Joanna Bourke

==Biography==

==Biography==

Born to Christian medical-missionary parents, Bourke was brought up in New Zealand, [[Zambia]], [[Solomon Islands]] and [[Haiti]].[http://www.creativebristol.com/biographies.pdf Bristol Festival of Ideas 2005 programme] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205102402/http://www.creativebristol.com/biographies.pdf |date=5 February 2007 }} (.pdf file) She attended the [[University of Auckland]], gaining a [[Bachelor of Arts]] and [[Master of Arts]] in History. She undertook her [[Doctor of Philosophy]] degree at the [[Australian National University]] (ANU) and subsequently held academic posts at the ANU, [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge]] and [[Birkbeck, University of London]].[http://www.granta.com/authors/49 Granta biography page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029092140/http://www.granta.com/authors/49 |date=29 October 2007 }} on Joanna Bourke Her primary affiliation is with Birkbeck, University of London, but she is also Professor of Rhetoric at [[Gresham College]],{{cite web |title=Professor Joanna Bourke appointed 49th Gresham Professor of Rhetoric |url=http://www.bbk.ac.uk/news/professor-joanna-bourke-appointed-49th-gresham-professor-of-rhetoric |website=Birkbeck, University of London |language=en |date=21 June 2019}} London, and the Global Innovation Chair in the Centre for the Study of Violence at the [[University of Newcastle (Australia)|University of Newcastle]], Australia.{{cite web |title=Study of Violence |url=https://www.newcastle.edu.au/research/centre/csov |website=The University of Newcastle, Australia |language=en |date=19 February 2013}} She has joint British and New Zealand citizenship.

Born to Christian medical-missionary parents, Bourke was brought up in New Zealand, [[Zambia]], [[Solomon Islands]] and [[Haiti]].[http://www.creativebristol.com/biographies.pdf Bristol Festival of Ideas 2005 programme] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205102402/http://www.creativebristol.com/biographies.pdf |date=5 February 2007 }} (.pdf file) She attended the [[University of Auckland]], gaining [[Bachelor of Arts]] and [[Master of Arts]] degrees in History. She undertook her [[Doctor of Philosophy]] degree at the [[Australian National University]] (ANU) and subsequently held academic posts at the ANU, [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge]], and [[Birkbeck, University of London]].[http://www.granta.com/authors/49 Granta biography page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029092140/http://www.granta.com/authors/49 |date=29 October 2007 }} on Joanna Bourke Her primary affiliation is with Birkbeck, University of London, but she is also Professor of Rhetoric at [[Gresham College]],{{cite web |title=Professor Joanna Bourke appointed 49th Gresham Professor of Rhetoric |url=http://www.bbk.ac.uk/news/professor-joanna-bourke-appointed-49th-gresham-professor-of-rhetoric |website=Birkbeck, University of London |language=en |date=21 June 2019}} London, and the Global Innovation Chair in the Centre for the Study of Violence at the [[University of Newcastle (Australia)|University of Newcastle]], Australia.{{cite web |title=Study of Violence |url=https://www.newcastle.edu.au/research/centre/csov |website=The University of Newcastle, Australia |language=en |date=19 February 2013}} She has joint British and New Zealand citizenship.

Bourke, who describes herself as a "[[socialist feminist]]",Eithne Farry [https://www.theguardian.com/g2/story/0,,2184048,00.html "'Why aren't we more outraged?'"], ''The Guardian'', 5 October 2007. Retrieved on 7 October 2007. has published 15 books and over 120 articles in academic journals or edited collections. Her books include ones on British, Irish, American, Australia, New Zealand, and Haitian history from the late eighteenth century to the present. They focus on topics such as [[women's history]], [[gender]], [[working-class culture]], war and [[masculinity]], the [[cultural history]] of fear, the history of [[rape]], war art, pain, [[militarisation]], the history of what it means to be human, animal-human relations, and the history of Higher Education. Her books have been translated into Chinese, Russian, Korean, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Portuguese, Czech, Turkish, and Greek. ''An Intimate History of Killing'' won the Wolfson Prize and the Fraenkel Prize. It was in the final shortlist for the [[WH Smith Literary Award|W. H. Smith Literary Prize]].

Bourke, who describes herself as a "[[socialist feminist]]",Eithne Farry [https://www.theguardian.com/g2/story/0,,2184048,00.html "'Why aren't we more outraged?'"], ''The Guardian'', 5 October 2007. Retrieved on 7 October 2007. has published 15 books and over 120 articles in academic journals or edited collections. Her books include ones on British, Irish, American, Australia, New Zealand, and Haitian history from the late eighteenth century to the present. They focus on topics such as [[women's history]], [[gender]], [[working-class culture]], war and [[masculinity]], the [[cultural history]] of fear, the history of [[rape]], war art, pain, [[militarisation]], the history of what it means to be human, animal-human relations, and the history of Higher Education. Her books have been translated into Chinese, Russian, Korean, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Portuguese, Czech, Turkish, and Greek. ''An Intimate History of Killing'' won the Wolfson Prize and the Fraenkel Prize. It was in the final shortlist for the [[WH Smith Literary Award|W. H. Smith Literary Prize]].