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Professor Anne Pender from Adelaide University will visit Harvard University’s Division of Arts and Humanities as the Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair of Australian Studies in the 2027-2028 academic year

May 05, 2026

As a leading scholar of modern and contemporary Australian literature and theatre, Professor Pender will contribute to the Theatre, Dance and Media programme of study at Harvard University. She will offer courses on comedy and satire in Australian...

Historian Kirsten McKenzie appointed Harvard Visiting Professor

May 13, 2025

Kirsten McKenzie will take up the prestigious role of Harvard University’s Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Visiting Professor of Australian Studies for 2026-7. Professor Kirsten McKenzie holds the Chair in Australian History at the University of Sydney’s...

University of Copenhagen Professor awarded distinguished visiting Chair at Harvard

June 04, 2024

Professor Stuart Ward will visit Harvard University’s History Department as the Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair of Australian Studies for the 2025-2026 academic year. As a leading historian of 19th and 20th century empire, specializing in the...

Megan Jane Davis, the leading lawyer on Indigenous constitutional recognition, appointed visiting professor of Australian studies at Harvard

December 06, 2023

Megan Jane Davis, a leading constitutional lawyer on Indigenous constitutional recognition, will visit Harvard as the Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair of Australian Studies at Harvard University and visiting professor of law at Harvard Law School...

Prestigious Position for Leading First Nations Scholar

April 01, 2022

A leading First Nations multidisciplinary artist and scholar from The Australian National University (ANU) has been awarded the Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair of Australian Studies at Harvard University for the 2023-2024 academic year. Professor...

LTU Academic Appointed Harvard Chair

April 01, 2022

A La Trobe University history professor has been appointed by Harvard University as the Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Visiting Professor of Australian Studies for the 2023-2024 academic year. Professor Katie Holmes is Director of the Centre for the...

Senior Professor Simon Ville to take up Australian Studies Chair at Harvard University

July 30, 2021

From the University of Wollongong Australia: Renowned scholar to bring historical focus to economic landscape between Australia and United States The prestigious position of the Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair in Australian Studies has, for the...

Harvard appoints UNSW academics to Australian Studies Chair

March 16, 2020

Harvard University has announced the appointment of Associate Professor Jennifer L. Biddle (Art & Design) and Professor Andrew Schultz (Arts & Social Sciences) to the Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair of Australian Studies at Harvard University, in...

Professor Katherine Gibson appointed Chair for 2020-2021

April 16, 2019

"Harvard University has announced the appointment of Professor Katherine Gibson as the Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Visiting Professor of Australian Studies for the 2020-2021 academic year. Professor Gibson is currently a Professorial Research Fellow...

Professor Philip Goad will be Chair for 2019-2020

May 23, 2018

"The University of Melbourne and Harvard University are proud to announce the appointment of Professor Philip Goad as the Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair in Australian Studies for the 2019-2020 academic year..." Full Article: https://msd.unimelb...

Professor Warwick Anderson will be Chair for 2018-2019

April 05, 2017

"Harvard names a University of Sydney expert Chair in Australian Studies for a third consecutive year ... " Full Article: http://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/04/05/harvard-chooses-histo…

Now Open at Harvard's Fogg Art Museum: Everywhen: The Eternal Present in Indigenous Art from Australia

February 05, 2016

This exhibition surveys contemporary Indigenous art from Australia, exploring the ways in which time is embedded within Indigenous artistic, social, historical, and philosophical life. Support for the exhibition has been provided by Harvard University’s...