Wayne Hudson has been the Professor of Humanities in the School of Philosophy, at the University of Tasmania since January, 2007. Specialising in European philosophy, politics and history, he has contributed widely to academic scholarship and is considered the leading authority on the philosopher Ernst Bloch. Professor Hudson has also made substantial contributions to teaching and learning. He won the Australian National Teaching Award for Arts and Humanities in 2004. He is married with two children.
Career Summary
Professor Hudson studied History and Law at the University of Sydney and then German Philosophy at Oxford University, where he wrote his D.Phil. under the famous Polish philosopher, Leszek Kolakowski.
He was a Junior Research Fellow at Linacre College, Oxford, and went on to lecture in philosophy (in Dutch) at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands from 1979 1985.
On his return to Australia, he became Acting President of the Australian Historical Association. Wayne Hudson has extensive interest in the development of the Humanities in Asia, especially China. He also holds a Research Professorship at the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture in Canberra.
In recent years he has published eighteen books and sixty one refereed articles and book chapters on European philosophy, politics and history.
Educational Qualifications
M.A., L.L.B. (University of Sydney)
D.Phil. (Oxford University)
Supervisors
Professor John Plamenatz (All Souls, Oxford)
Professor Leszek Kolakowski (All Souls, Oxford)
Professor Martin Jay (University of California at Berkeley)
Examiners
Professor Steven Lukes (European University, Florence)
Professor David McClellan (University of Canterbury, Kent)
Research grants
Professor Hudson has gained substantial research grants and since 1989 he has won over $900,000 in 22 grants from both national and international funding bodies.
Career Highlights
Paid participant, first International Forum of Teacher Scholars, British Academy of Higher Education, July 2006.
Winner Australian National Teaching Award Arts and Humanities, ($40,000) 2004.
The Charles Strong Memorial Lecture, Australian Association for the Study of Religions Conference, Griffith University, Brisbane, July 2003.
Director of Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Griffith University, July 2000-2003.
Rockefeller Travel Scholarship to the United States, November 2000.
Foundation Editor, The Journal of Australasian Process Thought 1999-2004.
Selected to represent Australia for the North America Speakers Series, Canada and USA, 1998.
Director, National Institute for Law, Ethics and Public Affairs, Oct 1996 - Nov 1997.
National Award for an Outstanding Contribution to Australian Culture, Centre for Australian Cultural Studies, Canberra, 1997.
Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Politics, Research School of Social Sciences, ANU, 1997.
Visiting Professor, Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China, September 1995 and November 1998.
Secretary, Australian Society for Phenomenology and Social Philosophy, 1993.
Vice-President, Australian Society of Legal Philosophy, (Queensland Branch) 1992-1995.
Foundation Head of the School of Cultural and Historical Studies, Griffith University, 1992-94.
Elected Senior Associate Member, St Antony's College, Oxford University, 1984.
Visiting Professor, McGill University, Montreal, 1984.
Two seminars on Postmodernity, St Antony's College, Oxford University, February and June 1984.
Conference with Professor Jacques Derrida, Ιcole Normale Supιriere, Paris, August 1983.
Four seminars on Categories, Philosophy Sub-Faculty, Oxford University, 1980.
Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1979-1985 (granted tenure).
Seminar with Professor Jόrgen Habermas, Baliol College, Oxford, 1979.
Elected Junior Research Fellow, Linacre College, Oxford University, 1978-79.
Major publications
The Marxist Philosophy of Ernst Bloch (London: Macmillan and New York: St Martin's Press, 1982). Second printing (London: Macmillan, 1982). Reprinted 1983. The standard work on the German Jewish philosopher Ernst Bloch.
The Reform of Utopia (London: Ashgate, 2003).
A major reinterpretation of the nature of utopia and utopianism.
The English Deists: Studies in Early Enlightenment (London: Pico and Chattering, 2009) (in press)
Enlightenment and Modernity: The English Deists and Reform (London: Pico and Chattering, 2009) (in press)
For a full list of publications, affiliations and grants please click on the URL link at the top of the page.
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