Anna Clark is an Australian historian, professor and public commentator who is an internationally recognised scholar in Australian history with a particular focus on the history of education and the role of history in everyday life.[1][2] She is the granddaughter of Manning Clark and Dymphna Clark.[3][4]

Education

Clark completed her Bachelor of Arts, with honours, at the University of Sydney before completing a graduate certificate in higher education at Monash University.[2] She completed her PhD at the University of Melbourne and her 2006 book Teaching the nation is based from her thesis of the same name.[2]

Career

Clark is based at the Australian Centre for Public History at the University of Technology Sydney where she teaches Australian history and historiography.[2] Since 2008 she has been an Australian Research Council future fellow.[2]

Selected publications

  • MacIntrye, Stuart & Clark, Anna (2004), "The History Wars", Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic, retrieved 7 July 2025
  • Clark (2006), Teaching the nation : politics and pedagogy in Australian history, Melbourne University Publishing, ISBN 978-0-522-85234-9
  • Clark (2008), History's children : history wars in the classroom, University of NSW Press, ISBN 978-0-86840-863-7
  • Clark, Anna (2016), Private lives, public history, Melbourne University Publishing, ISBN 978-0-522-86895-1
  • Clark, Anna (ed.) (2019), The knowledge solution / Australian history, Melbourne University Press, ISBN 978-0-522-87543-0
  • Clark (2022), Making Australian History, Vintage Books, ISBN 978-1-76089-852-6
  • Clark (2023), The catch: Australia's love affair with fishing, Revised ed., Vintage Books Australia, ISBN 978-1-76134-220-2

References

  1. ^ "Anna Clark". www.penguin.com.au. Retrieved 2025-07-07.
  2. ^ "Anna Clark (she/her) professor". University of Technology Sydney. Retrieved 2025-07-07.
  3. ^ Connor, Michael (2022-05-18). "Anna Clark: Daughter of the History Wars - Quadrant". Retrieved 2025-07-07.
  4. ^ "Making Australian History". Professional Historians Australia. 2022-10-24. Retrieved 2025-07-07.