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Verity Burgmann (Verity Nancy Burgmann) was born on 17 September, 1952 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, is an Australian academic and activist. Discover Verity Burgmann's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?

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Occupation Academic · Author
Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 17 September, 1952
Birthday 17 September
Birthplace Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality Australia

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Her husband is Andrew Milner (m. 1977)

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Parents Victor Burgmann Lorna Bradbury
Husband Andrew Milner (m. 1977)
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Children 3

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1952

Verity Nancy Burgmann (born 17 September 1952) is Adjunct Professor of Politics in the School of Social Sciences at Monash University and Honorary Professorial Fellow in the eScholarship Research Centre at the University of Melbourne, where she is Director of the Reason in Revolt website.

1970

During the 1970s, Burgmann became actively involved in 'radical' politics, most notably the anti-apartheid campaign, and the campaign for aboriginal land rights.

1971

In 1971 she left home to attend the London School of Economics, where she completed a BSc (Econ) with a major in politics.

In 1971, along with her sister Meredith, she was ejected from the Sydney Cricket Ground after disrupting play during the controversial 1971 Springbok tour of Australia.

Burgmann's activism continued during her time in the United Kingdom, where she devoted her efforts to the International Socialists and the Socialist Workers Party (Britain).

She lived with Peter Hain, who was then leading the STST (Stop The Seventy Tour) campaign in Britain against the visits of racially selected sporting teams from South Africa.

1975

Verity Burgmann began her academic career teaching British Government at South London College in 1975.

1977

Verity Burgmann married Andrew Milner, the British-Australian cultural theorist and literary critic, in 1977.

They have three sons.

1978

Between 1978 and 1980 Burgmann worked at both the University of New South Wales and the University of Sydney, before moving to the Political Science Department at the University of Melbourne in 1981.

1980

In 1980 she completed her PhD, Revolutionaries and Racists: Australian Socialism and the Problem of Racism, at the Australian National University.

After moving to Melbourne in the early 1980s, she became involved in People for Nuclear Disarmament.

1990

During the 1990 federal election campaign, opposition leader Andrew Peacock visited her sons' creche for a photo opportunity where Burgmann greeted him with her middle son on her hip, holding a children's blackboard reading: "I don't want Mr Peacock to kiss my baby."

The focus of Burgmann's recent activism has been the defence of public education (she is on the executive of the Public Education Group) and trade unionism.

1999

She was elected a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in 1999.

Burgmann's research interests are the history and politics of the Australian labour movement, radical political ideologies, contemporary protest movements, environmental politics, racism, anti-globalization and anti-corporate politics.

She has established a significant reputation both as a labour historian and as a political scientist of social movements and social change.

2003

In 2003, she was appointed Professor of Political Science.

2004

Burgmann was Deputy Dean of the Arts faculty at the University of Melbourne between 2004 and 2006.

2013

In 2013 she was Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack Visiting Professor of Australian Studies in the Institut für Englische Philologie at the Freie Universität Berlin.

Burgmann was born in Sydney, Australia, the daughter of Victor Burgmann and Lorna Bradbury.

She retired in 2013, taught in Berlin for a semester and was then appointed Adjunct Professor at Monash University.