Diane Kirkby | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 July 1948 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Awards | Fulbright Post-Doctoral Fellowship (1985) WK Hancock Prize (1992) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of New South Wales (BA) University of California, Santa Barbara (MA, PhD) |
| Thesis | Alice Henry: The National Women's Trade Union League of America and Progressive Labor Reform, 1906–1925 (1982) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | Women's history Cultural history Legal history |
| Institutions | La Trobe University University of Melbourne |
Diane Elizabeth Kirkby, FAHA, FASSA (born 24 July 1948) is an Australian historian. She is Professor of Law and Humanities at the University of Technology Sydney and professor emeritus of History at La Trobe University. Since 2016, Kirkby has been the editor of Labour History, the journal of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History.