Staff profile

Dr Susan Gilbert

Associate Lecturer

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

School of Historical and European Studies

Room 4230, Albury-Wodonga

 

Qualifications

BA (Hons-Adelaide), PhD (Flinders).

Area of study

History
Australian Studies

Research interests

Australian History

- Community history

Political Theory and Political Philosophy

- women political and social activists of the late nineteenth-century

Teaching Units

  • HIS1AHC - Australian History: Colonial.
  • HIS2/3CHA - Community and History in Australia.

Recent Publications

Gilbert, S 2006, ‘Finding a Balance: Heritage and tourism in Australian rural communities’. Rural Society. 16(2): 186-198.

Research projects

Sue is investigating of the lives and social networks of four women who were activists for social and political reform in late nineteenth century Adelaide. She plans that the research will expand beyond the Adelaide context to encompass the work of women in other British colonies, with a specific interest in New Zealand.