David Day (historian)
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David Day is an Australian historian.
David Day graduated with first-class Honours in History and Political Science from the University of Melbourne
and was awarded a PhD from the University of Cambridge
. He has been a Junior Research Fellow at Clare College in Cambridge, founding head of History and Political Science at Bond University
, official historian of the Australian Customs Service, Keith Cameron Professor of Australian History at University College Dublin
, and Professor of Australian Studies at the University of Tokyo
. He is currently at LaTrobe University in Melbourne.
David Day has written widely on Australian history and the history of the Second World War. Among his many books are Menzies and Churchill at War and a two volume study of Anglo-Australian relations during the Second World War. His prize-winning history of Australia, Claiming a Continent, won the prestigious non-fiction prize in the 1998 South Australian Festival Awards for Literature. An earlier book, Smugglers and Sailors, was shortlisted by the Fellowship of Australian Writers for its Book of the Year Award. John Curtin: A Life was shortlisted for the 2000 NSW Premier's Literary Awards' Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction.
David Day graduated with first-class Honours in History and Political Science from the University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
and was awarded a PhD from the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
. He has been a Junior Research Fellow at Clare College in Cambridge, founding head of History and Political Science at Bond University
Bond University
Bond University is a private university located in Robina, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is also the first private university established in Australia...
, official historian of the Australian Customs Service, Keith Cameron Professor of Australian History at University College Dublin
University College Dublin
University College Dublin ) - formally known as University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin is the Republic of Ireland's largest, and Ireland's second largest, university, with over 1,300 faculty and 17,000 students...
, and Professor of Australian Studies at the University of Tokyo
University of Tokyo
, abbreviated as , is a major research university located in Tokyo, Japan. The University has 10 faculties with a total of around 30,000 students, 2,100 of whom are foreign. Its five campuses are in Hongō, Komaba, Kashiwa, Shirokane and Nakano. It is considered to be the most prestigious university...
. He is currently at LaTrobe University in Melbourne.
David Day has written widely on Australian history and the history of the Second World War. Among his many books are Menzies and Churchill at War and a two volume study of Anglo-Australian relations during the Second World War. His prize-winning history of Australia, Claiming a Continent, won the prestigious non-fiction prize in the 1998 South Australian Festival Awards for Literature. An earlier book, Smugglers and Sailors, was shortlisted by the Fellowship of Australian Writers for its Book of the Year Award. John Curtin: A Life was shortlisted for the 2000 NSW Premier's Literary Awards' Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction.
Works
- 1986: Menzies and Churchill at War
- 1988: The Great Betrayal: Britain, Australia and the Onset of the Pacific War, 1939-42
- 1992: Reluctant Nation: Australia and the Allied Defeat of Japan, 1942-45
- 1992: Smugglers and Sailors: The Customs History of Australia, 1788-1901
- 1996: Contraband and Controversy: The Customs History of Australia from 1901
- 1996: Claiming a Continent: A New History of Australia
- 1999: John Curtin: A Life
- 2001: Chifley
- 2003: The Politics of War
- 2005: Conquest: A New History of the Modern World - ISBN 0732277655
- 2007: The Weather Watchers - ISBN 9780522852752
- 2008: Conquest: How Societies Overwhelm Others ISBN 0195340116
- 2008: Andrew Fisher: Prime Minister of Australia
External links
- Interview with Day on "New Books in History."
- Personal homepage of David Day
- Review of Conquest in "The Age"