Career
She is Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History at the University of Cambridge., in succession to Sir Christopher Bayly, and Professor of Modern History at the University of Sydney. Between 2009 and 2010, Bashford held the Chair of Australian Studies at Harvard University. Previously, Bashford had positions at Warwick University and University College, London.
In 2010, she was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.
Her current work focuses on Malthus and Malthusianism in their international contexts.
