Flinders University
Dr Catherine Kevin
Dr
Catherine
Kevin
Flinders University
http://www.flinders.edu.au/people/catherine.kevin
| Position/s: | Senior Lecturer History |
| Phone: | +61 8 82015553 |
| Email: | catherine.kevin@flinders.edu.au |
| Location: | Social Sciences South (327) |
| Postal address: | GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia |
Biography
Catherine received her PhD in History from Sydney University in 2004. After holding positions at SBS Television and the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, King's College, University of London, she came to the Flinders History Department in 2007.
Qualifications
BA (Hons) First Class, University of Sydney
PhD, University of Sydney
Key responsibilities
Lecturer in Australian History
Director of Studies
Teaching
Topic Coordinator:
Research and consultancy
Research interests
The histories of pregnancy and miscarriage in Australia, reproductive politics, Australian feminism, Italian immigration to Australia and postcolonial perspectives on Australian film. Catherine is currently working on a monograph entitled Great Expectations: A Political History of Pregnancy in Australia since 1945 and is in the early stages of a research project called Remembering 'Jedda' (1955): trauma, nostalgia and the nation.
Postgraduate research supervision
Catherine is currently supervising theses in the fields of South Australian history, feminist labour history and the history of immigration. She is interested in supervising projects in feminist history; the history of the body; Australian history - particularly relating to reproductive politics, feminism, medicine, film, race relations and immigration.
Publications
Books
Kevin, C.E., 2009. Feminism and the Body, Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Book chapters
Kevin, C.E., 2009. Introduction. In Feminism and the Body, Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 1-5.
Kevin, C.E., 2009. Great Expectations: Episodes in a Political History of Pregnancy in Australia since 1945. In Feminism and the Body, Intersdisciplinary Perspectives. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 49-69.
Kevin, C.E., Donald, S.H., & Kofman, E., 2009. Introduction: processes of cosmopolitanism and parochialism. In Branding Cities, Cosmopolitanism, Parochialism and Social Change. New York, USA: Routledge, pp. 1-13.
Kevin, C.E., 2005. Melocco, Pietro Olivo (Peter) (1883 - 1961), Melocco, Antonio Nicholas (Tony) (1886 - 1946) and Melocco, Galliano (1897 - 1971). In Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne, VIC: Melbourne University Press, pp. 273-274.
Refereed journal articles
Kevin, C.E., 2011. 'I did not lose my baby... My baby just died': Twenty-first-Century Discourses of Miscarriage in Political and Historical Context. SOUTH ATLANTIC QUARTERLY, 110(4), 849-865.
Kevin, C.E., 2010. Solving the problem of the motherless indigenous child in Jedda and Australia: white maternal desire in the Australian epic before and after 'Bringing Them Home'. Studies in Australasian Cinema, 4(2), 145-157.
Kevin, C.E., 2007. Assessing the Scene: Journal of Women's History, Women's History Review and Gender and History Since 2000. Hecate, 33(2), 151-157.
Kevin, C.E., 2006. Subjects for citizenship: pregnancy and the Australian nation, 1945-2000. Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies, 12(1-2), 131-142.
Kevin, C.E., 2005. Maternity and freedom: Australian feminist encounters with the reproductive body. Australian Feminist Studies, 20(46), 3-15.
Books
Kevin, C.E., 2009. Feminism and the Body, Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Book chapters
Kevin, C.E., Donald, S.H., & Kofman, E., 2009. Introduction: processes of cosmopolitanism and parochialism. In Branding Cities, Cosmopolitanism, Parochialism and Social Change. New York, USA: Routledge, pp. 1-13.
Kevin, C.E., 2009. Introduction. In Feminism and the Body, Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 1-5.
Kevin, C.E., 2009. Great Expectations: Episodes in a Political History of Pregnancy in Australia since 1945. In Feminism and the Body, Intersdisciplinary Perspectives. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 49-69.
Kevin, C.E., 2005. Melocco, Pietro Olivo (Peter) (1883 - 1961), Melocco, Antonio Nicholas (Tony) (1886 - 1946) and Melocco, Galliano (1897 - 1971). In Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne, VIC: Melbourne University Press, pp. 273-274.
Refereed journal articles
Kevin, C.E., 2011. 'I did not lose my baby... My baby just died': Twenty-first-Century Discourses of Miscarriage in Political and Historical Context. SOUTH ATLANTIC QUARTERLY, 110(4), 849-865.
Kevin, C.E., 2010. Solving the problem of the motherless indigenous child in Jedda and Australia: white maternal desire in the Australian epic before and after 'Bringing Them Home'. Studies in Australasian Cinema, 4(2), 145-157.
Kevin, C.E., 2007. Assessing the Scene: Journal of Women's History, Women's History Review and Gender and History Since 2000. Hecate, 33(2), 151-157.
Kevin, C.E., 2006. Subjects for citizenship: pregnancy and the Australian nation, 1945-2000. Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies, 12(1-2), 131-142.
Kevin, C.E., 2005. Maternity and freedom: Australian feminist encounters with the reproductive body. Australian Feminist Studies, 20(46), 3-15.
Journal articles
Kevin, C.E., 2011. Anastasia Powell, 'Sex, Power and Consent: Youth Culture and the Unwritten Rules' Cambridge University Press, 2010 (book review), Journal of Australian Studies, 35(1), 119-121. Journal of Australian Studies, 35(1), 119-121.
Kevin, C.E., 2010. Review of 'Maternal Theory: Essential Readings', Andrea O'Reilly, ed., 2008. Toronto: Demeter Press. Australian Feminist Studies, 25(64), 245-248.
Kevin, C.E., 2007. A James Hammerton, Alistair Thomson, 'Ten Pound Poms: Australia's Invisible Migrants' (book review). Reviews in History, 494.
Kevin, C.E., 2005. Laura R Woliver, 'The Political Geographies of Pregnancy' (book review). Australian Feminist Studies, 20(47).
Other public research outputs
Kevin, C.E., 2005. Families on the frontier. Griffith Review, 10, 89-102.
Professional and community engagement
Catherine is a member of the Australian Dictionary of Biography's South Australian Working Party. She is also part of Families@ Flinders, a research group attached to the Southgate Insititute for Health Society and Equity.
