# Recent Conferences #### 2011-2012 Conferences Funded #### “Pacific Histories: Ocean, Land, People” David Armitage (Harvard University), Alison Bashford (University of Sydney). #### 2010-2011 Conferences Funded #### “Language, Learning and Logic” Stephen Crain (Macquarie University), Mark Johnson (Macquarie University), Drew Khlentzos University of New England), Gennaro Chierchia (Harvard University), James Huang (Harvard University). #### “Future Challenges for Health Systems in Rapidly Developing Countries” Brian Oldenburg (Monash University), Bruce Hollingsworth (Monash University), Ajay Mahal (Harvard University)**.** #### “Writing National Histories in a Global Age” Stuart Macintyre (University of Melbourne), Graeme Davison (Monash University), Alison Bashford (University of Sydney), Joyce Chaplin (Harvard University), Akira Iriye (Harvard University). #### “Symposium of Philosophical Progress” Susanna Siegel (Harvard University), Daniel Stoljar (Australian National University). #### 2009-2010 Conferences Funded #### “Water Security Initiative” John Briscoe (Harvard University), John Langford (University of Melbourne). #### “`States of Statelessness’: A Masterclass in International History” Glenda Sluga (University of Sydney), Marilyn Lake (LaTrobe University), Ernest Koh (Monash University), Clare Corbould (University of Sydney), Roland Burke (LaTrobe University), Joyce Chaplin (Harvard University), Erez Manela (Harvard University), David Armitage (Harvard University). #### “Citizenship in a Globalized World: Perspectives from the Immigrant Democracies” Geoffrey Levey (University of New South Wales), Nancy Rosenblum (Harvard University). #### “Media Use and Children’s Wellbeing: Interdisciplinary Innovations” Elizabeth Handsley (Flinders University), Michael Rich (Harvard Medical School). #### “Changing Climate” and “Climate: Science and Humanities Graduate Perspectives from Australia, China, and the U.S.” #### Alison Bashford (University of Sydney; Harvard Visiting Professor of Australian Studies, 2009-10). “Transpacific: Australian Literature and Beyond” Nicholas Jose (University of Western Sydney, Harvard Visiting Professor of Australian Studies, 2009-10). ## In The News [### 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 ](/news/2026/05/professor-anne-pender-adelaide-university-will-visit-harvard-universitys-division-arts) 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... ![Anne Pender](/sites/g/files/omnuum10876/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/Professor-Anne-Pender-750-x-750_0.jpg?itok=S5ymb5le) [### Historian Kirsten McKenzie appointed Harvard Visiting Professor ](/news/2025/05/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... ![Professor Kirsten McKenzie](/sites/g/files/omnuum10876/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-06/Professor%20Kirsten%20McKenzie.jpeg?h=a879541e&itok=NK2et0ht) [### University of Copenhagen Professor awarded distinguished visiting Chair at Harvard ](/news/saxo-professor-awarded-distinguished-visiting-chair-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... ![Stuart Ward](/sites/g/files/omnuum10876/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/stuart_ward.jpg?h=3d74fb01&itok=_9tWqXq2)