Joy Damousi | |
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| Born | |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Awards | Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (2004) Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (2004) Ernest Scott Prize (2006) Kathleen Fitzpatrick Fellowship (2014) Member of the Order of Australia (2022) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | La Trobe University (BA [Hons]) Australian National University (PhD) |
| Thesis | Socialist women in Australia, c.1890 – c.1918 (1987) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Australian history |
| Institutions | University of Melbourne Australian Catholic University |
| Notable works | Freud in the Antipodes: A Cultural History of Psychoanalysis in Australia (2005) |
Joy Damousi, AM, FASSA, FAHA is an Australian historian and Professor and Director of the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences at Australian Catholic University.[1] She was Professor of History in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne for most of her career, and retains a fractional appointment.[2] She was the President of the Australian Academy of the Humanities from 2017 to 2020.[3]