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Issue Details: First known date: 2022... 2022 The Work of History : Writing for Stuart Macintyre
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'An exploration of the work and legacy of one of Australia's most distinguished historians

'Stuart Macintyre was an eminent figure within the world of Australian history scholarship for 45 years. This collection of essays and responses revisits and extends this extraordinary life of achievement and engagement. Leading scholars write here of Macintyre's contribution to understanding radicalism and communism, postwar reconstruction, education and civics, universities, liberalism, historiography and the history wars. They also tell us about collegiality and friendship.

'The practice of history writing and telling has long been central to the narrative of the nation in Australia. The Work of History connects us to that past. It raises the question of what comes next, and re-values Macintyre's contribution, serving both as a snapshot of the state of the historian's art, and an introduction to those who come more recently to this highly contested field.' (Publication summary)

Contents

* Contents derived from the Carlton, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,:Melbourne University Press , 2022 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Introduction : The Work of History, Peter Beilharz , Sian Supski , single work essay
What Happened in the 1970s, Geoff Eley , single work essay
Stuart Macintyre and British Communism, Kevin Morgan , single work essay
Stuart Macintyre and Austraian Communism, Terry Irving , single work essay
Militant : Stuart Macintyre and Paddy Troy, Bobbie Oliver , single work essay
Writing Communist History, Ann Curthoys , single work essay
Professor and Comrade, Peter Love , single work essay
On Stuart's 'Victorian Visionaries' : Gender, Race and Contested Colonial Liberalisms, Marilyn Lake , single work essay
Stuart Macintyre's New Province for Labour History : Arbitration, the Labor Party and Federation, Frank Bongiorno , single work essay
Collaborating with Stuart, Sheila Fitzpatrick , single work essay
Departments and Discussions, Stephen Knight , single work essay
A Biographer's Journey of Revelation : Stuart Macintyre on Earnest Scott, Joy Damousi , single work essay
Scrutiny, Context and Power : Stuart Macintyre on Australian Historians, Sean Scalmer , single work essay
Taking Note, Diane E. Kirkby , single work essay
'A Very Liberating Experience' : The Historical Repositioning of Postwar Reconstruction, Nicholas Brown , single work essay
Winners and Losers, Rob Watts , single work essay
History and the 'Social Science Project', Tim Rowse , single work essay
Labour Colleagues, Phillip Deery , Julie Kimber , single work essay
Writing the Cambridge 'Australia', Alison Bashford , single work essay
Things as They Are, Kate Darian-Smith , single work essay

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Melanie Nolan Review of Peter Beilharz and Sian Supski, Eds, The Work of History: Writing for Stuart Macintyre Melanie Nolan , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Biography and History , no. 7 2023; (p. 287-292)

— Review of The Work of History : Writing for Stuart Macintyre 2022 anthology essay
Response Stuart Macintyre , 2022 single work essay
— Appears in: The Work of History : Writing for Stuart Macintyre 2022;
Introduction : The Work of History Peter Beilharz , Sian Supski , 2022 single work essay
— Appears in: The Work of History : Writing for Stuart Macintyre 2022;
Ask Stuart! : Essays on the Macintyre Effect Christina Twomey , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 447 2022; (p. 22-23)

— Review of The Work of History : Writing for Stuart Macintyre 2022 anthology essay

'History was work for Stuart Macintyre (1947–2021), writing was his pleasure, and he excelled at both. Peter Beilharz and Sian Supski, scholars from outside Macintyre’s own discipline of history, underscore the breadth of his interests and networks by initiating this collection of twenty-seven essays. They wish to honour Macintyre’s work and interrogate ‘the Macintyre effect’. That effect stemmed from prodigious scholarly output, intervention in national debates, political connections, service to professional bodies and key cultural institutions, a long career of teaching and leadership at the University of Melbourne, and mentorship. The editors seek to establish Macintyre’s legacy through the reflections of others on the interests and issues that inspired his life’s work. They want contributors to avoid genuflecting before launching off into tangential discussion of their own work, the bane of many a Festschrift. Most of them succeed. Contributors were instead asked to ‘add something new, or of themselves’.' (Introduction) 

