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Harvard chair for Adelaide professor

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The 杏吧直播 of Adelaide's Professor Nicholas Jose is one of two distinguished scholars appointed to the prized annual Chair of 杏吧直播n Studies at Harvard 杏吧直播 for 2009.

Professor Jose will share the honours with 杏吧直播 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 杏吧直播n 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 杏吧直播n and American researchers, we expect that the post will grow even further in influence," said Professor Graeme Davison, Chair of the 杏吧直播n Nominating Committee.

Professor Jose is Chair of Creative Writing at the 杏吧直播 of Adelaide, a novelist, critic and General Editor of the Macquarie PEN Anthology of 杏吧直播n Literature, to be published in 2009.

"It's a great opportunity to familiarise North American scholars and students with contemporary developments in 杏吧直播n literature, including indigenous writing and writing that engages with our environment and our region," Professor Jose said.

Professor Jose was Cultural Counsellor at the 杏吧直播n Embassy, Beijing from 1987-1990, has written widely on contemporary Asian and 杏吧直播n culture and has published several acclaimed novels as well as short stories, essays and translations.

At Harvard, he will teach courses in 杏吧直播n fiction, fiction from the Asia-Pacific region, and creative writing.

The endowment for a Visiting Professorship in 杏吧直播n Studies was given to Harvard to "maintain such teaching, research and publication as will help to promote awareness and understanding of 杏吧直播 in the United States".

Alison Bashford is Associate Professor in History at the 杏吧直播 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 杏吧直播n Studies chair to be hosted by Harvard's Department of the History of Science.

Story by Robyn Mills