Prof Richard Nile ~ Adjunct Professorial Research Fellow

Professional Background: Richard Nile is a specialist in Historical and Literary Studies and publishes across three interrelated areas of Medical Humanities, History of Emotions, and Australian Studies. He is an Adjunct Professorial Research Fellow at James Cook University and Senior Honorary Research Fellow (Professor) at the University of Western Australia. A former Professor of History, Academic Head of Humanities and Creative Arts, and Associate Dean of Research at JCU, Richard has worked variously as Professor and Director of the Humanities Research Institute Murdoch University, Professor and Director of the  Australia Research Institute Curtin University, Director of the Australian Studies Centre University of Queensland, and Deputy and Interim Head of the Menzies Centre University of London. Richard began his career as a Lecturer at the Universities of New South Wales and Western Australia. He has been Distinguished Visiting Professor at Copenhagen University, Australia-India Council Visiting Professor at Himachal Pradesh University, Visiting Fellow and Director of Australian Studies at Eotvos Lorand University Budapest and the University of Debrecen, and University Fellow at the University of Western Australia. Richard’s books have been published across more than thirty international editions and translations. He is the author of 50+ articles and chapters and a similar number of essays and occasional pieces, and the editor of 97 scholarly volumes. A committed educator and researcher, Richard teaches Australian and world history and cultural and literary studies.