[Review] The Work of History: Writing for Stuart Macintyre Janet McCalman , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Historical Studies , vol. 53 no. 3 2022; (p. 497-498)

— Review of The Work of History : Writing for Stuart Macintyre 2022 anthology essay

'There is a heaven for those writers whose work lives for generations, and Stuart Macintyre's will. This is not a conventional Festschrift, editors Peter Beilharz and Sian Supski tell us, where ‘invited scholars are licensed to give the subject a nod before bolting off elsewhere on their own’ (2). Instead, each contributor engages with a particular area of Stuart's work, and while some are reminiscences of collaboration and collegiality, others are extended conversations between close colleagues and comrades that we are privileged to overhear. The Work of History not only brings Stuart back, often in ways unknown to some of us, but will ensure that those who never knew him will enjoy his intellectual companionship.'(Introduction)

On the Late Stuart Macintyre Gideon Haigh , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 23 July 2022; (p. 14)

— Review of The Work of History : Writing for Stuart Macintyre 2022 anthology essay
Peter Beilharz and Sian Supski : The Work of History: Writing for Stuart Macintyre Braham Dabscheck , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , August 2022;

— Review of The Work of History : Writing for Stuart Macintyre 2022 anthology essay
These essays are a tribute to one of Australia’s most significant historians, Stuart Macintyre.
[Review] The Work of History: Writing for Stuart Macintyre Janet McCalman , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Historical Studies , vol. 53 no. 3 2022; (p. 497-498)

— Review of The Work of History : Writing for Stuart Macintyre 2022 anthology essay

'There is a heaven for those writers whose work lives for generations, and Stuart Macintyre's will. This is not a conventional Festschrift, editors Peter Beilharz and Sian Supski tell us, where ‘invited scholars are licensed to give the subject a nod before bolting off elsewhere on their own’ (2). Instead, each contributor engages with a particular area of Stuart's work, and while some are reminiscences of collaboration and collegiality, others are extended conversations between close colleagues and comrades that we are privileged to overhear. The Work of History not only brings Stuart back, often in ways unknown to some of us, but will ensure that those who never knew him will enjoy his intellectual companionship.'(Introduction)

Ask Stuart! : Essays on the Macintyre Effect Christina Twomey , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 447 2022; (p. 22-23)

— Review of The Work of History : Writing for Stuart Macintyre 2022 anthology essay

'History was work for Stuart Macintyre (1947–2021), writing was his pleasure, and he excelled at both. Peter Beilharz and Sian Supski, scholars from outside Macintyre’s own discipline of history, underscore the breadth of his interests and networks by initiating this collection of twenty-seven essays. They wish to honour Macintyre’s work and interrogate ‘the Macintyre effect’. That effect stemmed from prodigious scholarly output, intervention in national debates, political connections, service to professional bodies and key cultural institutions, a long career of teaching and leadership at the University of Melbourne, and mentorship. The editors seek to establish Macintyre’s legacy through the reflections of others on the interests and issues that inspired his life’s work. They want contributors to avoid genuflecting before launching off into tangential discussion of their own work, the bane of many a Festschrift. Most of them succeed. Contributors were instead asked to ‘add something new, or of themselves’.' (Introduction) 

Melanie Nolan Review of Peter Beilharz and Sian Supski, Eds, The Work of History: Writing for Stuart Macintyre Melanie Nolan , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Biography and History , no. 7 2023; (p. 287-292)

— Review of The Work of History : Writing for Stuart Macintyre 2022 anthology essay
Introduction : The Work of History Peter Beilharz , Sian Supski , 2022 single work essay
— Appears in: The Work of History : Writing for Stuart Macintyre 2022;
Response Stuart Macintyre , 2022 single work essay
— Appears in: The Work of History : Writing for Stuart Macintyre 2022;
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