11 Facts About Vera Mackie

Vera Mackie was born on 1955 and is an Australian academic who has specialised in Japanese feminism and gender history.

Vera Mackie completed a BA and MA at Monash University, before receiving a PhD from the University of Adelaide.

From 1998 to 2004 Mackie was Foundation Professor of Japanese Studies at Curtin University.

Vera Mackie then was appointed Australian Research Council Australian Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne from 2004 to 2010.

Vera Mackie moved to the University of Wollongong, initially as ARC Future Fellow, then moved into the position of Senior Professor of Asian and International Studies in 2014.

Vera Mackie served on the board of the International Federation for Research in Women's History from 2015 to 2020.

Vera Mackie was co-convener of the Australian Women's History Network from 2013 to 2016.

Vera Mackie is a member of the editorial board of Lilith: A Feminist History Journal, published by the Australian Women's History Network.

Vera Mackie was elected Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in 2004 and Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales in 2018.

Vera Mackie won the 2011 Inoue Yasushi Award for Outstanding Research in Japanese Literature.

Vera Mackie was awarded the University of Wollongong Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research Supervision in 2018.