Personal profile
Biography
Nicholas Brown is a professor in the School of History College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University. Previously he was Keith Cameron Professor of Australian History at University College Dublin (2002-2004), worked in the Australian Department of Defence and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and as Research Fellow in the Urban and Environment Program, Research School of Social Sciences, ANU. He has been the Visiting Cabinet Historian with the National Archives of Australia, was a Senior Research Fellow with the Centre for Historical Research at the National Museum of Australia, served as a member of the ACT Heritage Council and continues to chair the Advisory Committee for the Canberra Museum and Gallery. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. His research interests encompass a wide range of Australian history, with a focus on twentieth century social, environmental and bioigraphical history, biography, histories of governance and public policy, and twentieth century internationalism.
Qualifications
PhD ANU
Research Interests
Australian twentieth century cultural, political and environmental history, Australian biography.
External Scholarly Memberships and Affiliations
Executive Committee, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA)
1 Jan 2024 → 31 Dec 2031
Visiting Cabinet Historian, National Archives of Australia
31 Jul 2014 → 30 Jun 2018
Convenor, Canberra Museum and Gallery, ACT Cultural Facilities Corporation
31 Jul 2013 → 30 Jun 2025
Senior Research Fellow, National Museum of Australia
31 Jul 2007 → 30 Jun 2013
Research student supervision
- Registered to supervise
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Buying Time: J. G. Crawford and International Agricultural Research
Blight, D. & Brown, N., 12 Feb 2024, Canberra: Crawford Fund. 168 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Principles of Effective Policy Reform: Lessons for Australias Climate Change Policy Impasse
Brown, N. & Dovers, S., 2021, Australia: Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia 2021. 81 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Book Review: Idling in Green Places: A Life of Alec Chisholm
Brown, N., 2020, In: Australian Journal of Politics and History. 66, 1, p. 161-162Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review
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Book review: 'I Wonder': The Life and work of Ken Inglis edited by Peter Browne and Seumas Spark
Brown, N., 2020, In: Australian Book Review. 421, p. onlineResearch output: Contribution to journal › Literature review
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Capitalism in Australia: New histories for a reimagined future
Huf, B., Rees, Y., Beggs, M., Brown, N., Flanagan, F., Palmer, S. & Ville, S., 1 Oct 2020, In: Thesis Eleven. 160, 1, p. 95-120 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access4 Citations (Scopus)
Projects
- 4 Finished
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JG Crawford: Shaping Australia's Place in the World
Brown, N. (PI), Blight, D. (CoI), Bongiorno, F. (CoI), Lee, D. (CoI), Macintyre, S. F. (CoI), Mitcham, C. (CoI) & van Oostende, M. (CoI)
23/10/13 → 30/06/19
Project: Research
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Ten years is enough: the life and afterlife of Rick Farley
Brown, N. (PI)
1/01/08 → 31/12/10
Project: Research
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The Australian Dictionary of Biography Online and Emerging Information Systems: Networking Research Capability
Griffiths, T. (PI), Brown, N. (CoI), Buckridge, P. J. (CoI), Davison, G. J. (CoI), Garton, S. R. (CoI), Garton, S. R. (CoI), Horner, D. (CoI), Jalland, P. (CoI), Langmore, D. (CoI), Macintyre, S. F. (CoI), Mackinnon, A. G. (CoI), McCalman, J. S. (CoI), McCarthy, G. J. (CoI) & Roe, J. I. (CoI)
9/02/06 → 8/02/07
Project: Research
Prizes
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2017 Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia [FASSA]
Bai, X. (Recipient), Bongiorno, F. (Recipient), Brown, N. (Recipient), Brown, R. (Recipient), Hewson, J. (Recipient) & Stanton, D. (Recipient), 12 Sept 2017
Prize: Election to learned society