Marnie Hughes-Warrington

Marnie Hughes-Warrington (born 17 February 1970) is Professor of History at the Australian National University.[1] Her areas of expertise are the philosophy of history, historiography, and world history.

Early life and education

Hughes-Warrington was born in Victoria in 1970 and grew up in Tasmania. She studied Philosophy and History at the University of Tasmania from 1988 to 1991, and graduated with a Bachelor of Education with First Class Honours with majors in history and philosophy in 1992.

She was chosen as a Rhodes Scholar in 1992, and completed her DPhil at Merton College, Oxford, where she served as President of the Middle Common Room. Her thesis, completed in 1995, is entitled Historical imagination and education, and focuses on the philosophy of history and education of R. G. Collingwood.

Career

After completing her DPhil, Hughes-Warrington lectured in history at the University of Oxford, the University of Washington and Macquarie University. She became Associate Dean of Education at Macquarie in 1998, and held the position until 2009. She has also taught at Leipzig University and Harvard University.

From 2009 to 2012, she worked as Pro-Vice Chancellor (Learning and Teaching) at Monash University, and became Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at the Australian National University in 2012. In 2018 she announced[2] her intention to go back to her twin loves of history and philosophy to work on three new books. Her current writing project focuses on the relationship between the scales of histories and ethics. She is the fifth secretary of the Rhodes Scholarships in Australia.[3]

Controversy

On 3 May 2012, Professor Hughes-Warrington announced wholesale changes to the staffing and curriculum of the ANU School of Music.[4] The decision was criticised by the director of Canberra International Music Festival Chris Latham, who stated it was "absolutely and utterly devastating".[5]

The former Head of the School subsequently submitted a Public Interest Disclosure naming Professor Hughes-Warrington among other senior ANU officials in relation to submitted evidence that the Commonwealth Ombudsman said showed "instances of disclosable conduct, namely conduct that constitutes maladministration and conduct which, if proved, would be grounds for disciplinary action or conduct which is in breach of a law."[6][7]

Published works

Professor Hughes-Warrington is the author of seven books:

Awards
  • Australian Prime Minister's Award for University Teacher of the Year, 2008
  • Teaching Excellence Award in Humanities and the Arts, Australian Learning and Teaching Council, 2008
  • University of Tasmania Foundation Graduate of the Year Award, 2013

References
  1. "Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington". The Australian National University, Canberra. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  2. "A Long-Expected Party". Making Sense of University Business. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  3. "Rhodes Australia Team". The Rhodes Trust. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  4. "Marnie Hughes-Warrington and Adrian Walter press conference: Bachelor of Music changes". Youtube. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  5. Jacobs, Genevieve. "Discord at the ANU's School of Music". ABC News (Australia). Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  6. Hare, Julie (24 May 2017). "ANU heavies to face the music over school's governance". The Australian. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  7. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-24/corruption-and-maladministration-allegations-levelled-at-anu/8555116
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