Jubilee Fellows

Jubilee Fellow - 2015 Emeritus Professor John Poynter AO OBE Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Academiques, MA (Oxford), BA, PhD (Melbourne), FAHA 2015 Reflections The President has offered a range of topics for reflection, but I must begin with an apology. History is a discipline represented in two Academies, and as a member of both [...]

Jubilee Fellow - 2015 Emeritus Professor Gus Sinclair MCom (Melbourne), DPhil (Oxford) 2015 Reflections At the time I was elected a Fellow, the Academy was a more informal outfit than it has now become. The annual get-together was a fairly leisurely affair with a less packed programme and a lot of free time between events.  [...]

Jubilee Fellow - 2015 Emeritus Professor Robert Smith AM BA (UNE), MA (Northwestern), PhD (ANU) 2015 Reflections I am just a little embarrassed by my inclusion in the 40+year group to be recognised by the Academy. While I remain pleased at the honour of the Fellowship conferred in 1974, an assessment of my participation in [...]

Jubilee Fellow - 2015 Emeritus Professor Jim Perkins MA, PhD (Cambridge), MCom (Melbourne) 2015 Reflections Emeritus Professor Jim Perkins is an Emeritus Professor in Economics at the University of Melbourne. His specialisation has been in macroeconomic policy, and the Australian financial system. Professor Perkins completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge and during that [...]

Jubilee Fellow - 2015 Emeritus Professor Gerard Ward BA (Auck), MA (Auck), PhD (Lond) 2015 Reflections When I was elected a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, in August 1971, I was still resident in Port Moresby, and Professor of Geography in the University of Papua New Guinea.  This might seem [...]

Jubilee Fellow - 2014 Emeritus Professor Ronald Taft is a founding fellow of the Academy, with a specialisation in psychology, personality, immigrants, multiculturalism, and attitudes. After academic appointments at the University of Western Australia and the University of Melbourne, Professor Taft was Professor of Social Psychology at Monash University. His special field is the adjustment and adaptation of [...]

Jubilee Fellow - 2014 Emeritus Professor John Legge AO was appointed to the foundation Chair of History at Monash University in 1960. From 1964 till 1986 he chaired the Monash Centre of Southeast Asian Studies. In 1969–70 he was Director of the Singapore Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. From 1978 to 1986 he was Dean [...]