14 Facts About Marilyn Lake

Marilyn Lake was awarded a personal chair in history at La Trobe University in 1994.

Marilyn Lake has been elected a Fellow, Australian Academy of the Humanities and a Fellow, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.

Marilyn Lake studied history at the University of Tasmania, where she resided at Jane Franklin Hall, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts on 10 April 1968.

Marilyn Lake was graduated a Doctor of Philosophy by Monash University in 1984.

In 1986, Marilyn Lake was appointed a lecturer in History and Social Theory at The University of Melbourne.

In 1991, Marilyn Lake was appointed Reader in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University.

In February 2019 Monash University Publishing released Contesting Australian History: Essays in Honour of Marilyn Lake edited by Joy Damousi and Judith Smart.

The contents are papers presented at a two-day celebration of Marilyn Lake's career held at the University of Melbourne in 2016.

Marilyn Lake is a member of the reference group of the Australian Women's History Forum.

Marilyn Lake is a member of the editorial boards of Labor History, Journal of Australian Studies and Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society, and was a member of the editorial board of Australian Historical Studies between 2006 and 2009.

Marilyn Lake was a member of the La Trobe University Council between 1995 and 1997 and of Monash University Council between 1985 and 1989.

Marilyn Lake was a Museum Victoria councillor from 1985 to 1989 and a member of the History Council of Victoria between 2001 and 2004.

Marilyn Lake served as a member of the Sullivan's Cove Waterfront Authority between 2005 and 2009.

Marilyn Lake was a director and board member, Victorian Women's Trust from 2005 to 2009.