Our people - Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences

IHSS researchers’ expertise spans six main research areas:

Gender and Women’s History

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Dr Sarah Bendall

Professor Susan Broomhall

Professor Susan Broomhall FAHA - centre director

Dr Natalie Tomas

Imperial and Colonial Histories

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Dr Kristie Patricia Flannery

Kate-Fullagar-2019

Professor Kate Fullagar

Literature

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Professor Debjani Ganguly FRAS

Professor Paul Giles FAHA

Professor Peter Holbrook FAHA - program director

Associate Professor Lisa O’Connell

Dr Killian Quigley

Political Science

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Professor Paul Kenny - program director

Refugees, Humanitarianism and Migration Studies

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Professor Joy Damousi AM FASSA FAHA - centre director

Professor Sheila Fitzpatrick

Professor Sheila Fitzpatrick

Dr Anh Nguyen Austen

Dr Ebony Nilsson

Dr Rachel Stevens

Dr Mary Tomsic

Sociology

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Professor Jack Barbalet

Associate Professor Tom Barnes - program director

Professor Bryan Turner

News

Professor Larissa McLean Davies appointed Executive Dean Education and Arts

1 September 2025

Professor Larissa McLean Davies has been appointed Executive Dean of the Faculty of Education and Arts at Australian Catholic University.

New research fellowship to promote Australia’s rich Catholic history

27 August 2025

Australian Catholic University (ACU) has launched a new Fellowship to conduct scholarly research into Australia’s Catholic history.

ACU Professor of Literature Debjani Ganguly appointed director of Harvard institute

11 August 2025

Professor Debjani Ganguly from ACU’s Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences has been named director of the Institute for World Literature (IWL) at Harvard University.

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