Dr Judith Godden

Research interests

Judith Godden is a historian who has published widely in the history of medicine, with a special interest in nursing history. Her research and teaching interests are reflected in her roles as President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of the History of Medicine; past President of the NSW Society of the History of Medicine; Secretary of the Religious History Society of Australia; past Secretary of the Australian Historical Association; member of the editorial board of Metascience; book review editor for Nursing Inquiry; and professional member of the Professional Historians Association. Judith regularly gives presentations about her research to professional, academic and community groups.

Judith received the C.H. Currey Memorial Fellowship from the State Library of NSW to research the controversial nurse and professional women, Lucy Osburn (1836-91). She is currently working on a professional biography of nursing leader Gwen Burbidge (1904-2000), and an edited collection on the development of modern nursing in nineteenth century hospitals. Her interest in historical biography is also reflected in her 16 entries in the Australian Dictionary of Biography and other biographical dictionaries.

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