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Associate Professor Zora Simic

Associate Professor Zora Simic

Associate Professor

BA (Hons 1); PhD (Usyd)

Arts, Design & Architecture (ADA)
School of Humanities & Languages

I am a historian and Gender Studies scholar who lives and works on the lands of theÌýBedegal, Bidjigal and Gadigal Peoples.ÌýMy particular areas of teaching and research expertise are: past and present feminisms, especially but not only Australian; twentieth century Australian history, especially gender history and migration history; and histories of sexuality. I am currently Convenor of History and Area Studies.

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Phone
+61 2 93851736
E-mail
z.simic@unsw.edu.au
Location
347 Morven Brown
  • Book Chapters | 2020
    Simic Z, 2020, 'Rock Star in Space', in Nichols D; Perillo S (ed.), Urban Australia and Post-Punk: Exploring Dogs in Space, Springer Singapore, pp. 105 - 122,
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Simic Z, 2019, ''Historicising a "National Disgrace": Towards a feminist history of domestic violence in Australia'', in Piper A; Stevenson A (ed.), Gender Violence in Australia: Historical Perspectives, Monash University Publishing, pp. 3 - 19,
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Simic Z, 2019, ''The age of consent and girls: a short history'', in Lumby C; Gleeson K (ed.), The Age of Consent Young People, Sexual Abuse and Agency, pp. 117 - 133,
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Simic Z, 2019, ''Unmistakably a book by a feminist': Helen Garner's Monkey Grip and its feminist contexts', in Arrow M; Woollacott A (ed.), Everyday Revolutions Remaking Gender, Sexuality and Culture in 1970s Australia, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 139 - 159,
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Simic Z, 2018, 'Speak English! Non-English Speaking Mothers and their Children', in Nelson C; Robertson R (ed.), Dangerous Ideas about Mothers, UWAP, Perth, pp. 117 - 127
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Simic Z, 2018, 'TLO 2: Demonstrate a Variety of Conceptual Approaches to Interpreting the Past', in Clark J; Nye A (ed.), Teaching the Discipline of History in an Age of Standards, Springer, pp. 217 - 231
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Simic Z, 2017, ''Is the Personal Still Political?'', in Caro J (ed.), Unbreakable: Women Share Stories of Resilience and Hope, UQP, St. Lucia, pp. 53 - 72
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Simic Z, 2017, 'First Person Feminism', in Ley J; Menzies-Pike C (ed.), The Australian Face: Essays From the Sydney Review of Books, SRB/ New South Press, Sydney, pp. 205 - 217,
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Simic Z, 2016, 'Struggle Street - Poverty Porn?', in Arrow M; Monagle C; Baker J (ed.), Small Screens: Essays on Contemporary Australian Television, Monash University Publishing, Melbourne, pp. 171 - 187,
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Simic Z, 2015, 'Fat as a Feminist Issue: A History', in Hester H (ed.), Fat Sex: New Directions in Theory and Activism, Ashgate, pp. 15 - 35,
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Simic Z, 2015, 'Wog Westie Feminist: Or the evidence of experience', in Bread and Roses: Voices of Australian Academics from the Working Class, Springer Link, pp. 39 - 47,
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Simic , 2013, 'Bodies and Sexuality: Twentieth century orgasms; or the problem of female heterosexuality (in Vol. 6)', in Kalof L; Conor L (ed.), A Cultural History of Women in the Modern Age - 6 volumes, Bloomsbury Academic, London, UK, pp. 35 - 59,
  • Journal articles | 2025
