
2015 → …
Member, Australian Women's and Gender Studies Association
2010 → …
Member, Australian Network for Research on Women's History
2006 → …
Member, Australian Historical Association
1999 → …
Supervision
- Registered
Research Areas
- History
Supervisory Interests
- The history of the body
- Reproductive politics
- Feminism
- Immigration and race relations in Australia
- Film
- Gendered violence
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Reproductive rights at home? Prohibiting telehealth abortion in South Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic
Baird, B., Flowers, P., Kevin, C. & Roach Anleu, S., 2024, In: Gender, Place and Culture. 31, 1, p. 48-65 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Developing a Women's Thought Collective methodology for health research: The roles and responsibilities of researchers in the reflexive co-production of knowledge
Foley, K., Lunnay, B., Kevin, C. & Ward, P. R., Oct 2023, In: Health Expectations. 26, 5, p. 1954-1964 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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From forced to coerced labour: displaced mothers and teen girls in post-World War II Australia
Agutter, K. & Kevin, C., 2023, In: Labor History. 64, 3, p. 256-268 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Too much talk, not enough action? Federal government responses to domestic violence.
Kevin, C., Curthoys, A. & Simic, Z., 2022, Lessons from history : Leading historians tackle Australia's greatest challenges. Holbrook, C., Megarrity, L. & Lowe, D. (eds.). Sydney: University of New South Wales Press Ltd, p. 198-313 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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When More is Less: Emergency Powers, COVID-19 and Abortion in South Australia, 2020
Baird, B., Flowers, P., Kevin, C. & Anleu, S. R., 4 Jul 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy. 11, 2, 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Citations (Scopus)52 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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Award for Excellence in Higher Degrees by Research Supervision
Kevin, Catherine (Recipient), 2019
Prize
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Excellence in Research Communication
Kevin, Catherine (Recipient), Baird, Barbara (Recipient) & Flowers, Prudence (Recipient), 2021
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Australian Historical Association Conference
Catherine Kevin (Member of programme committee)
2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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Australian Historical Studies (Journal)
Catherine Kevin (Member of editorial board)
2023 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial work
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History Australia: Journal of The Australian Historical Association (Journal)
Catherine Kevin (Member of editorial board)
2021 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial work
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Women's History Review (Journal)
Catherine Kevin (Member of editorial board)
2021 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial work
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South Australian Abortion Action Coalition (External organisation)
Catherine Kevin (Member)
2017 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of network