Our Directors
Prof. Dany Adone, Co-Founder
Dany Adone is Professor and Chair of Applied English Linguistics at the University of Cologne. In Australia, she is also an Adjunct Professor associated with the College of Indigenous Futures, Arts & Society at CDU, a Visiting Professor at AIATSIS, a Visiting Scholar at the Mirima Dawang Woorlab-gerring Language and Culture Centre in Kununurra, and Associate Professor at the University of Sydney, where she is also a member of the Sydney Indigenous Research Network and Sydney Centre for Language Research. She has lived in Arnhem Land/NT, Australia for over five years.
Read MoreProf. Beate Neumeier, Co-Founder
Beate Neumeier is Professor of English at the University of Cologne. Her research is in gender, performance, and postcolonial studies. She is the editor of the e-journal Gender Forum and published widely on women’s writing, Anglophone drama, contemporary British-Jewish literature, postcolonial literatures and Australian studies. Since 2017 she has been president of the German Association for Australian Studies (GASt).
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Victoria Herche
Public Relations
David Kern
AS-Online Coordinator
David Kern is a research assistant and lecturer in the English Department at the University of Cologne. He studied English, Philosophy and Education at the University of Cologne from 2009 to 2016 and holds a State Examination (Equals M.A.) and a German teaching degree. He is currently working on a PhD Project in Indigenous Literary Environmental Activism.
Read MoreThomas Batchelor
Events Coordinator
Thomas studied at the University of Sydney until 2017 and holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in linguistics. Since graduating with First Class Honours, he is now working as a Research Assistant in the English Department at the University of Cologne, where he is also working on a PhD project on language change and contact in Australian Kriol around Kununurra.
Read MoreLeonie John
Australian Studies Online Project Coordinator
Christina Ringel
Research Coordinator