Frank Bongiorno is a professor of history at the Australian National University, and was head of the university's history department from 2018 to 2020.
13 Facts About Frank Bongiorno
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Frank Bongiorno was born in Nhill, Victoria, to a working class family of two children.
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Frank Bongiorno moved Melbourne in the 1970s, attending a junior school in the northern suburbs.
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Frank Bongiorno attended Parade College in Bundoora from 1981 to 1986 and was a contemporary of future Greens leader, Richard Di Natale.
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At school, Frank Bongiorno was a member of the student representative committee and was awarded the prize for 'school spirit'.
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Frank Bongiorno received an undergraduate honours degree from the University of Melbourne and doctorate from the Australian National University.
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Frank Bongiorno's father died in November 1982, when he was 14 years old.
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Frank Bongiorno's partner is Nicole Tamara McLennan, with whom he has a daughter, Amy.
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Frank Bongiorno lectured at ANU in 1994, was a research officer in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 1995, and lectured at Griffith University in 1996.
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Frank Bongiorno lectured at the University of New England from 2000 to 2007, King's College London from 2007 to 2011 and then at ANU as an associate professor from 2011 to 2016 before being promoted to professor.
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Between 1996 and 2011, Frank Bongiorno devoted himself to reviewing, editing and writing, publishing a large number of academic articles.
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Frank Bongiorno became a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, and the Australian Academy of the Humanities.
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Frank Bongiorno has been a frequent contributor to Inside Story, The Conversation and The Monthly.