Pender awarded distinguished Visiting Chair at Harvard

Professor Anne Pender from Adelaide University will visit Harvard University’s Division of Arts and Humanities as the Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair of Australian Studies in the 2027-2028 academic year

As a leading scholar of modern and contemporary Australian literature and theatre, Professor Pender will contribute to the Theatre, Dance and Media programme of study at Harvard University.

She will offer courses on comedy and satire in Australian literature, theatre and performance, while also continuing with her own research on satire and comedy in the United States.

“The opportunity to engage with students and colleagues at Harvard University is a rare one,” said Professor Pender from Adelaide University’s College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities.

“I am honoured to be offered the privilege of working at Harvard University, alongside some of the world’s leading scholars in literary and theatre studies and to explore some of the connections between Australia and the United States in the world of comedy on stage and television.”

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Anne Pender is a Chief Investigator on the Australian Research Council project Comedy Country: Australian Performance Comedy as an Agent of Change.

Contact: Anne Pender

Email: Anne.Pender@adelaide.edu.au