Professor Jenny Hocking
Director of Research, School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences
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Professor Jenny Hocking is Research Professor and Director of Research for the School of Humanities , Communications and Social Sciences and with the National Centre for Australian Studies. She has been involved with teaching and research in Australian Studies for many years and is a previous Director and Deputy Director of NCAS. Jenny is a member of the Executive Board of the International Australian Studies Association and a Series Editor of the Journal of Australian Studies .
Professor Hocking is the recipient of an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant (2005-2008) with the National Library of Australia and the National Archives of Australia for a biographical study of former Australian Labor Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam. In 1999, Jenny was awarded the Australian Research Council's prestigious QEII Research Fellowship (1999-2005) for her biography of Frank Hardy, published by Lothian Books in 2005, Frank Hardy: Politics Literature Life . She is the author of Terror Laws: ASIO , Counter-terrorism and the Threat to Democracy (2004); Lionel Murphy: A Political Biography (1997, 2000), and Beyond Terrorism: the Development of the Australian Security State (1993). Professor Hocking is also co-editor with Associate Professor Colleen Lewis of It's Time Again: Whitlam and Modern Labor (2003) and Counter-terrorism and the Post-Democratic State (Edward Elgar. 2007).
Jenny Hocking was awarded a Harold White Fellowship with the National Library of Australia in 2002 and is a long-standing Trustee of the Lionel Murphy Foundation which awards national and international postgraduate scholarships. Professor Hocking's biography of Gough Whitlam will be published by Melbourne University Publishing.
Grants 2000 - 2008
External Nationally Competitive
- ARC Linkage Grant with National Library of Australia and National Archives of Australia, 2006-2008
- ARC QEII Research Fellowship, 1999-2005
- Harold White Fellowship, National Library of Australia, 2002
- New South Wales Law Foundation, electronic delivery of a selection of speeches by Lionel Murphy, 1999
Recent Monash Internal Grants
- with Associate Professor Colleen Lewis, Sara Cousins, Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements, Conference Development and Organisation Grant, Prato, September 2005 Terrorism and the Future of Democracy $47,000
- with Associate Professor Colleen Lewis. Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements. Conference Attendance and Presentation Grant. Prato. September 2004 $4,000
- Monash Travel Grant for international conference presentation and attendance at the biennial European Association for the Study of Australia Conference Portugal October 2003. $2,000
- with Dr Colleen Lewis, Head of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Monash Publications Grant Committee grant to assist with publication of jointly edited collection on the Whitlam government. $6,000.
Selected Publications 2000-2007
Single-authored monographs
- Frank Hardy: politics literature life , Lothian Books, Melbourne, 2005.
- Terror Laws: ASIO , counter-terrorism and the threat to democracy, University of New South Wales Press. Sydney, 2004.
- Lionel Murphy: a political biography, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, 2000, paperback edition with new foreword by Justice Michael Kirby and new epilogue 'Did Lionel Murphy really happen?' by the author.
- Beyond Terrorism: the development of the Australian security state, Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 1993.
Edited
- Hocking, J. & Lewis, C. (eds) The Post-democratic Era:Counter-terrorism and the State Edward Elgar Publishing. London . 2007 (in press)
Edited monographs
- Hocking, J. & Lewis, C. (eds) The Post-democratic Era: Counter-terrorism and the State Edward Elgar Publishing. London . 2007 (in press)
- Hocking, J. & Lewis, C. (eds) It's Time Again: Whitlam and Modern Labor Circa Books. Melbourne . 2003.
