Associate Professor Margaret Henderson
Associate Professor

Margaret Henderson

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Background

Margaret teaches in the literature area in the School of Communication and Arts. Her teaching interests are literary theory, contemporary women’s writing, and postmodern fiction.

Margaret is the author of Marking Feminist Times: Remembering the Longest Revolution in Australia, a study of Australian feminist cultural memory; Kathy Acker: Punk Writer; and co-author with Anthea Taylor of Postfeminism in Context: Women, Australian Popular Culture, and the Unsettling of Postfeminism. She is the co-editor of Terra-Recognita: New Essays in Australian Studies, Manifesting Australian Literary Feminisms: Nexus and Faultlines, and Things that Liberate: An Australian Feminist Wunderkammer. She has also published numerous articles on feminist fiction and culture, and autobiography.

She has been a consultant to the National Museum of Australia, advising on a modern Australian women's movement collection. Her current project is a monograph on women’s punk and post-punk memoirs.

Availability

Associate Professor Margaret Henderson is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

Fields of research

Historical studies Literary studies

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, The University of Queensland
  • Masters (Research) of English Literature, The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Research interests

  • contemporary life writing

  • The writings of Kathy Acker

  • Feminist material culture

  • Postmodernism

  • Cultural poetics of the women's movement

Search Professor Margaret Henderson’s works on UQ eSpace

66 works between 1996 and 2025
All (66) Journal Article (48) Book Chapter (11) Book (4) Other Outputs (2) Edited Outputs (1)

21 - 40 of 66 works

2013

Journal Article

Pornography in the service of lesbians: the case of Wicked Women and Slit magazines

Henderson, Margaret (2013). Pornography in the service of lesbians: the case of Wicked Women and Slit magazines. The Australasian Journal of Popular Culture, 2 (2), 159-182-182. doi: 10.1386/ajpc.2.2.159_1

Pornography in the service of lesbians: the case of Wicked Women and Slit magazines

2013

Journal Article

“The Australian women's movement goes to the museum: the ‘cultures of Australian feminist activism, 1970–1990’ project”

Bartlett, Alison and Henderson, Margaret (2013). “The Australian women's movement goes to the museum: the ‘cultures of Australian feminist activism, 1970–1990’ project”. Women's Studies International Forum, 37, 85-94. doi: 10.1016/j.wsif.2012.10.013

“The Australian women's movement goes to the museum: the ‘cultures of Australian feminist activism, 1970–1990’ project”

2013

Book Chapter

Working with feminist things: the wunderkammer as feminist methodology

Bartlett, Alison and Henderson, Margaret (2013). Working with feminist things: the wunderkammer as feminist methodology. Things That Liberate: An Australian Feminist Wunderkammer. (pp. 1-16) edited by Alison Bartlett and Margaret Henderson. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Working with feminist things: the wunderkammer as feminist methodology

2013

Book

Things that liberate: an Australian feminist wunderkammer

Alison Bartlett and Margaret Henderson eds. (2013). Things that liberate: an Australian feminist wunderkammer. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Things that liberate: an Australian feminist wunderkammer

2013

Journal Article

Archiving the feminist self: reflections on the personal papers of Merle Thornton

Henderson, Margaret (2013). Archiving the feminist self: reflections on the personal papers of Merle Thornton. Archives and Manuscripts, 41 (2), 91-104. doi: 10.1080/01576895.2013.806013

Archiving the feminist self: reflections on the personal papers of Merle Thornton

2013

Book Chapter

Album: Horses

Henderson, Margaret (2013). Album: Horses. Things That Liberate: An Australian Feminist Wunderkammer. (pp. 19-30) edited by Alison Bartlett and Margaret Henderson. Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Album: Horses

2013

Journal Article

A celebratory feminist aesthetics in postfeminist times: screening the Australian women’s liberation in paper giants - The Birth of Cleo

Henderson, Margaret (2013). A celebratory feminist aesthetics in postfeminist times: screening the Australian women’s liberation in paper giants - The Birth of Cleo. Australian Feminist Studies, 28 (77), 250-262. doi: 10.1080/08164649.2013.821727

A celebratory feminist aesthetics in postfeminist times: screening the Australian women’s liberation in paper giants - The Birth of Cleo

2012

Journal Article

THE ACTIVIST'S ARCHIVE: Merle Thornton

Dever, Maryanne and Henderson, Margaret (2012). THE ACTIVIST'S ARCHIVE: Merle Thornton. Australian Feminist Studies, 27 (72), 221-223. doi: 10.1080/08164649.2012.676759

THE ACTIVIST'S ARCHIVE: Merle Thornton

2011

Journal Article

Trouble: Evolution of a radical, selected writings 1970-2010

Henderson, Margaret (2011). Trouble: Evolution of a radical, selected writings 1970-2010. Australian Feminist Studies, 26 (69), 380-382. doi: 10.1080/08164649.2011.606607

Trouble: Evolution of a radical, selected writings 1970-2010

2010

Journal Article

The Feminine Mystique of individualism is powerful: Two American feminist memoirs in postfeminist times

