Judith Brett Explained

Judith Margaret Brett
Birth Place:	Melbourne, Australia
Workplaces:	La Trobe University (1989-2012)
Alma Mater:	University of Melbourne (BA) (PhD) University of Oxford (DipSocAnth)
Thesis Title:	The Milk of Language: A Psycho-Analytic Interpretation of Hugo von Hofmannsthal's Chandos Crisis
Thesis Year:	1980
Main Interests:	Cultural history, political history
Major Works:	Australian Liberals and the Moral Middle Class (2003) Robert Menzies' Forgotten People (1992)
Awards:	Ernest Scott Prize (1993, 2004) Member of the Order of Australia (2023)
Influences:	Dennis Altman^[1]

Judith Margaret Brett (born 1949, Melbourne) is an Emeritus Professor of politics at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.^{[2] [3]} She retired from La Trobe in 2012, after a restructuring of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in which the School of which she was head was dismantled.^[4]

Her PhD from Melbourne University’s Politics Department in the 1970s was on Austrian fin-de-siècle poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal.^[5]

Brett's 2017 biography of Alfred Deakin won the 2018 National Biography Award.^[6] Her next book, From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage: How Australia got Compulsory Voting,^[7] was shortlisted for the 2019 Queensland Literary Awards University of Southern Queensland History Book Award.^[8]

Brett was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2023 Australia Day Honours.^[9]

Bibliography

As author

• Brett, Judith, Australian Liberals and the Moral Middle Class (2003), Cambridge University Press,
• Brett, Judith and Anthony Moran, Ordinary Peoples' Politics (2006), Pluto Press Australia,
• Brett, Judith, Unlocking the History of the Australasian Kuo Min Tang 1911-2013, (2013) Australian Scholarly Publishing,
• Brett, Judith, Robert Menzies' Forgotten People (2007), Melbourne University Press,
• Brett, Judith, The Enigmatic Mr Deakin (2018), Text Publishing Company,
• Brett, Judith, From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage: How Australia Got Compulsory Voting (2019), Text Publishing Company,

As editor

• Brett, Judith, Political Lives (1997) Allen & Unwin,

Journal articles and Quarterly Essays

• QE 19 Relaxed & Comfortable: The Liberal Party's Australia (2005)
• QE 28 Exit Right: The Unravelling of John Howard (2007)
• QE 42 Fair Share: Country and City in Australia (2011)
• Brett, Judith . 1 . August 2014 . Freedom, or nothing left to lose . The Nation Reviewed . The Monthly . 103 . 8–10 . ^[10]
• QE 78 The Coal Curse: Resources, Climate and Australia's Future (2020)

External links

• Brett's profile at La Trobe University

Notes and References

1. https://www.latrobe.edu.au/about/vision/diversity-and-inclusion/square-the-ledger/judith-brett
2. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/the-feed/article/the-origins-of-the-beloved-democracy-sausage-its-a-long-time-love-affair/ "The origins of the beloved democracy sausage? It's a long-time love affair"
3. https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/the-end-of-certainty-for-the-liberals-20220522-p5anjs.html "The end of certainty: Reeling Liberals look to rebuilding from wreckage"
4. Web site: Staff profile, La Trobe University . www.latrobe.edu.au . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110623230202/http://www.latrobe.edu.au/humanities/about/staff/profile?uname=JMBrett . 2011-06-23.
5. Judith Brett 'Doing Politics: Writing on Public Life' Text Publishing, 2021, p.255
6. Web site: Judith Brett wins National Biography award for 'profound' look at life of Alfred Deakin. Convery. Stephanie. 2018-08-06. the Guardian. en. 2018-08-06.
7. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/18/australia-election-democracy-sausage/ "For Australian voters, a meaty decision"
8. Web site: 2019 Queensland Literary Awards Winners and Finalists. State Library of Queensland. 29 January 2020.
9. Web site: 2023-01-25 . Australia Day 2023 Honours: Full list . 2023-01-25 . The Sydney Morning Herald . en.
10. Online version is titled "Must we choose between climate-change action and freedom of speech?".