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Associate Professor Dolly MacKinnon holds an Honorary position in Early Modern History at The University of Queensland's School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry. Her research bridges history, music, and cultural studies, focusing on marginalized groups and institutionalized communities through auditory, material, and mental landscapes. She has received prestigious awards including the Arts Faculty Research Excellence Award (2011) and a Promoting Women Fellowship (2014). Her work spans projects like 'Soundscapes of Emotion' (2016) and 'Battlefields of Memory' (2014-2016), funded by ARC grants totaling nearly $1 million. Key research areas include battlefield memorials, early modern slavery, and psychiatric institutional histories.
Education: Not explicitly detailed in the text but implied through academic roles and publications. Research includes collaborations with institutions like the ARC Centre for Excellence for the History of Emotions and the Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities. Publications encompass over 30 books/chapters, 30 journal articles, and contributions to museum exhibitions. Recent work explores enslaved children in 18th-century Scotland and the role of soundscapes in historical memory.
Awards highlight her contributions to gender-focused research and historical methodologies. Grants include an ARC Discovery Grant ($300k) for battlefield memory studies and a Linkage Grant ($149k) on psychiatric care history. Her work often intersects with public history, including radio features on BBC and ABC programs.
