Professor Desley Deacon
ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Areas of expertise
- Biography 210304
- North American History 210312
- Historical Studies 2103
- Gender Specific Studies 169901
- Drama, Theatre And Performance Studies 190404
- Film And Television 190204
- Australian History (Excl. Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander History) 210303
Publications
- Deacon, D 2017, 'From 'Wild Jill' to Stella Miles Franklin', History Australia, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 579-583pp.
- Deacon, D 2015, 'Book Review: Theatre royalty: A dual biography of two acting legends in Double-Act: The Remarkable Lives and Careers of Googie Withers and John McCallum by Brian McFarlane', Australian Book Review, vol. 372, no. June-July 2015, pp. 41-42.
- Deacon, D 2013, ''Every-bit-as-good-as-gay': Restyling heterosexuality in 1940s New York', History Australia, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 77-98.
- Deacon, D 2013, '"Every-bit-as-good-as-gay": Restyling heterosexuality in 1940s New York', History Australia, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 77-98.
- Deacon, D 2013, 'From Victorian Accomplishment to Modern Profession: Elocution Takes Judith Anderson, Sylvia Bremer and Dorothy Cumming to Hollywood, 1912-1918', Australasian Journal of Victorian Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 40-65.
- Deacon, D 2012, 'Book Review - Down the garden path', History Australia, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 237-238.
- Deacon, D 2012, 'Celebrity Sexuality: Judith Anderson, Mrs Danvers, Sexuality and 'Truthfulness' in Biography', Australian Historical Studies, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 45-60.
- Deacon, D 2012, 'Outlaw Fan: Judith Anderson, international star, grows up in Adelaide', Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia, vol. 40, pp. 66-80.
- Deacon, D 2012, 'BOOK REVIEW - Michael Keane: Views From the Balcony'.
- Deacon, D 2012, 'BOOK REVIEW - Alice Kessler-Harris: A Difficult Woman'.
- Nye, A, Hughes-Warrington, M, Roe, J et al 2011, 'Exploring historical thinking and agency with undergraduate history students', Studies in Higher Education, vol. 36, no. 7, pp. 763-780.
- Nye, A, Hughes-Warrington, M, Roe, J et al 2011, 'Exploring historical thinking and agency with undergraduate history students', Studies in Higher Education, vol. 36, no. 7, pp. 763-780.
- Deacon, D 2010, 'Becoming Cosmopolitan: Judith Anderson in Sydney, Australia, 1913-1918', in Desley Deacon, Penny Russell and Angela Woollacott (ed.), Transnational Lives: Biographies of Global Modernity, 1700-present, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, Hampshire, UK, pp. 238-251.
- Deacon, D, Russell, P & Woollacott, A, eds, 2010, Transnational Lives: Biographies of Global Modernity, 1700-present, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, Hampshire, UK.
- Deacon, D, Russell, P & Woollacott, A 2010, 'Introduction: (Transnational Lives: Biographies of Global Modernity, 1700-present)', in Desley Deacon, Penny Russell and Angela Woollacott (ed.), Transnational Lives: Biographies of Global Modernity, 1700-present, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, Hampshire, UK, pp. 1-11.
- Nye, A, Hughes-Warrington, M, Roe, J et al 2009, 'Historical Thinking in Higher Education - Staff and Student Perceptions of the Nature of Historical Thinking', History Australia, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 72.1-73.16.
- HughesWarrington, M, Roe, J, Nye, A et al 2009, Historical Thinking in Higher Education: An ALTC Discipline-Based Initiative, Australian Learning & Teaching Council.
- Deacon, D, Russell, P & Woollacott, A, eds, 2008, Transnational Ties: Australian Lives in the World, ANU ePress, Canberra, ACT.
- Deacon, D, Russell, P & Woollacott, A 2008, 'Introduction [to Transnational Lives: Australian Lives in the World]', in Desley Deacon, Penny Russell and Angela Woollacott (ed.), Transnational ties: Australian lives in the world, ANU ePress, Canberra, ACT, pp. xiii-xxi.
