Judy Bennett
Born1944 (age 79–80)
Alma materAustralian National University
Scientific career
Thesis

Judith Ann Bennett (born 1944) is a New Zealand historian. She has been emeritus professor at the University of Otago since 2019.[1]

Academic career

Bennett wrote a 1979 PhD thesis at Australian National University titled, 'Wealth of the Solomons: a history of trade, plantations and society, Solomon Islands, c.1800–1942' [2] studying the colonial history of the Solomon Islands and has spent much of her career researching, writing and teaching about the Pacific and its history.

Bennett has received two Marsden grants, the first to research the children of American servicemen and pacific women[3][4][5] and the second to research the history of the coconut and its trade.[6][7][8]

Selected works

  • Bennett, Judith A. Wealth of the Solomons: A history of a Pacific archipelago, 1800–1978. Vol. 3. University of Hawaii Press, 1987.
  • Bennett, Judith. Roots of conflict in Solomon Islands-though much is taken, much abides: legacies of tradition and colonialism. State, Society and Governance in Melanesia, Discussion Paper 2002/5, Australian National University, Canberra 2002, (2002).
  • Bennett, Judith A. Pacific forest: A history of resource control and contest in the Solomon Islands C. 1800–1997. Brill, 2000.
  • Bennett, J. A. with Russell, K. J. (eds), Journeys in a Small Canoe: the life and times of a Solomon Islander, Lloyd Maepeza Gina, Canberra, Pandanus Press, ANU (2003), 300 p.
  • Bennett, Judith A. Natives and exotics: World War II and environment in the Southern Pacific. University of Hawaii Press, 2009
  • Bayliss-Smith, T and J.A.Bennett (eds),(2012). An Otago storeman in Solomon Islands: The diary of William Crossan, copra trader, 1885–86. Canberra, Australia: ANU E Press, 95p.
  • Bennett, J. A. (Ed.). Oceanian journeys and sojourns: Home thoughts abroad. Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press, (2015) 408p.
  • Bennett, J.A. and Wanhalla, A (eds)  Mothers' Darlings of the South Pacific: the children of Indigenous Women and US Servicemen in World War Two, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press and Dunedin: University of Otago Press. 2016. 379 p
  • Bennett, J. A. (2018) Pacific Coconut: Comestible, Comfort and Commodity, Journal of Pacific History, 53: 4, 353–37;
  • Bennett, J. A. (2018) Voices of Rotuma: Enduring refrain, Journal of Pacific History, 53: 4, 502–520;
  • Bennett, J. A. (2017) Fluid frontiers and uncertain geographies: US controls on immigration from the Pacific (c. 1880–1950), Journal of Pacific History, DOI:10.1080/00223344.2017.1406319;
  • Bennett, J. A. (2013) Meditations: new directions in the study of the decolonization of Melanesia. Journal of Pacific History, 48: 3, 323–329.
  • Bennett, J. A. (2013) Introduction to Pacific Research Protocols at the University of Otago, The Contemporary Pacific, 25 (1), 95–124,

References

  1. ↑ "2019 University of Otago Annual Report" (PDF). University of Otago. p. 19. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "Australian National University". Library.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Breaking Silence: GI Babies and their Pasifika Mothers". Spasifikmag.com. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  4. ↑ Rudd, Allison (5 January 2010). "Pacific children of US servicemen for study | Otago Daily Times Online News". Odt.co.nz. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  5. ↑ Elder, Vaughan (26 November 2013). "Tears flow for story of war babies | Otago Daily Times Online News". Odt.co.nz. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Professor Judy Bennett, Our People, Department of History and Art History, University of Otago, New Zealand". Otago.ac.nz. 30 March 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Judy Bennett | Centre for Research on Colonial Culture". Blogs.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Q&A: All you needed to know about the humble coconut". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 5 April 2018.


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