Associate Professor Geoff Ginn
Associate Professor

Geoff Ginn

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Background

Geoff teaches British history, urban history, historigraphy and public history in the School of Historical & Philosophical Inquiry. His biography of the English mystic, antiquarian, Freemason and museums pioneer J.S.M. Ward appeared as Archangels & Archaeology: JSM Ward's Kingdom of the Wise in 2012, followed by Culture, Philanthopy and the Poor in Late-Victorian London (Routledge, 2017, paperback edition 2019). His current projects include an ARC Linkage project (2019-2022) to develop a Queensland Atlas of Religon, as well as a book project on the intimate politics of social liberalism in Britain, 1880-1920. Since 2005 he has served on the Board of the State Library of Queensland (to 2008) and the Queensland Museum (2008-2013, 2017-2023), and as a judge in the Queensland Literary Awards.

Availability

Associate Professor Geoff Ginn is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

Fields of research

Historical studies

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Research interests

  • Queensland Atlas of Religion

    Aspects of religious diversity and community experience in Queensland, historically and in the present.

Research impacts

Geoff's research spans the academic, public history and museum sectors. In addition to scholarly research in British history, urban history and heritage studies, he has undertaken a number of consultancies and contracts as a professional historian. He was a Chief Investigator on the innovative ARC Linkage project to develop the Queensland Historical Atlas (2007-2010), and is presently first CI on another ARC Linkage project to develop a Queensland Atlas of Religion (to be completed 2023-24, in partnership with the State Library of Queensland). In 2015-2018 he led a UQ colaboration to secure Queensland Anzac Centenary funding to develop and produce The Blood Votes, an original play by Michael Futcher dramatising the Queensland conscription debates of 1916-17. This was staged by the Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble in November 2018, accompanied by a website of teaching materials and original sources developed in collaboration with the Queensland History Teachers Association. (https://hpi.uq.edu.au/australian-conscription-debate)

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56 works between 2001 and 2024
All (56) Journal Article (36) Book Chapter (9) Conference Publication (2) Book (4) Other Outputs (2) Edited Outputs (3)

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2017

Book

Culture, philanthropy and the poor in late-Victorian London

Ginn, Geoffrey A. C. (2017). Culture, philanthropy and the poor in late-Victorian London. London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315184999

Culture, philanthropy and the poor in late-Victorian London

2024

Journal Article

The Saints of Silkwood

Ginn, Geoff and Bowles, Adam (2024). The Saints of Silkwood. Queensland Atlas of Religion.

The Saints of Silkwood

2023

Journal Article

Editorial note

Ginn, Geoff and Featherstone, Lisa (2023). Editorial note. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 69 (4), 579-579. doi: 10.1111/ajph.12960

Editorial note

2022

Book

Kirrenderri, heart of the Channel Country: a University of Queensland Anthropology Museum touring exhibition

Michael C. Westaway, Mandana Mapar, Tracey Hough, Shawnee Gorringe and Geoff Ginn eds. (2022). Kirrenderri, heart of the Channel Country: a University of Queensland Anthropology Museum touring exhibition. Brisbane, QLD Australia: UQ Anthropology Museum.

Kirrenderri, heart of the Channel Country: a University of Queensland Anthropology Museum touring exhibition

2022

Book Chapter

'We are all still here': anthropological perspectives on cultural change

Martin, Richard and Ginn, Geoff (2022). 'We are all still here': anthropological perspectives on cultural change. Kirrenderri: heart of the Channel Country. (pp. 39-42) edited by Michael C. Westaway, Mandana Mapar, Tracey Hough, Shawnee Gorringe and Geoff Ginn. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland Anthropology Museum.

'We are all still here': anthropological perspectives on cultural change

2021

Journal Article

Editorial note

Ginn, Geoffrey A. C. and Featherstone, Lisa (2021). Editorial note. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 67 (1), 1-1. doi: 10.1111/ajph.12767

Editorial note

2021

Book Chapter

University extension and the settlement idea

Ginn, Geoffrey A. C. (2021). University extension and the settlement idea. The settlement house movement revisited: a transnational history. (pp. 91-107) edited by John Gal, Stefan Köngeter and Sarah Vicary. Bristol, United Kingdom: Policy Press.

University extension and the settlement idea

2020

Journal Article

Review of Progressive New World: How Settler Colonialism and Transpacific Exchange Shaped American Reform

Ginn, Geoffrey A. C. (2020). Review of Progressive New World: How Settler Colonialism and Transpacific Exchange Shaped American Reform. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 66 (1), 176-177. doi: 10.1111/ajph.12660

Review of Progressive New World: How Settler Colonialism and Transpacific Exchange Shaped American Reform

2019

Journal Article

Book review: Exhibiting War: The Great War, Museums and Memory in Britain, Canada, and Australia

Ginn, Geoffrey A. C. (2019). Book review: Exhibiting War: The Great War, Museums and Memory in Britain, Canada, and Australia. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 65 (1), 157-158. doi: 10.1111/ajph.12558

Book review: Exhibiting War: The Great War, Museums and Memory in Britain, Canada, and Australia

2019

Book Chapter

Altruism and the Monks of Thelema: Ideals and Realities

Ginn, Geoffrey A. C. (2019). Altruism and the Monks of Thelema: Ideals and Realities. Walter Besant: the business of literature and the pleasures of reform. (pp. 151-170) edited by Kevin A. Morrison. Liverpool, United Kingdom: Liverpool University Press. doi: 10.3828/liverpool/9781789620351.003.0009

Altruism and the Monks of Thelema: Ideals and Realities

2019

Book Chapter

Staging history in Brisbane's Anzac centenary

Ginn, Geoffrey A. C. (2019). Staging history in Brisbane's Anzac centenary. The Great War: aftermath and commemoration. (pp. 179-192) edited by Carolyn Holbrook and Keir Reeves. Sydney, Australia: UNSW Press.

