Council

	President: Professor Lesley Johnson AM Professor Lesley Johnson is President of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. She was elected a Fellow of the Academy in 1999 and to Council in 2009. Read more >
	Vice President: Professor Anna Haebich Professor Anna Haebich is Vice President of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and is a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Human Rights Education, Curtin University. She was elected a Fellow of the Academy in 2006 and to Council in 2010. Read more >
	Vice President and International Secretary: Professor Gillian Whitlock Professor Gillian Whitlock is Australian Research Council Professorial Fellow at the University of Queensland. She was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 2007 and to Council in 2010. Read more >
	Honorary Secretary: Emeritus Professor Graeme Clarke AO Graeme Clarke is an Adjunct Professor in the School of History at the Australian National University. He was elected to the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1975, and has served as a Council member (1976-77, 1985-94, 2006-present), Vice-President (1976-77, 1985-86), Treasurer (1986-94) and Honorary Secretary (2000-present). Read more >
	Treasurer: Professor Pam Sharpe Professor Pam Sharpe is Professor of History at the University of Tasmania in 2006. She was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 2007 and to Council in 2010 as Honorary Treasurer. Read more >
	Editor: Professor Elizabeth Webby AM Professor Elizabeth Webby held the Chair of Australian Literature at the University of Sydney until 2007. She was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1997 and has been a Council member since 2007 and Academy Editor since 2009. Read more >
	Immediate Past President: Professor Joseph Lo Bianco AM Professor Joseph Lo Bianco AM FAHA is Professor of Language and Literacy Education at Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne. He was elected a Fellow of the Academy in 1999 and served as President from 2009-2011. Read more >
	Council Member: Professor Matthew Spriggs Professor Matthew Spriggs is Professor Archaeology at the Australian National University. He was elected a Fellow of the Academy in 1998 and to Council in 2010. Read more >
	Council Member: Professor Deirdre Coleman Professor Deirdre Coleman is holds the Robert Wallace Chair of English at the University of Melbourne. She was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 2007 and to Council in 2012. Read more >
	Council Member: Professor Richard Waterhouse Professor Richard Waterhouse FAHA is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Sydney. He was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Humanities in 2005 and to Council in 2011 Read more >
	Council Member: Dr Robert Young Dr Robert Young is a Research Associate at La Trobe University. He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1993 and to Council in 2010. Read more >

Role of Council

The Academy is governed by a Council of leaders in the humanities, elected from among its Fellows, who provide strategic direction, policy guidance, and management oversight.

The Council meets four times a year. The President may be contacted by email.

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