Biography Series, ANU Press title
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In response to the current popularity of biography, the Biography Series was established by the National Centre of Biography in conjunction with ANU Press in 2008 (originally under the title ANU.Lives). It aims to publish lively, engaging and provocative biographies and memoirs and nurture best practice in biographical scholarship. Books published in the series will engage critically with issues and problems in historiography and life writing.
The books are published online by ANU Press and are also available in hardcopy.
Editorial committee
- Professor Melanie Nolan (chair), Director, National Centre of Biography
- Dr Malcolm Allbrook, Managing Editor, Australian Dictionary of Biography
- Dr Patrick Mullins, Canberra-based writer and academic
- Professor Melanie Oppenheimer, Emeritus Professor, University of Flinders; Honorary Professor, School of History, ANU
- Dr Stephen Wilks, Research editor, National Centre of Biography
Submitting a manuscript
Authors wishing to submit a manuscript for consideration by ANU Lives should first contact Professor Melanie Nolan at melanie.nolan@anu.edu.au.
Henry Prinsep's Empire: Framing a Distant Colony
Author/editor: Malcolm Allbrook
Year published: 2014
Henry Prinsep's Empire traces Prinsep's life from India to Western Australia and, through the texts and images that he created, it illuminates not only Prinsep the man, but the affectionate bonds that endured despite the geographic bounds of empire, and the historical, social, geographic and…
Ngapartji Ngapartji: In turn, in turn: Ego-histoire, Europe and Indigenous Australia
Author/editor: Vanessa Castejon, Anna Cole, Oliver Haag & Karen Hughes (eds)
Year published: 2014
Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars from Australia and Europe reflect on how their life histories have impacted on their research in Indigenous Australian Studies. Drawing on Pierre Nora’s concept of ego-histoire as an analytical tool to ask historians to apply their methods…
Dictionary of World Biography
Author/editor: Barry Jones
Year published: 2013
Barry Jones' Dictionary of World Biography weaves historical facts with perspective on the subjects and the influence they had on theirs and on modern times. Gain a unique insight into the life and times of important identities, cultural icons and controversial characters.
Ten Journeys to Cameron's Farm: An Australian Tragedy
Author/editor: Cameron Hazlehurst
Year published: 2013
Ten Journeys to Cameron’s Farm tells the lives of the ten men who perished in Duncan Cameron’s Canberra property on 13 August 1940: three Cabinet ministers, the Chief of the General Staff, two senior staff members, and the RAAF crew of four.
The ADB's Story
Author/editor: Melanie Nolan & Christine Fernon (eds)
Year published: 2013
The ADB's Story takes a look at the 50-year history of the Australian Dictionary of Biography and profiles some of the many people who have contributed to it as authors, staff and on its Editorial Board and Working Parties.
Scholars at War: Australasian Social Scientists, 1939-1945
Author/editor: Geoffrey Gray, Doug Munro & Christine Winter (eds)
Year published: 2012
Scholars at War examines the effect World War II had on the careers of Australasian social scientists.
Māori and Aboriginal Women in the Public Eye: Representing Difference, 1950-2000
Author/editor: Karen Fox
Year published: 2011
The book looks at media portrayals of well-known Indigenous women in Australia and New Zealand, including Evonne Goolagong, Te Kanawa, Oodgeroo Noonuccal and Dame Whina Cooper.