Professor Hamish Maxwell-Stewart

Biography

After graduating with a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, Hamish worked for the Welcome Unit for the History of Medicine, University of Glasgow until 1997 when he migrated to Australia. As a Research Fellow at the University of Tasmania, he co-designed the highly successful Lottery of Life exhibition which ran at Port Arthur from 1999-2018. In 2000 he was appointed to the teaching staff in the Department of History and Classics at the University of Tasmania where he worked until 2011 when he was appointed as a visiting fellow at the University of Texas. The following year he took up the Keith Cameron Chair in Australian History at University College Dublin. On his return to the University of Tasmania in 2013 he was appointed Associate Dean Research, for the Faculty of Arts, a position he held until 2016. During that time he established a highly successful diploma in Family History as well as teaching World History at first year level. After a highly successful 23 years at the University of Tasmania he joined the History and Archaeology team at UNE in April 2021.

Employment History

2021- Professor of Heritage and Digital Humanities, University of New England

2020-2021- Adjunct Professor of History, University of New England

2015-2020 - Professor of History, College of Arts, Law and Education, University of Tasmania

2013-2016 - Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Arts, University of Tasmania

2012 - Keith Cameron Chair of Australian History, University College Dublin

2009 -2012 - Associate Professor, History and Classics, University of Tasmania

2005-2008- Senior Lecturer, History and Classics, University of Tasmania

2002-2004 - Lecturer, History and Classics, University of Tasmania

2000-2002 - Associate Lecturer, History and Classics, University of Tasmania

1997-1999 - Port Arthur Research Fellow, History and Classics, University of Tasmania

1993-1996 - Post-doctoral Research Fellow, History of Medicine, University of Glasgow

1990-1992 - Research Assistant, History of Medicine, University of Glasgow

Other positions: Visiting Professorial Fellow, Australian Studies, University of Texas, Austin, February – March 2010