    Simic Z; Silverstein J; Silverstein B, 2025, '‘We open our eyes despite the pain it causes’: a role for historians in these genocidal times', History Australia, 22, pp. 319 - 335,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Curthoys A; Kevin C; Simic Z, 2024, 'A partial view: the limits and value of the legal archive for historicising domestic violence', History Australia, 21, pp. 434 - 455,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Piperoglou A; Simic Z, 2022, 'Their Own Perceptions: Non-Anglo Migrants and Aboriginal Australia', Australian Historical Studies, 53, pp. 519 - 530,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Simic Z, 2022, 'Broken English: What to Do with Wongar, the European Migrant Who Became an Aboriginal Writer', Australian Historical Studies, 53, pp. 620 - 639,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Simic Z, 2022, 'Carolyn Collins gives Save Our Sons the substantial history they deserve', History Australia, 19, pp. 826 - 827,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Simic Z, 2022, 'Postfeminism in Context: Women, Australian Popular Culture, and the Unsettling of Postfeminism', Journal of Australian Studies, 46, pp. 387 - 389,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Simic Z, 2021, 'Barry Reay aims to give the ‘Transgender Tipping Point’ a history Trans America: A Counter-History , by Barry Reay, Cambridge, Polity Press, 2020, 256 pp., AUD $36.95 paperback, AUD $113.95 hardcover, ISBN: 9781509511792, Publisher’s website: https://www.wiley.com/en-au/Trans+America:+A+Counter+History-p-9781509511792', History Australia, 18, pp. 189 - 190,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Simic Z, 2020, 'From Battered Wives to Domestic Violence: The Transnational Circulation of Chiswick Women’s Aid and Erin Pizzey’s Scream Quietly or the Neighbours Will Hear (1974)', Australian Historical Studies, 51, pp. 107 - 126,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Simic Z, 2020, 'Intersectionality, More or Less: A Review Essay', AUSTRALIAN HUMANITIES REVIEW, pp. 17 - 31,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Simic Z, 2020, 'Speaking Out: Feminism, Rape and Narrative Politics', WOMEN-A CULTURAL REVIEW, 31, pp. 108 - 111,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Suny RG; Bishop C; Evans T; Murphy J; Horner D; Baird M; Fox K; Simic Z; Brown N; Keene J; Mendes P; Huf B; Palmer D; Forsyth A; Fieldes D; Ravenswood K, 2019, 'BOOK REVIEWS', Labour History, 117, pp. 213 - 246,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Balint R; Simic Z, 2018, 'Histories of Migrants and Refugees in Australia', Australian Historical Studies, 49, pp. 378 - 409,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Simic Z, 2018, 'What Can Feminist Historians Do With Intersectionality?', Lilith (Fitzroy, Vic.), pp. 16 - 25,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Simic Z, 2017, 'Gay and Lesbian History Now', History Australia, 14, pp. 315 - 321,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Simic Z, 2017, 'Reading Feminist Killjoys', Sydney Review of Books,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Simic Z, 2016, 'First Person Feminism', Sydney Review of Books,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Simic Z, 2016, 'Mateship: A Very Australian History', Australian Historical Studies, 47, pp. 348 - 349,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Simic Z, 2014, ''Bachelors of Misery and Proxy Brides: Marriage, migration and assimilation, 1947-1973'', History Australia: Journal of the Australian Historical Association, 11, pp. 149 - 174,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Simic Z, 2013, 'Bodies and Sexuality: Twentieth-Century Orgasms; or, The Problem of Female Heterosexuality', ,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Simic Z, 2013, 'Women and power in the brash 1980s media', History Australia, 10, pp. 284 - 286,
    Journal articles | 2012
