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Biography
Dr. Mark Hearn is a senior lecturer in the Department of History and Archaeology, Macquarie University. His research focuses on historical theory and historiography, particularly in relation to the fin de siècle c1890-1914. His research also includes the history of ideas and governance in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Australia. In 2006 he was awarded the C.H. Currey Memorial Fellowship from the State Library of New South Wales. In 2014-2015 he was an Australian Prime Minister’s Centre fellow, Museum of Australian Democracy, Old Parliament House Canberra. In 2018 he was a visiting scholar at the Centre for Philosophical Studies in History, University of Oulu, Finland, researching the historical periodization of the fin de siècle. His book, The Fin de Siècle Imagination in Australia, was published by Bloomsbury in 2022.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, ‘Hard Cash: John Dwyer and his contemporaries 1890-1914’, University of Sydney
Award Date: 27 Apr 2001
External positions
Visiting Scholar, Centre for Philosophical Studies of History, University of Oulu
Sept 2018 → 2018
Researcher, International Network for Theory of History
2017 → …
Australian Prime Minister’s Centre fellow, Museum of Australian Democracy, Old Parliament House Canberra
2014 → 2015
Editorial Board, Labour History
2002 → …
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Interpreting fin de siècle modernity in Australia: historical experience and historiography
1/07/18 → …
Project: Research
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We are free people: Australian liberal governmentality, 1901 - 1914
2/08/10 → 6/12/10
Project: Research
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'We are a free people': Australian liberal governmentality in peace and war, 1901-1921
14/10/09 → 13/10/10
Project: Research
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Interpreting Eric Hobsbawm's History of the Fin de Siècle 'Twilight Zone'
Hearn, M., Jun 2023, In: The Historical Journal. 66, 3, p. 619-640 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A single Australia? Alan Atkinson's narrative construction of late modernity
Hearn, M., 2022, In: History Australia: journal of the Australian Historical Association. 19, 2, p. 347-362 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Is the prime ministership really an 'impossible office'?
Hearn, M., 4 Jan 2022, Canberra Times.Research output: Contribution to Newspaper/Magazine/Website › Article
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The fin de siècle and the multiple temporalities of historical periodization
Hearn, M., 2022, In: Rethinking History. 26, 1, p. 32-50 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
The fin de siècle imagination in Australia, 1890-1914
Hearn, M., 2022, London: Bloomsbury Academic. 242 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Centre for Philosophical Studies of History, University of Oulu
Mark Hearn (Visiting researcher)
1 Sept 2018 → 30 Sept 2018Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
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Dissolving into history? Historicizing Modern Nation Building
Mark Hearn (Speaker)
20 Aug 2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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International Network for Theory of History (External organisation)
Mark Hearn (Member)
2017 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of network
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Australian Prime Ministers Centre, Museum of Australian Democracy
Mark Hearn (Visiting researcher)
2014 → 2015Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
Press/Media
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Is the prime ministership an ‘impossible office’?
4/01/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment