Teaching Strengths
Prof Anne Pender
Kidman Chair of Australian Studies
School of Humanities
College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
I research modern and contemporary Australian literature and theatre. I have particular interests in biography, theatre history and comedy.
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| 2024 | Pender, A. (2024). Biography, History and Democracy: Contemporary Writing about Australian Lives. Journal of Australian Studies, 48(2), 165-178. Scopus1 |
| 2022 | Pender, A. (2022). Denise Varney, Patrick White’s Theatre: Australian Modernism on Stage, 1960–2018. Modern Drama, 65(3), 466-469. |
| 2022 | Pender, A. (2022). Australia and China at 50: The New Wave Theatre and the Drama of Cultural Exchange. Journal of Australian Studies, 46(4), 482-495. |
| 2021 | Pender, A. (2021). Sustained personal contact: Recent Australian productions on tour in China. Australasian Drama Studies, 2021(78), 195-223. |
| 2020 | Pender, J. (2020). Geraldine Brooks, Historical Fiction and Australian Writers in the US. Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, 20(2), 1-12. |
| 2019 | Pender, A. (2019). The Internationalists: Australian writers and contemporary Greece. Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, 19(1), 11729-1-11729-11. |
| 2019 | Pender, A. (2019). John Clarke: the man, the mask and the problem of acting. Comedy Studies, 10(1), 8-20. Scopus1 |
| 2019 | Pender, A. (2019). Courage: On the Record with Geraldine Brooks. Harvard Review Online. |
| 2017 | Pender, A. (2017). Robyn Nevin, Patrick White and the Art of the Modern in Australian Theatre. Australasian Drama Studies, 71(71), 68-78. |
| 2016 | Pender, A. (2016). Learning to Act: Tony Sheldon’s Emotional Training in Australian Theatre. Humanities, 5(3), 1-10. |
| 2016 | Pender, J. (2016). Theatre Animals: Sumner Locke Elliott's Invisible Circus. Australasian Drama Studies, 2016-April(68), 54-74. Scopus1 |
| 2016 | Pender, J. (2016). Worlds within: Hayes Gordon, Zika Nester, Henri Szeps and the Transformations of Australian Theatre. Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, 15(3), 1-12. |
| 2015 | Pender, A. (2015). Portraits of actors: Elspeth Ballantyne, Julia Blake and the challenges of biography.. About Performance, 13, 211-230. |
| 2013 | Pender, A. (2013). EAT, PRAY, LAUGH!:BARRY HUMPHRIES, REG LIVEMORE AND CROSS-DRESSED AUSTRALIAN BURLESQUE. Australasian Drama Studies, 2013-October(63), 69-83. Scopus2 |
| 2007 | Pender, A. (2007). 'Modernist Madonnas': Dorothy Todd, Madge Garland and Virginia Woolf. Women S History Review, 16(4), 519-533. Scopus6 |
| 2005 | Pender, A. (2005). 'Phrases between us': The poetry of Anna Wickham. Australian Literary Studies, 22(2), 229-244. Scopus3 |
| 2005 | Pender, A. (2005). The mythical Australian: Barry Humphries, Gough Whitlam and "new nationalism". Australian Journal of Politics and History, 51(1), 67-68. Scopus19 |
| 2004 | Pender, A. (2004). 'Scorched earth', Washington and the missing manuscript of Christina Stead's I'm dying laughing. Australian Literary Studies, 21(3), 235-250. Scopus1 |
| 2004 | Pender, A. (2004). Bound and dangerous. Tls the Times Literary Supplement, (5263), 12. |
| 2001 | Pender, A. (2001). No more please: Barry humphries and Australian English. Journal of Australian Studies, 25(68), 160-166. Scopus2 |
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| 2025 | Pender, A. (2025). The Costs of Comedy and the Future of the Arts in Australia. Adelaide, SA: St Mark’s College (obh print). |
| 2016 | Pender, J. (2016). Players: Australian Actors on Stage, Television and Film. K. Kilner (Ed.), Australia: AustLit. |
| 2013 | Bennett, B., & Pender, A. (2013). From A Distant Shore Australian Writers in Britain 1820-2012. |
| 2010 | Pender, A. (2010). One Man Show The Stages of Barry Humphries. Harper Collins Publishers Australia Pty Limited. |
| 2008 | Pender, A., & Lever, S. (2008). Nick Enright An Actor's Playwright. Rodopi. |
| 2002 | Pender, A. (2002). Christina Stead, Satirist. Study of Australian Literature. |
| Year | Citation |
