The Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities strengthens its ties with the Australian Academy of the Humanities

December 11, 2019

John Erni

John Erni

President Maureen Sabine: I am very pleased to report that HKAH Fellow and Past President, John Erni, has just been elected Corresponding Fellow by the Australian Academy of the Humanities (AHH).

He joins the distinguished company of our Overseas Fellows, Kam Louie who was founding President of our Academy from 2011 to 2013 and Louise Edwards who is now International Secretary and Vice President of the AHA, and our Honorary Fellow Sam Lieu. HKAH Secretary, Doug Robinson, has been appointed delegate to the AHA and recently participated in the International Humanities Summit marking their 50th anniversary.

Below are the Australian Academy’s general welcoming remarks to its new fellows and its welcome to corresponding fellows:

“Welcoming our newly elected Fellows

We are delighted to announce the election of 25 outstanding researchers and practitioners to the Australian Academy of the Humanities, the highest honour for achievement in the humanities in Australia.

“In our 50th anniversary year, I am honoured to welcome the new members of our Fellowship, elected in recognition of their distinguished achievement in the humanities disciplines and their contribution to Australian cultural life," said Academy President Professor Joy Damousi FASSA FAHA.

"Those elected come from a range of fields including archaeology, classics, history, philosophy, media and communications, religion, Asian studies, literature, art history, linguistics and musicology, as well as creative practitioners from across the arts and culture sector,” said Professor Damousi. “They demonstrate the richness and diversity of the humanities in Australia today."

There are three categories of membership: Fellows, Corresponding Fellows, and Honorary Fellows.

We welcome three Corresponding Fellows:

Felix Kofi Ameka, linguist focussed on the languages of Ghana and cross-cultural semantics whose research ties with Australian universities span 35 years: Universiteit Leiden

John Nguyet Erni FHKAH, cultural studies scholar with a focus on international and Asia-based cultural studies and human rights legal criticism, extensive research collaborations with scholars in Australia: Hong Kong Baptist University

Alison Wylie, philosopher of the social and historical sciences, working on the archaeology of gender and developing codes of ethics for archaeological practice, with deep connections to Australia through research collaborations that bridge archaeology and philosophy: University of British Columbia”

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