Gisela Kaplan

Gisela Kaplan (born 1944) is a leading Australian sociologist and author on subjects ranging from feminism to the behaviour of Australian birds. She is Honorary Professor of the Queensland Brain Institute[1] and Emeritus Professor University of New England, (UNE) Armidale.[2]

Career

Born in Berlin, Germany, Kaplan graduated from Monash University, Melbourne, with a PhD and was appointed a lecturer there in 1983. In the late 1980s moved to the University of New South Wales, where she focused her research on migrant health and ageing, and women's issues, and published her first book, Contemporary Western European Feminism.[3]

She has been an academic at the UNE since 1996,[4] collaborating on many research projects and publications with Lesley Rogers.(See co-authored publications below.)

In 2005 she submitted a second thesis, titled "Vocal behaviour of Australian magpies (Gymnorhina tibicen) : A study of vocal development, song learning, communication and mimicry in the Australia magpie", for which she was awarded a PhD in Veterinary Science by the University of Queensland.[5]

She retired from her position of Professor of Animal Behaviour at UNE in 2009, but continues working in her emeritus capacity. She has a considerable media presence, including many appearances on the ABC and being regularly interviewed about her publications as well as on birds, particularly the magpie.[4][6]

Awards and recognition

Kaplan was awarded an Honorary DSc by the University of New England in 2011.[7]

She was elected an Honorary Fellow of the American Ornithologists Union (AOU) in 2015.[8]

Received Commendation for Behavioural Zoology for Bird Minds at the 2016 Whitley Awards presented by the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales.[9]

On 25 November 2016 the Council of the University of New England appointed Kaplan Emeritus Professor in Animal Behaviour in the School of Science and Technology.[2]

Publications

Books

  • Contemporary Western European Feminism, UCL Press & Allen & Unwin, 1992, ISBN 1857280032; Routledge, 2012, ISBN 9780415636810
  • Iran, co-written with Vijeya Rajendra, Marshall Cavendish, 1993, ISBN 1854355295; 2nd ed. 2004, ISBN 076141665X
  • Women in Society. Australia, Marshall Cavendish, 1993, ISBN 1854355023
  • Orang-Utans in Borneo, co-written with Lesley Rogers, photography by Gisela Kaplan, University of New England Press, 1994, ISBN 1875821139
  • Spectrum : A Bibliography of Women in Australia, 1945 to the Present, Women’s Redress Press, 1995, ISBN 1875274111
  • The Meagre Harvest : The Australian Women's Movement 1950s-1990s, Allen & Unwin, 1996, ISBN 1864480629
  • Not Only Roars and Rituals : Communication in Animals, co-written with Lesley J Rogers, Allen & Unwin 1998, ISBN 1864487984
  • The Orang-Utans, co-written with L J Rogers, Allen & Unwin, 1999, ISBN 1865081248
  • Songs, Roars and Rituals : Communication in Birds, Mammals and Other Animals, co-written with L J Rogers, (revised edition of Not Only Roars and Rituals, Harvard University Press, 2000, ISBN 0674000587
  • Famous Australian Birds, Allen & Unwin, 2003, ISBN 1865088358
  • Spirit of the Wild Dog: The World of Wolves, Coyotes, Foxes, Jackals and Dingoes, co-written with Lesley J Rogers, Allen & Unwin, 2003, ISBN 1865086738
  • Gene Worship : Moving Beyond the Nature/Nurture Debate Over Genes, Brain, and Gender, co-written with Lesley J Rogers, Other Press, 2003, ISBN 1590510755
  • Comparative Vertebrate Cognition : Are Primates Superior to Non-primates? edited by Lesley J. Rogers and Gisela Kaplan, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2004, ISBN 0306477270
  • Australian Magpie: Biology and Behaviour of an Unusual Songbird, Natural History Series, University of New South Wales Press & CSIRO, (2004, 2005, 2008), ISBN 0643090681
  • Tawny Frogmouth, CSIRO, 2007, ISBN 9780643092396
  • Birds. Their Habits and Skills, co-written with Lesley J Rogers, Allen & Unwin, 2008, ISBN 1865083763
  • It's True! Orang-utans Use Umbrellas, illustrated by Judy Watson, Allen & Unwin, 2008, ISBN 9781741143041
  • Bird Minds. Cognition and Behaviour of Australian Native Species, CSIRO Publishing, 2015, ISBN 9781486300181

Selected chapter contributions

  • "Hannah Arendt", in Social Theory : A Guide to Central Thinkers, edited by Peter Beilharz, Allen & Unwin, 1992, ISBN 1863731636
  • "Irreducible 'Human Nature': Nazi Views on Jews and Women"; and "Race and Gender Fallacies: The Paucity of Biological Determinist Explanations of Difference" co-written with Lesley J Rogers, in Challenging Racism and Sexism : Alternatives to Genetic Explanations, edited by Ethel Tobach and Betty Rosoff, Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 1994, ISBN 1558610898
  • "Comparative Europe: Feminism and Nationalism: The European Case", in Feminist nationalism, edited by Lois A. West, Routledge, 1997, ISBN 0415916186
  • "Environment and Ecotourism: The Case of the Orang-Utan", in The Shaping of Malaysia, edited by Amarjit Kaur and Ian Metcalfe, Macmillan, 1999, ISBN 9780333693759
  • "Pluralism and Citizenship: The Case of Gender in European Politics”, in Citizenship and Identity in Europe, edited by Leslie Holmes and Philomena Murray, Ashgate, 1999, ISBN 184014002X
  • "The economy of freedom", in Dialogues on Sexuality, Gender and Psychoanalysis, edited by Iréne Matthis, Karnac Books, 2004, ISBN 1855753502
  • "An eye for a predator: lateralization in birds, with particular reference to the Australian magpie", co-written with Lesley Rogers, in Behavioral and Morphological Asymmetries in Vertebrates, edited by Yegor B Malashichev, A Wallace Deckel, Landes Bioscience, 2006, ISBN 1587061058
  • "All animals Are Not Equal: The Interface Between Scientific Knowledge and Legislation for Animal Rights", co-written with Lesley J. Rogers, in Animal Rights : Current Debates and New Directions, edited by Cass R. Sunstein and Martha C. Nussbaum, Oxford University Press, 2006, ISBN 9780195305104
  • "The Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) : an alternative model for the study of songbird neurobiology", in Neuroscience of Birdsong, edited by H. Philip Ziegler, Peter Marler, Cambridge University Press, 2008, ISBN 9780521869157
  • "Don Quixote's Windmills", in Thinking About Animals in the Age of the Anthropocene, edited by Morten Tønnessen, Kristin Armstrong Oma, and Silver Rattasepp, Lanham Lexington Books, 2016, ISBN 9781498527965

References

  1. ↑ "Staff Directory - Professor Gisela Kaplan". Queensland Brain Institute / University of Queensland. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Honorary appointments approved by Council". University of New England. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Australian Welfare - Historical Sociology" (PDF). Springer Link. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Emeritus Professor Gisela Kaplan". University of New England - Staff Directory. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "2005 Thesis by Gisela Kaplan". Trove - National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Gisela Kaplan on ABC". ABC. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "Honorary Degree Recipients since 1955 and Emeritus Professor Awardees since 1964". University of New England. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  8. ↑ "Results of AOU Elections, 2015". Ornithology Exchange - American Ornithological Society. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "Whitley Awards - Commendation Awards". Royal Zoological Society of NSW. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
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