25 November 2024
Three University of Queensland academics have received the nation’s highest honour in humanities.
Professor Chris Clarkson, Dr Geoffrey Gray and Associated Professor Patrick Jory have been elected Fellows of the .
The trio are recognised by their peers for their contributions to cultural and societal understanding.
2024 Fellows:
- - for research on early Aboriginal sites, particularly at the 65,000-year-old Madjedbebe site in the Northern Territory.
- - for transformative work on the history of Australian anthropology and its impact on Indigenous knowledge and racial thought.
- - for research on Thai intellectual history and modernity in South East Asia.
The scholars are among 41 elected to the academy.
