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Biography
Julie Kimber is a lecturer in Politics and Public Policy. Her current research examines the disjuncture between formal equality in law and localised abuses of power.
Teaching
Work in Australia (HASP201/301) War and Peace in a Globalised World (HAP234/334) Internship in Political Research (HAP332) Media and Politics (HAMP226/326) Politics Project A: The Political Novel (HAP317) Politics Project B: Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences (HAP318)
Research Interests
Social justice, politics and citizenship Labour and social history Vagrancy laws Industrial Relations
Publications Include
Julie Kimber, '‘A nuisance to the community’: policing the vagrant woman', Journal of Australian Studies, vol. 34, no. 3, September 2010, pp. 275-293. Julie Kimber, 'Patriotism and its discontents: a small town in a great strike', Work in Progress: Crises, Choices and Continuity, Refereed Papers AIRAANZ, 2010, pp. 1-12. Julie Kimber, ''A Right to be Troublesome': the Arrest of Dexter Daniels and the Politics of Vagrancy Laws' in Bobbie Oliver (ed.), Labour History in the New Century, Black Swan Press, 2009, pp. 167-180. Rae Frances and Julie Kimber, ‘‘Joy’: Memorialisation and the Limits of Tolerance’, Public History Review, vol. 15, 2008, pp. 77–91. Julie Kimber, ‘‘They didn’t want work, you see’: inequality and blame in the Great Depression’, in Deborah Gare and David Ritter (eds), Making Australian History: Perspectives on the Past since 1788, South Melbourne: Thomson Learning, 2008, pp. 367–374. Julie Kimber and Peter Love, ‘The Time of Their Lives’, in Julie Kimber and Peter Love (eds), The Time of Their Lives: the Eight Hour Day and Working Life, Melbourne: Australian Society for the Study of Labour History – Melbourne, 2007, pp. 1–13. Julie Kimber, Peter Love and Phillip Deery (eds), Labour Traditions: Proceedings of the 10th National Labour History Conference, Melbourne: Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, 2007 (ISBN: 978-0-9803883-1-2) pp. vii–224. Bradon Ellem, Julie Kimber and John Shields, ‘From Laborism to Localism: The Transformation of Electoral Politics in the NSW Far West since 1950’, in Jim Hagan (ed.), People and Politics in Regional New South Wales (vol. 2). Sydney: Federation Press, 2006, pp. 282–316. Julie Kimber, ‘A Case of Mild Anarchy’ Job Committees in Broken Hill, c1930–c1954, Labour History, no. 80, May 2001, pp. 41–64.
Professional Association Memberships
Australian Political Studies Association Australian Society for the Study of Labour History Australian Historical Association History Council of NSW
Other Projects
Review Editor, Labour History: Journal of Labour and Social History Federal Executive Member, Australian Society for the Study of Labour History Editor, Recorder. The newsletter of the Melbourne Branch, ASSLH