NUMBER 7, 2016 » WARWICK ANDERSON » DEIRDRE COLEMAN » MICHELLE DE KRETSER » MARK FINNANE » DAVID MALOUF » IAN MC NIVEN » NERIDA NEWBIGIN & KATHLEEN OLIVE » CAROLE NEWLANDS » PETA TAIT THE JOURNAL OF THE AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF THE HUMANITIES THE ACADEMY COUNCIL President John Fitzgerald Honorary Secretary Elizabeth Minchin Welcome Honorary Treasurer It is my pleasure to welcome you to the seventh Richard Waterhouse issue of the Australian Academy of the Humanities’ Vice-Presidents flagship publication, Humanities Australia, edited Elizabeth Minchin I Peter Cryle by Emeritus Professor Elizabeth Webby AM FAHA. Editor For almost fifty years, the Academy has Elizabeth Webby AM been dedicated to advancing scholarship and International Secretary Peter Cryle promoting understanding of the humanities Immediate Past President across our education and research sectors, and Lesley Johnson AM in the broader community. This publication is Ordinary Members one of the ways in which we support excellence Han Baltussen Majella Franzmann in the humanities and communicate the John Gascoigne Ian Lilley value of the humanities to the public. Susan Sheridan Our Academy, one of Australia’s four Learned Academies, comprises now close to six hundred CONTACT DETAILS For further information on the Australian Fellows: elected on the basis of the excellence Academy of the Humanities, contact us: and impact of their scholarship. They have Email been recognised for outstanding work in the
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