The Centre builds upon the vivid exchange of inter- and transdisciplinary research and teaching projects established over the past ten years at the English Department of the University of Cologne with colleagues from Germany and Australia. In 2009 Prof. Dany Adone and Prof. Beate Neumeier established the Dr. R. Marika Chair of Australian Studies with the financial support of the DAAD and the University, which was held by internationally renowned Australian scholars in literary and cultural studies (Prof. Bill Ashcroft, Prof. Kay Schaffer, Prof. Sue Kossew, Prof. Paul Arthur) and linguistics (Prof. Brian Devlin, Prof. Rob Amery, Prof. Patrick McConvell, Prof. Harold Koch). The establishment of this Chair provided the opportunity for the development of a broad network with Australian universities and enabled fruitful collaborations of faculty and students. Building on this tradition, the Centre for Australian Studies continuously and regularly hosts guests and visiting scholars from Australia and around the world.

Duane Hamacher: June – July 2023

Gareth Knapman: June – July 2023

Ghil’ad Zuckermann: June – July 2023

Former Visiting Scholars

• Prof. Paul Arthur (Edith Cowan University), 22nd December, 2022-23rd January, 2023
• Dr. Benjamin Jones (CQUniversity), 15th-16th September, 2022
• Prof. Noah Riseman and Dr. Meggie Hutchison (Australian Catholic University), July, 2022
• Dr. Chris Hay (University of Queensland), 13th-14th June, 2022

• Prof. Rob Amery (Linguistics, University of Adelaide)
• Prof. Bill Ashcroft (Literary Studies, University of New South Wales, Sydney)
• Dr. Jamal Barnes (International Relations and Political Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth)
• Dr. Romain Fathi (Flinders University, Adeilaide)
• Prof. Helen Gilbert (Royal Holloway University, London)
• Prof. Anna Haebich (History and Social Anthropology, Curtin University, Perth)
• Prof. Sue Kossew (Literary Studies, Monash University, Melbourne)
• Prof. Jacqueline Lo (Literary- and Performance Studies, University of Adelaide)
• Prof. Anne Lowell (Health Studies)
• Dr. Knut Olawsky (Linguistics, Mirima Dawang Woorlab-gerring Language and Culture Centre, Kununurra)
• Dr. Michael Pickering (National Museum of Australia)
• Prof. Maia Ponsonnet (University of Western Australia)
• Prof. Kim Scott (Literary Studies, Curtin University, Perth)
• Prof. Jaky Troy (University of Sydney)