As many UWAASA members may already know, long-standing UWAASA member Emeritus Professor John R. Melville-Jones AM FAHA sadly passed away in early 2026. John’s colleague, Associate Professor Christopher Mallan (School of Humanities, Classics and Ancient History) has allowed us to share the obituary he delivered at John’s funeral. Memories of John Melville-Jones – the scholar
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As many UWAASA members may already know, long-standing UWAASA member Emertia Professor Brenda Walker sadly passed away in late 2024. An obituary written by Brenda’s colleagues, UWA Chair of Australian Literature Professor Tony Hughes-d’Aeth and Senior Honorary Research Fellow at UWA’s School of Humanities Associate Professor Kieran Dolin can be found online at the UWA
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To those who never knew Alan Robson the number and depth of feeling in the tributes made within and outside the University might seem a surprise, but he was a Vice-Chancellor and before that a Deputy Vice-Chancellor like no other. His legacies to the University are too numerous to recount but they include the creation
