David Walker (masanin tarihi)

David Robert Walker AM FASSA FAHA (an haife shi 12 Nuwamba 1945) masanin tarihin Australiya ne wanda ya kasance farfesa na Nazarin Australiya a Jami'ar Deakin tun 1991. Shi ne babban iko a cikin nazarin ra'ayoyin Australiya na Asiya.

 Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi 
An haifi Walker a Adelaide a shekara ta 1945 kuma ya sami ilimin farko a makarantun karkara na Kudancin Australia inda mahaifinsa ya kasance malami. Iyalin sun zauna a Adelaide a shekara ta 1958 kuma Walker ya kammala karatu daga Jami'ar Adelaide tare da digiri na farko a fannin fasaha a shekarar 1967. An gudanar da karatun digiri na biyu a Jami'ar Kasa ta Australia (ANU) inda aka ba shi digiri na biyu. Rubutun nasa, wanda ya binciki Vance Palmer, Louis Esson da sauran marubutan Australiya na ƙarni na ashirin don ci gaban al'adun Australiya, daga baya aka buga shi a matsayin Dream and Disillusion: A Search for Australian Cultural Identity .

 Ayyukan ilimi 
Walker ya shafe shekaru biyu masu zuwa a matsayin abokin bincike na postdoctoral a Jami'ar Kasa ta Australia (ANU), inda ya kasance editan Tarihin Aiki . Daga nan ya rike mukamai da yawa a Jami'ar Auckland da Jami'ar New South Wales har zuwa lokacin da aka nada shi a matsayin Farfesa na Nazarin Australiya a Jami'an Deakin . Yana da alƙawura da yawa na ziyara ciki har da Babban Shugaban Ziyarar Nazarin Australiya a Jami'ar Copenhagen, Shugaban Monash na Nazarin Austraali a Jami'an Georgetown da Farfesa mai ziyara a Nazarin Australiyya a Cibiyar Nazarin Australiya, Jami'ar Renmin, Beijing . 

 Manyan ayyukan 
Walker ya sami tallafin bincike sama da 30 kuma ya buga littattafai sama da 120, surori na littattafai, labaran mujallar da aka sake dubawa da laccoci da aka sake duba. Yawancin ayyukansa sun mayar da hankali kan tarihin haɗin gwiwar Ostiraliya da Asiya kuma, musamman, hanyoyin da 'yan Australia suka yi tunanin mutanen Asiya da al'adunsu.

 Al'umma Mai Damuwa 
Sakamakon bincikensa kan Asiya an buga shi a matsayin Anxious Nation: Australia and the Rise of Asia 1850-1939 a cikin 1999. Wannan aiki mai mahimmanci yana bincika damuwa da 'yan Australia suka ji game da mutanen Asiya a ƙarshen karni na sha tara da farkon karni na ashirin. Duk da yake hotunan Australiya na Asiya sun kasance marasa kyau a wannan lokacin, Walker ya nuna cewa wasu 'yan Australia ciki har da Firayim Minista Alfred Deakin sun ga abubuwa da yawa da za a yaba da su a al'adun Asiya. Al Grassby, tsohon Ministan Shige da Fice wanda ya rushe Manufar White Australia, ya bayyana littafin a matsayin "mai ba da labari da kuma tilasta ... wanda ke nuna yadda tsattsauran ra'ayi da yin tatsuniyoyi suka tsara batun kabilanci wanda ya mamaye maganganun jama'a da masu zaman kansu. "  An sake buga An buga An Anxious Nation a cikin fitowar Indiya kuma an fassara shi zuwa Sinanci.

 Manazarta 
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1945
Rukuni:Rayayyun mutane