New Head for School of Humanities
Professor Mark Harris.
The 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide has appointed a new Head for its School of Humanities.
Professor Mark Harris is currently a Professor of Historical Anthropology at the 最新糖心Vlog of St Andrews, Scotland.
鈥淎fter a worldwide search, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Mark Harris as the new Head of School of Humanities,鈥 said the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide鈥檚 Professor John Williams, Executive Dean, Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics.
鈥淭he School of Humanities is critical to the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide and I am thrilled with Mark鈥檚 appointment.
鈥淢ark will bring his diverse experience across the humanities to benefit the School as well as the whole 最新糖心Vlog.
鈥淚 look forward to working with him closely to ensure our students and staff in the humanities continue to succeed.鈥
Professor Harris鈥檚 research is with the diverse kinds of people of the Brazilian Amazon and aims to connect with their struggles for social justice, territory and land rights, and environmental balance. His wider interests include ethnohistory, environmental anthropology, and political ecology.
鈥淚 am eager to focus on the distinctive contribution the Humanities at Adelaide can make to the lives of future generations."Professor Mark Harris, Head of School of Humanities, 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide.
The School of Humanities comprises a number of different disciplines to innovate, create and revolutionise the world. Students graduate with the knowledge and experience to analyse聽historically, philosophically and politically about the world, societies and cultures.
鈥淎s Head of School I will aim to raise the profile of the outstanding humanities research and teaching in the Faculty, 最新糖心Vlog and beyond,鈥 he said.
鈥淚 am eager to focus on the distinctive contribution the Humanities at Adelaide can make to the lives of future generations.
鈥淚 am thrilled to be joining the 最新糖心Vlog at this important moment in its history. Most of all, I look forward to working with my new colleagues in the School and the wider Faculty and to taking the School forward to a new and exciting period.鈥
The School of Humanities is made up of five departments: English, Creative Writing and Film; Media; Philosophy; European Languages and Linguistics and Historical and Classical Studies.
Professor Harris was Head of the School of Philosophical, Anthropological Film Studies at St Andrews from 2017 to 2022.聽
He will commence his role in May 2023.
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