Refereed journal articles and book chapters
- 'Academic Freedom in an Age of Terror' in Turk, J. & Manson, A. (eds)Academic Freedom in Fearful Times James Lorimer Publishing. Canada . 2007
- 'Counter-terrorism and the politics of social cohesion' in Jupp, J., Nieuwenhuysen, J., Dawson, E. (eds.) Social Cohesion in Australia . Melbourne : Cambridge University Press, 2007 pp.182-190
- E.G. (Gough) Whitlam' Oxford Companion to Australian Politics Oxford University Press. Melbourne 2007 (forthcoming)
- 'L.K. (Lionel) Murphy' Oxford Companion to Australian Politics Oxford University Press. Melbourne 2007 (forthcoming)
- 'Counter-terrorism and the criminalisation of politics; Australia's new security powers of detention, proscription and control' Australian Journal of Politics and History Vol.49 No.3 September 2003 :355-371
- 'Developments in Australia's counter-terrorism strategy: Towards a surveillance society' in Das, D. & Kratcoski, P. (eds) Meeting the challenges of global terrorism: Prevention, control and recovery Lexington Books, 2003: 249-266
- with Lewis, C. 'Thirty years later: the Whitlam government as modernist politics' in Hocking, J. & Lewis, C. It's time again: Whitlam and modern Labor Circa Books, Melbourne, 2003: 1-9
- 'Homophobes, hypocrites, Heffernan and Howard' Overland 167 Winter 2002: 63-68
- 'Robert Menzies' 'fundamental authoritarianism': The 1951 Referendum' in Love, P. & Strangio, P. (eds) Arguing the Cold War Red Rag Publications. Melbourne. 2001
- 'Recontesting the cultural cold-war: Frank Hardy, Power without glory and criminal libel' in Griffiths, P. & Webb, R. (eds)work.organisation.struggle: Proceedings Seventh National Labour History Conference Australian Society for the Study of Labour History. Canberra. 2001 :156-161
- 'Marketing Frank Hardy: The revival of biography as scandal' Journal of Australian Studies No. 68 August 2001 :146-153
- 'A.W. Martin's Menzies: No Aboriginals and no women' Labour History No. 79 November 2000: 213-220
- 'A Law is made' with D. Dellora 17 min. documentary (for the Parliament of Victoria) 2000 (Media Script)
- Post-War Reconstruction and the New World Order: The Origins Of Gough Whitlam's Democratic Citizen' Australian Journal of Politics and History 53 (2) June 2007 :223-235.
Reviews
- 'Past imperfect, present tense' review of The History Wars Macintyre, S. & Clark, A. The Age 31 August 2003
Opinion pieces
- 'Flawed view of security power hits democracy' The Canberra Times November 2003 (lead opinion piece)
- 'Still a bad Bill' The Canberra Times 26 June 2003
- 'A plea for caution' Arena Magazine January 2002
- 'Whitlam' Canberra Times 1 December 2002
- 'Heffernan's agenda fits Howard's plan' The Age 15 March 2002
- 'Story of a High Court judge is a modern tragedy' Sydney Morning Herald 31 August 2000
Parliamentary and Policy Submissions 2000-2006
- 2006 Submission to the International Commission of Jurists Eminent Jurists Panel Terrorism, Counter-terrorism and Human Rights Sydney. 14 March 2006
- 2005 Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee inquiry into the Anti-Terrorism Bill (No 2) 2005
- 2002 Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee inquiry into proposed 'terrorism' offences and Executive proscription powers
- 2002 Invited to give evidence in person before the Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee, Melbourne hearings
- 2002 Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD inquiry into proposed detention powers for ASIO
Keynote Addresses 2000-2006
- 2005a '"Phantoms of Lost Liberty"' Plenary Session Two 'Law and Terror' Australasian Law Teachers Association Conference. One Law for All? University of Waikato. New Zealand. 5-8 July
- 2005b 'ASIO , Law and Politics in the Post-Democratic State' Democracy: Participation and Exclusion Law Students for a Just Community Conference. Mt Evelyn. 8-9 August
- 2002 'Counter-terrorism and the Criminalisation of Politics: Australia's New Security Powers of Detention, Proscription and Control' Public Plenary Conflict and Culture: War and Terror in the Modern World Research Group on War, Society and Culture Conference. University ofNewcastle. September/October.
Invited Conference and Forum Speaker 2000-2006
- 2006 New South Wales Teachers Federation. State Council. 'Terror Laws and Academic Freedom' Sydney. 6 May
- 2005a 'The impact of anti-terror measures on academic freedom and universities' NTEU National Seminar Academic Freedom, Universities and the New Terror Laws Melbourne
- 2005b 'Liberty, Security and the State' Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Symposium. Ideas and Influence Shine Dome. Australian National University. December
- 2003 'Australian terror laws: an historical critique' National Forum: The War on Terrorism and the Rule of Law. University of New South Wales. Gilbert & Tobin Centre for Public Law. NSW Parliament House. 10 November
- 2002b'The war on terrorism': Democracy under challenge Law School Conference. Victoria University. 9 August
- 2002c City/State/Surveillance post-September 11. University of Technology, Sydney. Law School Conference. Horti Hall. Melbourne Session. 20 July
Other Conference Papers 2000-2006
- 2003 'The development of the Australian security state' European Australian Studies Association Aveiro. Portugal. September
- 2001a 'The fire within: Frank Hardy's The Unlucky Australians' European Australian Studies Association Lecce. Italy. September
- 2001b 'The mad Australian: Frank Hardy's four years in Provence' Association for the Study of Australian Literature Conference. Melbourne University. July
- 2001c 'Literature and legal intervention: Frank Hardy, Power Without Glory, and criminal libel' Law and Society Conference LaTrobe University. Melbourne
- 2001d 'Recontesting the cultural cold-war: Frank Hardy, Power without glory and criminal libel' Seventh National Labour History Conference ANU Canberra. April