Leadership Team

Anna Johnston
I am a literary historian with 20 years’ experience in analysing colonial archives and print culture to understand both the historical impact of colonialism on culture and its continued aftermath. My research places Australian culture in global contexts to explain its international significance in two fields: knowledge production from the early Australian colonies (1770-1880) and mid-twentieth-century print culture, especially travel writing and magazines. I teach Australian and world literature, and supervise Honours and HDR students, as well as mentoring postdoctoral fellows across the Humanities. I am passionate about connecting Humanities research with the public, especially through the galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAM) sector, and have collaborated with the National Library of Australia on major digitisation projects and the State Library of NSW. I was the 2014-15 Visiting Professor of Australian Studies at the University of Tokyo, and I am Vice-President of the International Australian Studies Association (InASA).

 

Our Team

Shirley Macnamara
Wirtpi 2015
spinifex and emu feathers
overall 7 x 22 x 22 cm
Collection of the University of Queensland, purchased 2017
Reproduced courtesy of the artist and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne.
© Courtesy of the Artist and Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne.
Photo: Carl Warner