Susan Kathleen Foley (born 3 March 1949) is an Australian historian who specialises in French history, particularly in relation to French gender history, feminism and socialism. From 1992 to 2000, she published under her married name of Susan K. Grogan.
Early life and education
Foley was born in Sydney in 1949 to Lawrence Foley, a railway worker, and Josephine Gooley, a hospital bookkeeper.
She was educated at
St Mary's Dominican Convent in Maitland, and then studied teaching at
Catholic Teachers' College in North Sydney and worked as a secondary school teacher.
In 1971, Foley moved to
Karratha, Western Australia
Karratha is a city in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, adjoining the port of Dampier. It was established in 1968 to accommodate the processing and exportation workforce of the Hamersley Iron mining company and, in the 1980s, the petrol ...
where she began studying for a
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four year ...
by
correspondence at the
University of Western Australia
The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Perth, the state capital, with a secondary campus in Albany and various other facilitie ...
. She completed the degree with first class honours at
Murdoch University,
where she also completed a
PhD in 1986.
Academic career
Foley lectured for a year at Murdoch, then moved to New Zealand to take a role lecturing in history at the
Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington ( mi, Te Herenga Waka) is a university in Wellington, New Zealand. It was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a constituent college of the University of New Zealand.
The university is well kno ...
in 1987. She was promoted to senior lecturer in 1993, and was head of the university's history department twice. In 2002, she became an
associate professor in history. In 2006, she returned to Australia where she joined the
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb no ...
as
Principal Fellow in History.
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References
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1949 births
Living people
Australian historians
Australian women historians
Academic staff of the University of Melbourne
Academic staff of Victoria University of Wellington
Murdoch University alumni
Fellows of the Australian Academy of the Humanities