Biography
Sheila Fitzpatrick attended the University of Melbourne (BA, 1961) and received her DPhil from St Antony's College, Oxford (1969); she was a Research Fellow at the London School of Slavonic and East European Studies, 1969–72.
Fitzpatrick is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Australian Academy of the Humanities. She is a past president of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. In 2002, she received an award from the Mellon Foundation for her academic work. From September 1996 to December 2006, Fitzpatrick was coeditor of The Journal of Modern History with John W. Boyer and Jan E. Goldstein.
Fitzpatrick is the daughter of Australian author Brian Fitzpatrick. In addition to her research, she plays the violin in orchestras and chamber music groups.
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