- Deacon, D 2008, 'Introduction "From the President"', History Australia, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 1.1.
- Deacon, D 2008, 'Location! Location! Location! Mind maps and theatrical circuits in Australian transnational history: Presidential address, July 2008', History Australia, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 81.1-81.16.
- Deacon, D, Russell, P & Woollacott, A, eds, 2008, Transnational Ties Australian Lives in the World, ANU ePress, Canberra, ACT.
- Deacon, D 2008, 'A Cosmopolitan at Home: How Sydney was the conduit to the world for stage and screen star Judith Anderson', Meanjin, vol. 66 & 67, no. 4 & 1, pp. 190-200.
- Deacon, D 2008, 'Cosmopolitans at home: Judith Anderson and the American aspirations of J.C. Williamson Stock Company members, 1897-1918', in Robert Dixon and Veronica Kelly (ed.), Impact of the Modern: Vernacular Modernities in Australia 1870s-1960s, Sydney University Press, Sydney, pp. 202-223.
- Deacon, D 2007, 'Notes From the President', History Australia, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 35.1-35.2.
- Deacon, D 2007, 'The President's Notes', History Australia, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 1.1.
- Deacon, D 2007, 'An Affair to Remember', Meanjin, vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 83-95.
- Deacon, D & Damousi, J 2007, 'Introduction: Listening to the Past', in Joy Demousi and Desley Deacon (ed.), Talking and Listening in the Age of Modernity: Essays on the history of sound, ANU ePress, Canberra, Australia, pp. 1-5.
- Deacon, D & Damousi, J, eds, 2007, Talking and Listening in the Age of Modernity - Essays on the history of sound, ANU ePress, Canberra, Australia.
- Deacon, D 2007, 'World English? How an Australian Invented "Good American Speech"', in Joy Demousi and Desley Deacon (ed.), Talking and Listening in the Age of Modernity: Essays on the history of sound, ANU ePress, Canberra, Australia, pp. 73-82.
- Deacon, D 2006, 'From the President', History Australia, vol. 3, no. 2.
- Deacon, D 2006, 'From Sydney to Hollywood: JCW Stock Companies and the World Theatrical Market', Australian modernities International Conference: Vernacular Performers and Consumers, ed. University of Queensland, University of Queensland, Queensland.
- Deacon, D 2005, 'Films as Foreign Offices: Transnationalism at Paramount in the Twenties and Early Thirties', in Ann Curthoys and Marilyn Lake (ed.), Connected Worlds: History in Transnational Perspective, ANU ePress, Canberra, Australia, pp. 129-146.
- Deacon, D 2005, 'Stanton, Elizabeth Cady 1815-1902', in M Spongberg, A Curthoys and B Caine (ed.), Companion to Women's Historical Writing, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 541-543.
- Deacon, D 2005, 'Anthony, Susan B 1820-1906', in M Spongberg, A Curthoys and B Caine (ed.), Companion to Women's Historical Writing, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 19-21pp.
- Deacon, D 2005, 'Gage, Matilda Joslyn 1826-1898', in M Spongberg, A Curthoys and B Caine (ed.), Companion to Women's Historical Writing, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 217-218pp.
- Deacon, D 2004, 'Cruel and Barbarous Treatment: the Marriage of Mary McCarthy and Edmund Wilson', Australian Feminist Studies, vol. 19, no. 43, pp. 103-115.
- Deacon, D 2003, 'A Global Shift in the Research School of Social Sciences', Australian Historical Association Bulletin, vol. 96, pp. 4-6.
- Deacon, D 2002, 'Intermarriage', Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. vii-x.
- Deacon, D 2001, 'Review of Michael King, Wrestling with the Angel: A Life of Janet Frame', Women's Review of Books.
