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

December 6, 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 for the 2024-2025 academic year.

She is currently Pro Vice-Chancellor Society and Scientia Professor at the University of New South Wales, Australia, where she has held the Balnaves Chair for Constitutional Law since 2020. She previously served as the university’s Pro...

Prestigious Position for Leading First Nations Scholar

April 1, 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 Brenda L Croft, who is based in the Centre for Art History and Art Theory, School of Art and Design at the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, will be the inaugural First Nations woman academic to take up the role.

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LTU Academic Appointed Harvard Chair

April 1, 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 Study of the Inland at La Trobe University and Lead for the University’s ‘Social Change and Equity’ Research Theme.

An internationally renowned environmental historian and humanities scholar, Professor Holmes is known for her transformative research into the experience of Australian settlement...

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 first time, been awarded by...

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 the academic year 2021–22.

Associate Professor Biddle is a leading social anthropologist and former ARC Future Fellow with expertise in Indigenous languages, art, culture and aesthetics. She has worked with northern Warlpiri in Lajamanu for 25 years.

A Senior Research Fellow in the National Institute...

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 in Western Sydney University’s Institute for Culture and Society and has worked at the University since 2009..."

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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.edu.au/news/professor-philip-goad-appointed-harvard-chair-in-australian-studies

Professor Warwick Anderson will be Chair for 2018-2019

April 5, 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-historian-to-chair-australian-studies.html

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

February 5, 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 Committee on Australian Studies.

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USA to Australia Fellowships

February 1, 2016

The Association offers Fellowships of up to US$30,000 - US$40,000 to American researchers wishing to undertake advanced research (graduate or postgraduate) in Australia. Fields of research supported by the Fellowships:

BioPhotonics, Engineering, Geosciences, Mathematics, Medicine, Neurology, Pediatrics, Science, Sustainability...