    Ahrens P; Arrow M; Bellanta M; James S; Piccini J; Simic Z; Slater L; Urschel K; van Vuuren K, 2012, 'BOOK REVIEWS', Journal of Australian Studies, 36, pp. 253 - 265,
    Journal articles | 2012
    Simic Z, 2012, 'A History of Australia', LABOUR HISTORY, pp. 261 - 262,
    Journal articles | 2012
    Simic Z, 2012, 'Long Cumulative Labor of Transformation: A Response to Margaret Henderson', Lilith: a feminist history journal, No. 17-18, pp. 121 - 131
    Journal articles | 2012
    Simic Z, 2012, 'Rivers and Resilience: Aboriginal People on Sydney's Georges River', JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIAN STUDIES, 36, pp. 260 - 261,
    Journal articles | 2012
    Simic Z, 2012, 'Suburban dreaming: Boomburbs: Andrew Merry 52 Suburbs: A search for beauty in the 'Burbs', Recollections, 6, pp. 12
    Journal articles | 2011
    Andrews K; Encarnacao J; Simic Z, 2011, 'Film and Radio Reviews', History Australia, 8, pp. 230 - 236,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Cheater C; Haag O; Kevin C; MacIntosh L; Manwaring R; Olszowska M; Rolls M; Sheridan S; Simic Z, 2011, 'BOOK REVIEWS', Journal of Australian Studies, 35, pp. 117 - 131,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Simic Z, 2011, 'Friday On Our Minds: Popular Culture in Australia since 1945', JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIAN STUDIES, 35, pp. 129 - 131,
    Journal articles | 2010
    Simic Z, 2010, ''Door bitches of club feminism': Academia and feminist competency', Feminist Review, 95, pp. 75 - 91,
    Journal articles | 2010
    Simic Z, 2010, 'The Margins of Suburbia', History Australia, 7, pp. 47.1 - 47.2,
    Journal articles | 2010
    Zora S, 2010, ''Door Bitches of Club Feminism?: Academia and Feminist Competency', Feminist Review, Vol. 95, pp. 74 - 91,
    Journal articles | 2010
    Zora S, 2010, 'Fallen Girls?: Plumpton High and the problem of teenage pregnancy', Journal of Australian Studies, 34, pp. 429 - 445,
    Journal articles | 2009
    Alston S; Bennett J; Grimshaw P; Mackellar M; Magarey S; Marchant S; Nicoll F; Simic Z; Turner G, 2009, 'Book Reviews', Journal of Australian Studies, 33, pp. 237 - 249,
    Journal articles | 2009
    Bannon JC; Bongiorno F; Davidson T; Dickenson J; Ghys L; Gilchrist C; Peters P; Simic Z; Slater L, 2009, 'Book Reviews', Journal of Australian Studies, 33, pp. 371 - 384,
    Journal articles | 2009
    Simic Z, 2009, 'Australian Rock: essays on popular music', JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIAN STUDIES, 33, pp. 247 - 248,
    Journal articles | 2009
    Simic Z, 2009, 'Destination Australia: Migration to Australia Since 1901', JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIAN STUDIES, 33, pp. 380 - 382,
    Journal articles | 2009
    Simic Z, 2009, 'Review of Leonard Janiszewski and Effy Alexakis’ Selling an American Dream: Australia’s Greek CafÉ, National Museum of Australia', History Australia, 6, pp. 13.1 - 13.2,
    Journal articles | 2009
    Simic Z, 2009, 'Review of Nerida Campbell’s Femme Fatale: The Female Criminal', History Australia, 6, pp. 48.1 - 48.2,
    Journal articles | 2008
    Simic Z, 2008, ''What are ya?': Negotiating identities in the western suburbs of Sydney during the 1980s', Journal of Australian Studies, 32, pp. 223 - 236,
    Journal articles | 2007
    Simic Z, 2007, 'Butter not Bombs: A Short History of the Union of Australian Women', History Australia, 4, pp. 7.1 - 7.15,
    Journal articles | 2005
    Simic Z, 2005, ''Mrs Street - Now there's a subject!': Historicising Jessie Street', Australian Feminist Studies, 20, pp. 291 - 303,

Current research grant:Ìý

2021-2024: ARC Special Research Initiative (SRI)ÌýSR200200460, ‘A History of Domestic Violence in Australia, 1850-2020’, with Professor AnnÌýCurthoysÌý(University of Sydney) and Associate Professor Cath