The Australian Academy of the Humanities announces ECR travelling fellowships; Ewan Coopey (Macquarie U), ecologies of empire in Roman Dalmatia. Nat Cutter (Uni Melbourne), reading the Maghreb in 18th century Scotland. Monica Galassi (UTS), tracing Aboriginal histories in Vatican archives. Jessica O’Leary (Monash U), role of Indigenous women in the formation of early colonial Brazil. Georgia Pike-Rowney (ANU), Italian-Australia cross-cultural collaboration to develop research resources for the public good. Tim Smarrt (Uni Notre Dame Australia), “how social institutions can curb misinformation uptake,” Tiania Stevens (Uni Sydney), digitising and preserving Bosnian concentration camp survivor testimonies. Minglei Wang (Flinders U) Chinese cultural diplomacy in Oceania.
Dan Beesley becomes GM of Monash U’s Faculty of Education faculty. He moves from manager of Uni Melbourne’s Department of Medical Education.
Amy Capuano joins Universities Australia as head of comms. She was last at ANU.
Johanna Castellaro is Uni New England’s new international recruitment head, she was previously in a similar role at Uni Tasmania.
Donald Chi is now Griffith U’s Dean of Dentistry. He came from Uni Washington, Seattle.
Rajaraman Eri becomes UWA Associate PVC, India. He was previously at Uni Tasmania.
Caleb Ferguson is the Dean of Nursing and Midwifery at Western Sydney U. He joins from Uni Wollongong.
Carolyn Evans leaves Griffith U in August, to become VC of Uni Melbourne. When she departs Liz Burd will be Acting VC. Other acting appointments will be Shaun Ewen (Provost) and Scott Harrison (DVC Education).
Dawn Marie Gilmore becomes Victoria U Online Executive Dean. She moves from Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia.
Lisa Interligi is Interim CEO of Monash College, that university’s pathway provider.
Izabella Nantsou (Uni Sydney) wins the Australian Historical Association’s Alan Martin Award, for “a critical reassessment of Whitlam-era arts reforms and the economic restructuring and weakening of organised labour that followed.”
Ian O’Hara becomes DVC R at QUT. It is an internal appointment.
Jingjing Zhang started Monday as head of Uni Sydney’s School of Economics. She had moved from RMIT.