Vera Mackie (born 1955) is an Australian academic who has specialised in Japanese feminism and gender history. As of 2021 she is Emeritus Senior Professor of Asian and International Studies at the

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Early life and education

Mackie was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1955. In 1964 she moved to

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, Australia with her family, where she completed her secondary education at

Mentone Girls' Grammar School Mentone Girls' Grammar School is an independent, Anglican day school for girls, located in Mentone, a bayside suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Established in 1899 as the Mentone High School for Girls', the school has a non-selective e ...

. She completed a BA (Hons) and MA (1985) at

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, before receiving a PhD (1994) from the

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Career

From 1998 to 2004 Mackie was Foundation Professor of Japanese Studies at

Curtin University Curtin University (previously Curtin University of Technology and Western Australian Institute of Technology) is an Australian public university, public research university based in Bentley, Western Australia, Bentley, Perth, Western Australia. ...

. She then was appointed

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(ARC) Australian Professorial Fellow at the

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from 2004 to 2010. She moved to the

, initially as ARC Future Fellow (2010–2014), then moved into the position of Senior Professor of Asian and International Studies in 2014. She is now Emeritus Professor Mackie served on the board of the

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from 2015 to 2020. She was co-convener of the Australian Women's History Network from 2013 to 2016. She is a member of the editorial board of ''Lilith: A Feminist History Journal'', published by the Australian Women's History Network. Commissioning Editor, ''Japan Focus: The Asia-Pacific Journal'', Commissioning Editor, ''VIDA: Blog of the Australian Women's History Network''. She delivered the 2021 A.R. Davis Memorial Lecture on "Asia in Australia: History on the Streets".

Awards and recognition

Mackie was elected Fellow of the

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in 2004 and Fellow of the

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in 2018. She won the 2011 Inoue Yasushi Award for Outstanding Research in Japanese Literature. She was awarded the University of Wollongon
Vice Chancellor's Award
for Excellence in Research Supervision in 2018.

Works

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mackie, Vera 1955 births Living people Australian women historians Scottish emigrants to Australia Monash University alumni University of Adelaide alumni Academic staff of Curtin University Academic staff of the University of Melbourne Academic staff of the University of Wollongong Academics from Glasgow People educated at Mentone Girls' Grammar School Australian feminists