Grace Elizabeth Karskens (born 12 March 1958)[1] is an Australian historian who is professor of history at the University of New South Wales.

[4] Before taking up a position as lecturer at the University of New South Wales in 2001, Karskens worked on heritage and archaeological projects on a contract basis and researched and published a number of books.

[6] Karskens is a member of the Reserve Bank of Australia's Design Advisory Panel, which oversees the development and production of banknotes.

[9] Karskens won the New South Wales Premier's Community and Regional History Prize for The Rocks in 1998.

[10] Karskens was awarded the Coral Thomas Fellowship at the State Library of New South Wales in 2018 to develop her project, The Real Secret River, Dyarubbin.