Dr. Geoffrey Robinson |
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| Position | Senior Lecturer | |
| geoffrey.robinson@deakin.edu.au | ||
| Area | School of Humanities and Social Sciences | |
| Phone | +61 3 522 71452 | |
| Campus | Geelong | |
| Location | Room ic2.311 | |
| Role and profile |
Geoff Robinson is a political historian and lecturer in History and Politics at Deakin University. Before taking up an academic position he worked in higher education management and policy development and as a tutor at Monash University. His doctoral research examined the NSW Labor government of 1930-32, led by Premier Jack Lang, as an example of the limits of reformism under a capitalist economy. He has published several articles and book chapters on Australian labour history and politics and a book based on his PhD When the Labor Party Dreams was published in 2009. Areas of supervision: Australian political and economic history labour and business history Australian politics. |
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| Teaching responsibilities |
AIA104, AIP116, AIP107, AIX292/392 AIH338 Bachelor of Arts |
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| Research interests |
Twentieth century Australian political and economic history Twentieth century American history and politics Labour and business history Quantitative methods in history Socialist thought and practice Australian political thought Legal history and politics |
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| Current research projects |
Class and politics in interwar Australia: a cliometric analysis Self-employment and political behaviour Capitalism and social democracy in Australia and the US |
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| Service to the University, discipline or community |
Regular media commentator on Australian and American politics. Executive member School of History, Heritage & Society. | |
| Qualifications | B. Ec. (Hons) (Sydney), B.A. (Hons) (Melb), LL.B. (Hons) (Melb) Ph.D. (Monash), Grad. Cert. Higher Ed. (Deakin) | |
| Memberships |
Professional associations Australian Historical Association Australian Society for the Study of Labour History Professional Historians Association Australian Political Studies Association Social Science History Association Committees Executive, School of History, Heritage & Society, Academic Progress & Discipline Committee (Warrnambool) Faculty Centre for Citizenship & Globalisation |
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| Conferences |
Invited speaker 2007 Social Education Victoria Conference Attended Australian Political Studies Association 2004-2006, 2008 National Labour History Conference 1995-2007 Social Science History Association 2006 |
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| Research link | View Deakin associated research data | |
| Additional URLs | Personal web page: some publications available, my personal library catalog. | |
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22nd April 2013