FHACT Monthly Members Meeting
24th June 2023
By Engagement Committee
Kate Bagnall is a social historian whose research focuses on the intersections of migration, family and the law in the British settler colonial world.
She is best known as a scholar of Chinese Australasian history, specialising in histories of women, children and families, and the history of the White Australia Policy and colonial anti-Chinese laws and policies.
Kate's recent book, 'Locating Chinese Women: Historical Mobility between China and Australia' (HKU Press, 2021), co-edited with Julia Martínez, is the first scholarly collection on Chinese-Australian women's history.
Her recent research on Chinese Australian women builds on her earlier work on interracial relationships and Chinese-European families in colonial and early post-Federation Australia.
Kate began her career in public history and archives, completing her PhD in History at the University of Sydney while working at the National Archives of Australia in Canberra. At the National Archives, Kate worked on ground-breaking digital history projects such as 'Documenting a Democracy' and 'Uncommon Lives'. She continues her interest in digital history with projects such as the 'Real Face of White Australia' with Tim Sherratt.
Date: Tuesday 4th July 2023 at 7pm. All welcome. Register here.
