Professor Susan Broomhall

Professor Susan Broomhall is a historian of early modern Europe who has spent almost two decades working at UWA. Her research explores gender, emotions, science and technologies, knowledge practices, material culture, cultural contact and the heritage of the early modern world.

Professor Broomhall has always been passionate about the past and her research spans many areas within medieval and early modern history. In particular, the experiences of women and the significance of gender in shaping the worlds of men and women has been a key focus. She has been fascinated by the interconnected lives of women and men, their objects and the places they move between.

Professor Broomhall is currently studying the correspondence of sixteenth-century French queen consort and regent, Catherine de Medici, as well as leading a major collaborative project on the role of gender in the key European conflict of the sixteenth century, known as the Italian Wars.

External positions:

• Editorial Board, Early Modern French Studies
• Advisory Board, Centre for the Study of Emotions in Cross-Cultural Exchange, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
• Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities

Qualifications: 

• BA (Hons) (UWA) 
• Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies (Univ. François-Rabelais, France)
• PhD with Distinction (UWA)