Staging history in Brisbane's Anzac centenary

2018

Journal Article

Philanthropic Discourse in Anglo-American Literature, 1850-1920

Ginn, Geoffrey A. C. (2018). Philanthropic Discourse in Anglo-American Literature, 1850-1920. Nineteenth-Century Contexts: an interdisciplinary journal, 40 (4), 411-412. doi: 10.1080/08905495.2018.1481638

Philanthropic Discourse in Anglo-American Literature, 1850-1920

2017

Journal Article

The Conscription Conflict and the Great War

Ginn, Geoffrey A. C. (2017). The Conscription Conflict and the Great War. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 63 (3), 478-480. doi: 10.1111/ajph.12389

The Conscription Conflict and the Great War

2016

Journal Article

Distant Strangers: How Britain Became Modern

Ginn, Geoffrey A. C. (2016). Distant Strangers: How Britain Became Modern. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 62 (1), 160-161. doi: 10.1111/ajph.12234

Distant Strangers: How Britain Became Modern

2016

Book Chapter

Cities, imperial

Ginn, Geoffrey and Spearritt, Peter (2016). Cities, imperial. The encyclopedia of empire. (pp. 1-14) edited by John M. MacKenzie, Nigel Dalziel, Nicholas Doumanis and Michael W. Charney. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781118455074

Cities, imperial

2015

Journal Article

Review of Ten cities that made an empire

Ginn, Geoffrey A. C. (2015). Review of Ten cities that made an empire. Australian Journal of Politics and History, 61 (1), 154-155.

Review of Ten cities that made an empire

2013

Journal Article

Impressions and inscriptions: making Brisbane Town

Ginn, Geoffrey A. C. (2013). Impressions and inscriptions: making Brisbane Town. Queensland History Journal, 21 (12), 791-808.

Impressions and inscriptions: making Brisbane Town

2013

Journal Article

Leichhardt’s colonial panorama: social observation in his Australian diaries

Ginn, Geoff (2013). Leichhardt’s colonial panorama: social observation in his Australian diaries. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum Cultural Heritage Series, 7 (2), 561-574.

Leichhardt’s colonial panorama: social observation in his Australian diaries

2013

Conference Publication

Spectacles remembered: the retrospective vocabularies of a Victorian childhood

Ginn, Geoffrey A.C. (2013). Spectacles remembered: the retrospective vocabularies of a Victorian childhood. AVSA 2012: Australasian Victorian Studies Association Conference, Nathan, QLD, Australia, 11-14 April, 2012. North Ryde, NSW, Australia: Macquarie Lighthouse E-book Publishing.

Spectacles remembered: the retrospective vocabularies of a Victorian childhood

2012

Journal Article

Grassy hills: colonial defence and coastal forts

Ginn, Geoff and Rough, Brian (2012). Grassy hills: colonial defence and coastal forts. Queensland Historical Atlas.

Grassy hills: colonial defence and coastal forts

Current funding

  • 2019 - 2024
    The Queensland Atlas of Religion
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2018
    The blood votes: a historical drama
    Queensland Anzac Centenary Grants Program
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    "Conscription!?" The debates of 1916-17 as historical theatre
    Queensland Anzac Centenary Grants Program
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2009
    The Queensland Historical Atlas: Histories, Cultures, Landscapes
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2007
    The Queensland Historical Atlas: Histories, Cultures, Landscapes
    UQ FirstLink Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2002 - 2003
    John Ward: Historical Biography
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant

Availability

Associate Professor Geoff Ginn is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Master Philosophy

    German Lutheran Leadership in Southeast Queensland During World War 1

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Andrew Bonnell

  • Master Philosophy

    An assessment of the social significance of public buildings to understand past heritage management decisions, and inform future heritage management.

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Andrew Wilson

  • Doctor Philosophy

    FM Bailey: Botanist in Colonial Queensland

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Rod Fensham

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Collecting Antiquities in Wartime: Australian antiquities collectors in the First World War

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Andrew Fairbairn

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Pastoralism and Modernity in the Burnett region of Queensland, 1890-1920

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Adjunct Professor Ruth Kerr

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Why Go Modern? The Catholic School Designs of Frank L. Cullen

    Associate Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    From the oder and the rhine: Germans in South Australia, 1838-1914

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Andrew Bonnell

  • Doctor Philosophy

    From Revolutionary Hopes to Shattered Dreams: the far left in Australia, 1918-1925

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Andrew Bonnell

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Bulgarian participation in the Brest-Litovsk Treaty negotiations

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Andrew Bonnell

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Russian and Ukrainian diaspora in Australia: cultural memory, perceptions of identity

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Andrew Bonnell

  • Master Philosophy

    Radicalism in the rank-and-file shop committee and assembly movements in Australian trade unions from 1930-1960

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Andrew Bonnell

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Climate, resource and culturally responsive strategies for tropical buildings: Comparative study of educational buildings in post-war West Africa within the global context.

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Antony Moulis, Dr Andrew Wilson

  • Doctor Philosophy

    "Spiritual Hungary": Self-Representation, National Heritage, and Identity at the Hungarian Australian Cultural Festivals (1969-2017)

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Andrew Bonnell

Completed supervision

Enquiries

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  • Applied history
  • British history
  • Heritage studies
  • Historical consultancy
  • History - applied
  • History - British
  • History - urban
  • Modern British history
  • Urban history

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