Ian Tyrrell

Professor Ian Tyrrell

  • Post Nominals: FAHA
  • Fellow Type: Fellow
  • Elected to the Academy: 2001
  • Section(s): History

Biography

Ian Tyrrell was editor of the Australasian Journal of American Studies (1991-96); President of the Australian and New Zealand American Studies Association (2002-06); and President, Alcohol and Drugs History Society (2004-06). He has been a visiting professor at the cole des Hautes tudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris; and Joyce Appleby (Visiting) Professor of United States History at the University of California, Los Angeles (Fall 2009); and served as the Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Professor of American History in the University of Oxford for 2010-11 (the first non-American appointed); and was appointed a Professorial Fellow of the Queen’s College, Oxford.

Acknowledgement of Country

The Australian Academy of the Humanities recognises Australia’s First Nations Peoples as the traditional owners and custodians of this land, and their continuous connection to country, community and culture.