Regular readers of this blog will be aware that one of the main attractions for me in moving to the University of Western Sydney was the proposal to establish a Research Centre for Digital Humanities. This involved a small risk – when I accepted the post, the Centre was still at the proposal stage, and funding was yet to be confirmed. Fortunately, it was approved shortly afterwards, and last week UWS announced that its first director is to be Paul Arthur, who will be joining us from ANU at the end of June.
Paul is a fellow historian who has served as Deputy Director of the National Centre of Biography and Deputy General Editor of the Australian Dictionary of Biography as well as Deputy Director of the ANU Centre for European Studies. His significant roles in digital humanities include serving as inaugural President of the Australasian Association for Digital Humanities, and a member of the steering committee of the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations and executive council of centerNet, the international network of digital humanities centres. A fuller biography is available, for now at least, on the ANU website. His appointment is another coup for UWS and everyone here is looking forward to working with him. So congratulations and welcome aboard Paul!
With its Director in place, and a new Research Group in Digital Humanities established, the Centre will move to make several other key appointments over the next couple of months, so anyone interested in joining us should start watching for the ads…
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