Henderson, Margaret (2010). The Feminine Mystique of individualism is powerful: Two American feminist memoirs in postfeminist times. Auto/Biography Studies, 23 (2), 165-184. doi: 10.1080/08989575.2008.10846777

The Feminine Mystique of individualism is powerful: Two American feminist memoirs in postfeminist times

2009

Journal Article

Memoirs of our nervous illness: The Queensland Police Special Branch files of Carole Ferrier as political auto/biography

Henderson, Margaret and Winter, Alexandra (2009). Memoirs of our nervous illness: The Queensland Police Special Branch files of Carole Ferrier as political auto/biography. Life Writing, 6 (3), 349-367. doi: 10.1080/14484520903082991

Memoirs of our nervous illness: The Queensland Police Special Branch files of Carole Ferrier as political auto/biography

2009

Journal Article

Manifesting Australian literary feminisms: Nexus and faultlines

Vickery, Ann and Henderson, Margaret (2009). Manifesting Australian literary feminisms: Nexus and faultlines. Australian Literary Studies, 24 (3-4), 1-19.

Manifesting Australian literary feminisms: Nexus and faultlines

2008

Journal Article

Feminism in the hearts and minds and words of men: Revisiting men's cultural remembrance of Australian feminism in the new millennium

Henderson, Margaret (2008). Feminism in the hearts and minds and words of men: Revisiting men's cultural remembrance of Australian feminism in the new millennium. Dialogue: Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, 27 (3), 29-39.

Feminism in the hearts and minds and words of men: Revisiting men's cultural remembrance of Australian feminism in the new millennium

2008

Journal Article

Wonders taken for signs: The cultural activism of the Australian women's movement as avant-garde reformation

Henderson, Margaret (2008). Wonders taken for signs: The cultural activism of the Australian women's movement as avant-garde reformation. Lilith, 17, 2-10.

Wonders taken for signs: The cultural activism of the Australian women's movement as avant-garde reformation

2008

Journal Article

Making feminist memory, American style

Henderson, Margaret (2008). Making feminist memory, American style. Contemporary Women's Writing, 2 (2), 174-180. doi: 10.1093/cww/vpn019

Making feminist memory, American style

2007

Journal Article

Notes towards an archive of Australian feminist activism

Bartlett, Alison, Dever, Maryanne and Henderson, Margaret (2007). Notes towards an archive of Australian feminist activism. Outskirts: Feminisms Along the Edge, 16.

Notes towards an archive of Australian feminist activism

2007

Journal Article

Betty Friedan (1921-2006)

Henderson, M. (2007). Betty Friedan (1921-2006). Australian Feminist Studies, 22 (53), 163-166. doi: 10.1080/08164640701361725

Betty Friedan (1921-2006)

2006

Edited Outputs

Journal of Australian Studies

Journal of Australian Studies. (2006). 86

Journal of Australian Studies

2006

Book

Marking Feminist Times: Remembering the Longest Revolution in Australia

Henderson, M. A. (2006). Marking Feminist Times: Remembering the Longest Revolution in Australia. Bern, New York: Peter Lang.

Marking Feminist Times: Remembering the Longest Revolution in Australia

2006

Journal Article

Introduction: The terra of recognition

Henderson, M. A. and Dale, L. (2006). Introduction: The terra of recognition. Journal of Australian Studies, 86, 1-6.

Introduction: The terra of recognition

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2027
    Digital Labour, Australian Women Authors, and Public Persona-Building (ARC Linkage Project administered by The University of Sydney)
    University of Sydney
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2011
    Archiving Australian Feminism: the papers of Merle Thornton
    Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2011
    Archiving Australian feminism: the Merle Thornton Papers
    Myer Foundation/Sidney Myer Fund - DISCONTINUED: DO NOT USE
    Open grant
  • 2009
    The Australian Feminist Memory Project 1970-1990
    National Museum of Australia
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2008
    The Australian Feminist Memory Project: Cultures of Activism, 1970-1990
    UQ FirstLink Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2003
    Mnemonics for Political Amnesiacs: British and American Feminist Autobiographies of the 1990s
    University of Queensland Research Development Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2000
    Struggle for memory: Histories and texts of the Australian Women's Movement.
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 1999 - 2001
    The (D)Evolution of Sports Magazines: The strange case of "Tracks" and "Rugby League Week"
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant

Availability

Associate Professor Margaret Henderson is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Sappho's Daughters: The Self-Empowerment of Female Intellectuals in A.S Byatt and Sarah Water's Neo-Victorian Novels

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Melissa Dickson

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Nature, Naomi, and Kali: Allen Ginsberg's Mothers

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Bronwyn Lea

  • Doctor Philosophy

    As Long As You Keep It Quiet: A History of Queer and Queer-Coded Drama in Australia

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Stephen Carleton

  • Doctor Philosophy

    As Long As You Keep It Quiet: A History of Queer and Queer-Coded Drama in Australia

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Stephen Carleton

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Nature, Naomi, and Kali: Allen Ginsberg's Mothers

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Bronwyn Lea

Completed supervision

Enquiries

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  • Australian culture
  • Australian sport
  • Feminism
  • Feminist studies
  • Postmodernism
  • Sports magazines
  • Surf culture
  • Women's studies

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