P004459 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

All key entry types: Awards; Concepts; Corporate Bodies (Organisations); Cultural Artefacts; People; etc

These key entries are listed separately below with other indexes and lists.

 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2003-03-31 human Ailie Smith updated 2026-01-08 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004459b.htm person Bell Diane OAM AACR2 1943 Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Anthropologist Diane Bell trained as aprimary school teacher but, at the age of 28, decided to study anthropology at Monash University. During her early career as an anthropologist she spent considerable time in the Northern Territory and established her own consulting practice. Much of her work has involved close liaison with Australia's First Nations people, especially on issues related to land rights, law reform, and the roles and rights of women. In 1986 she became Professor of Australian Studies at Deakin University, the first female professor at the University. She has held other senior positions in higher education institutions in both Australia and the United States. After 17 years in the U.S. she returned to Australia in 2005 and for the next eight years lived on Ng country. Bell published a number of books in which she showed thatAboriginal women are owners and managers of land in their own right. Daughters of the Dreaming, (1983) focused on the religious, spiritual and ceremonial lives of Aboriginal women in central Australia. The award-winning NgarrindjeriWurruwarrin: a world that is, was, and will be (1998) examined the issues surrounding the controversial proposal to construct a bridge from Gawler to Hindmarsh Island, South Australia, and the ultimate vindication of the local Aboriginal women. 1961 1961 Education - Primary Teachers' Certificate at Frankston Teachers' College, Victoria 1962 1967 Career position - Primary school teacher in Victoria and New South Wales 1972 1975 Career position - Commonwealth Scholarship, Monash University December 1974 March 1975 Career position - Vacation Scholar in Anthropology, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University 1975 1975 Education - BA(Hons) in Anthropology, Monash University 1976 1976 Career position - Tutor in Anthropology (part-time), Australian National University 1976 1980 Career position - Postgraduate scholarship, Australian National University 1978 1978 Career position - Tutor in Anthropology (part-time), Australian National University 1979 1988 Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Aboriginal history 1981 1981 Career position - Senior Anthropologist, Aboriginal Sacred Sites Protection Authority, Northern Territory 1981 1981 Education - PhD in Social Anthropology, Australian National University 1982 1982 Award - Charles Strong (Australian Church) Memorial Trust Fellow 1982 1982 Career position - Visiting Fellow, Department of Prehistory and Anthropology, Australian National University 1982 1988 Career position - Private practice as a Consulting Anthropologist at Diane Bell and Associates 1983 1983 Career position - Research Fellow in Gender, Ideology and Politics in the South Pacific Workshop in Anthropology at the Research School of Pacific Studies at Australian National University 1984 1986 Career position - Research Fellow on the Social Justice Project, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University April 1985 May 1985 Career position - Visiting Professor in the Women and Social Change Project at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S.A. 1986 1986 Career event - Won competitive tender (with McPhee Gribble) from Australian Bicentennial Authority to write a book about women in Australia: Generations: grandmothers, mothers and daughters (1987) 1986 1988 Career position - Professor of Australian Studies and Founding Director of the Centre for Australian Studies, Deakin University 1987 1987 Award - Zonta High Achiever Award, Zonta Club, Geelong 1988 1988 Award - John Curtin Memorial Lecturer, Australian National University 1989 1998 Career position - Henry R. Luce Professor of Religion, Economic Development and Social Justice, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.A. 1990 1991 Career position - Overseas Media Commentator (bi-weekly broadcasts) for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) 1990 1993 Career position - Founding Director of Women's Studies, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.A. 1990 2005 Career position - Professor of Anthropology and Director of Women's Studies, George Washington University, Washington D.C., U.S.A. 1992 1992 Award - Peter Craigie Memorial Lecturer, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada 1993 1994 Career position - Sabbatical leave, Five College Women's Studies Research Center, Mount Holyoke, Massachusetts, and Anthropology Department at Stanford University, California, U.S.A. 1996 Career position - Honorary Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Anthropology, University of Adelaide 1999 1999 Award - Finalist: Queensland Premier's History Award for Ngarrindjeri Wurruwarrin: a world that is, was, and will be (1998) 1999 1999 Award - New South Wales Premier's Gleebook Award for cultural and literary criticism for Ngarrindjeri Wurruwarrin: a world that is, was, and will be (1998) 1999 1999 Award - Finalist: Age Book of the Year for Ngarrindjeri Wurruwarrin: a world that is, was, and will be (1998) 1999 2005 Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Women's studies international forum 2000 2000 Award - Finalist: Gold Medal for the Australian Literary Society for Ngarrindjeri Wurruwarrin: a world that is, was, and will be (1998) 2000 2000 Award - Senior Scholar Special Commendation of Honor, American Association of University Women (AAUW) 2002 2002 Award - Inducted into the Golden Key Honor Society, November 28, as an Honorary Member for "commitment to higher education and an outstanding job in capacity as Director of Women's Studies" 2005 Career position - Professor Emerita of Anthropology, GeorgeWashington University, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. 2021 2021 Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) - for service to literature 2023 2023 Award - Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship, Writers Victoria Inc. Bell, Genevieve (1967 - )

