Harvard chair for Adelaide professor
 Creative Writing
The 成人大片's Professor Nicholas Jose is one of two distinguished scholars appointed to the prized annual Chair of Australian Studies at Harvard University for 2009. Professor Jose will share the honours with University of Sydney's Associate Professor Alison Bashford. It's the first time more than one Chair has been appointed to take up the role simultaneously - Professor Jose in Harvard's Department of English, and Associate Professor Bashford in Harvard's Department of the History of Science. The Visiting Professorship was first established by a gift from the Australian Government to Harvard in 1976 in commemoration of America's Bicentennial, and famous names to hold the post have included Manning Clark, Gough Whitlam, Geoffrey Blainey and Tim Flannery. "We are thrilled that two such outstanding scholars will be occupying the Chair. With the recent announcement that Harvard intends to sponsor joint conferences of Australian and American researchers, we expect that the post will grow even further in influence," said Professor Graeme Davison, Chair of the Australian Nominating Committee. Professor Jose is Chair of Creative Writing at the 成人大片, a novelist, critic and General Editor of the Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature, to be published in 2009. "It's a great opportunity to familiarise North American scholars and students with contemporary developments in Australian literature, including indigenous writing and writing that engages with our environment and our region," Professor Jose said. Professor Jose was Cultural Counsellor at the Australian Embassy, Beijing from 1987-1990, has written widely on contemporary Asian and Australian culture and has published several acclaimed novels as well as short stories, essays and translations. At Harvard, he will teach courses in Australian fiction, fiction from the Asia-Pacific region, and creative writing. The endowment for a Visiting Professorship in Australian Studies was given to Harvard to "maintain such teaching, research and publication as will help to promote awareness and understanding of Australia in the United States". Alison Bashford is Associate Professor in History at the University of Sydney and has published widely on the history of infectious disease management and its links with regulation of immigration and global movement. She will be the first Australian Studies chair to be hosted by Harvard's Department of the History of Science. Story by Robyn Mills
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