Dr Tasman G. Parsons, Adjunct Associate Professor
BA (Hons), University ot Sydney
MA (Hons), University of Sydney
Ph.D (Monash University)
| Office: | W6A 411 |
| Phone: | +61 2 9850 8824 |
| Email: | gparsons@hmn.mq.edu.au |
Research Interests
Early Australian Economic and Social History 1788-1860
Australian-American Relations
Payson J Treat and the First Australian History Course
Brewing in Australia
The American 'Discovery'of Australia c.1941-c.1950
The Social and Economic History of Australian sport (particularly Australian Football)
Marxism and History
Supervision
I am able to offer supervision in all of the areas listed above. Since 1992 I have successfully supervised over a dozen Ph.D theses and five MA (Hons) theses.
Visiting Fellowships
Honorary Visiting Fellow Birkbeck College, University of London
Honorary Associate Modern History, University of Tasmania
Honorary Research Fellow, Economic History, R.S.S.S., Australian National University
Honorary Research Associate, Stanford University, U.S.A.
I have published one book, edited one book, produced a number of pamphlets and nine chapters in books. I have published over 50 refereed articles. Recent publications (and those in preparation or awaiting publication) include:
A History of the New South Wales Corps 250 pp (in press)
- "The Murder of the 'Reverend' Mr Clode. Death, Debt and Capitalism in early New South Wales' (in press)
- Clio's Language Wars. Ancient and Modern Historians at Macquarie University in the 1970s (in press)
- "Retaling in early New South Wales"(in book chapter - in press)
- Is there a Marxist History of Sport?
- The Australian Rugby Union Tour of California 1912
- T. W. Stanford and Australian Art
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