Vale Professor Stuart Macintyre AO

Professor Stuart Macintyre AO Photo courtesy of MUP

Vale Professor Stuart Macintyre AO (1947-2021)

The Professional Historians Association (Vic & Tas) was deeply saddened to hear of the death of Professor Stuart Macintyre AO.

Many of our members are graduates of the University of Melbourne and had the good fortune to study history there under Stuart Macintyre. His enthusiasm, encouragement, and generosity as a tutor, lecturer, and supervisor fostered the careers of many professional historians.

Stuart’s connection with PHA (Vic & Tas) remained a strong one over many years. When the PHA was established in Victoria in the early 1990s, he was often called on, as a highly-respected historian, to check the credentials of prospective members. In later years Stuart was a popular speaker at our annual dinners and other events. One member recalls his participation on a steering committee for a commissioned history and his dogged support for independent scholarship (against the political forces of the time).

Professor Stuart Macintyre AO is a great loss to the wider history community. We acknowledge his work outside the academy, not only with the Heritage Council of Victoria, but also through his engagement with many history organisations and public history projects.

PHA (Vic & Tas) sends heartfelt condolences to the family and many friends of Stuart Macintyre, a great historian of our time.