Diane is Genevieve's mother

 Deakin University (1974 - )

Professor of Australian Studies and Founding Director of the Centre for Australian Studies 1986 - 1988

 The University of Adelaide (1874 - 2026)

Honorary Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Anthropology 1996 -

Wikidata

VIAF - Virtual International Authority File

 Bell, Diane (1943-)

Trove

 'Bell, Diane', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Bell, Diane Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Profile on Women in Science : Fifteen years from school to professor [Diana Bell, anthropologist] Profile on Women in Science : Fifteen years from school to professor [Diana Bell, anthropologist] 1986 Wisenet : Journal of the Women in Science Enquiry Network 7 5 Book: Daughters of the dreaming Bell, Diane Daughters of the dreaming Melbourne: Sydney McPhee Gribble: George Allen & Unwin 1983 Book: 1988: still in search of the just society Bell, Diane 1988: still in search of the just society Canberra Australian National University 1989 Book: Generations : grandmothers, mothers and daughters Bell, Diane Generations : grandmothers, mothers and daughters Fitzroy, Vic. McPhee Gribble/Penguin 1987 Book: Ngarrindjeri Wurruwarrin: a world that is, was, and will be Bell, Diane Ngarrindjeri Wurruwarrin: a world that is, was, and will be North Melbourne Spinifex Press 1998 Diane Bell Collection Deakin University Archives Diane Bell Collection 1987 4 boxes of sound cassettes. It includes transcripts of interviews from her book, Generation: grandmothers, mothers and daughters, Fitzroy, McPhee Gribble/Penguin, 1987. 4 boxes Biographical Cuttings on Diane Bell, author of Australian Studies at Deakin University National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection Biographical Cuttings on Diane Bell, author of Australian Studies at Deakin University Cuttings Files BIOG Fay Gale interviewed by Nikki Henningham in the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia collection [sound recording] National Library of Australia Oral History Collection Fay Gale interviewed by Nikki Henningham in the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia collection [sound recording] TRC 5752 2006 2 digital audio tapes. Fay Gale speaks about her induction into the Academy of the Social Sciences; her research involving Aboriginal communities; the Henderson Poverty Commission; her Postgraduate work; Charles Rowley; Social Science Research Council Aborigines Project; Research at the University of Adelaide; the establishment of the Institute of Aboriginal Studies in Canberra; W.E.H. Stanner; Bill Wentworth; being Fellow of the ASSA (1978); setting up management plans for Kakadu, Uluru; Elspeth Young; Diane Barwick; Diane Bell; Marcia Langton; her time as president of the academy; UNESCO; Paul Burke; significance of her achievements; general view of the role of the academy. Audio