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| 2023 | Pender, A., Knight, T., Peters, S., & Seton, M. (2023). Wellbeing for Student Actors: #MeToo and New Initiatives in the Australian Tertiary Drama Curriculum. In M. White, F. McCallum, & C. Boyle (Eds.), New Research and Possibilities in Wellbeing Education (pp. 91-112). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. DOI Scopus1 |
| 2017 | Pender, J. (2017). A Tribute to John Clarke. In K. Kilner (Ed.), Players: Australian Actors on Stage, Television and Film (Vol. 1, 1 ed., pp. 1-5). University of Queensland, St Lucia: AustLit : The Australian Literature Resource 2004-. |
| 2016 | Pender, J. (2016). Introduction. In K. Kilner (Ed.), Players: Australian Actors on Stage, Television and Film (Vol. n/a, 1 ed., pp. 1-4). University of Queensland, St Lucia: AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource 2004-. DOI |
| 2016 | Pender, J. (2016). Carol Raye: Living on Champagne. In K. Kilner (Ed.), Players: Australian Actors on Stage, Television and Film (Vol. 1, 1 ed., pp. 1-10). University of Queensland, St Lucia: AustLit : The Australian Literature Resource 2004-. |
| 2016 | Pender, J. (2016). Helmut Bakaitis: The Art of the Theatre. In K. Kilner (Ed.), Players: Australian Actors on Stage, Television and Film (Vol. 1, 1 ed., pp. 1-8). University of Queensland, St Lucia: AustLit : The Australian Literature Resource 2004-. |
| 2016 | Pender, J. (2016). Elspeth Ballantyne: Strindberg for Breakfast. In K. Kilner (Ed.), Players: Australian Actors on Stage, Television and Film (Vol. 1, 1 ed., pp. 1-9). University of Queensland, St Lucia: AustLit : The Australian Literature Resource 2004-. |
| 2016 | Pender, J. (2016). Wendy Blacklock: The Transformation of Australian Theatre. In K. Kilner (Ed.), Players: Australian Actors on Stage, Television and Film (Vol. 1, 1 ed., pp. 1-8). University of Queensland, St Lucia: AustLit : The Australian Literature Resource 2004-. |
| 2016 | Pender, J. (2016). Julia Blake: I am a Camera. In K. Kilner (Ed.), Players: Australian Actors on Stage, Television and Film (Vol. 1, 1 ed., pp. 1-10). University of Queensland, St Lucia: AustLit : The Australian Literature Resource 2004-. |
| 2016 | Pender, J. (2016). Noeline Brown: Possum Magic, 'Queen of Comedy'. In K. Kilner (Ed.), Players: Australian Actors on Stage, Television and Film (Vol. 1, 1 ed., pp. 1-10). University of Queensland, St Lucia: AustLit : The Australian Literature Resource 2004-. |
| 2016 | Pender, J. (2016). John Clarke: New Zealand Boy. In K. Kilner (Ed.), Players: Australian Actors on Stage, Television and Film (Vol. 1, 1 ed., pp. 1-10). University of Queensland, St Lucia: AustLit : The Australian Literature Resource 2004. |
| 2016 | Pender, J. (2016). Barry Creyton: The Barry Creyton Show. In K. Kilner (Ed.), Players: Australian Actors on Stage, Television and Film (Vol. 1, 1 ed., pp. 1-10). University of Queensland, St Lucia: AustLit : The Australian Literature Resource 2004-. |
| 2016 | Pender, J. (2016). Max Cullen: Max's Method. In K. Kilner (Ed.), Players: Australian Actors on Stage, Television and Film (Vol. 1, 1 ed., pp. 1-12). University of Queensland, St Lucia: AustLit : The Australian Literature Resource 2004-. |
| 2016 | Pender, J. (2016). Mags: The Magic and Mesmerising Maggie Dence. In K. Kilner (Ed.), Players: Australian Actors on Stage, Television and Film (Vol. 1, 1 ed., pp. 1-9). University of Queensland, St Lucia: AustLit : The Australian Literature Resource 2004-. |
| 2016 | Pender, J. (2016). Alan Hopgood: The Boy's Sheer Poetry. In K. Kilner (Ed.), Players: Australian Actors on Stage, Television and Film (Vol. 1, 1 ed., pp. 1-9). University of Queensland, St Lucia: AustLit : The Australian Literature Resource 2004-. |
| 2016 | Pender, J. (2016). Denise Scott: An Extraordinary Woman. In K. Kilner (Ed.), Players: Australian Actors on Stage, Television and Film (Vol. 1, 1 ed., pp. 1-10). University of Queensland, St Lucia: AustLit : The Australian Literature Resource 2004-. |
| 2016 | Pender, J. (2016). Tony Sheldon: Child of the Theatre, Broadway Star. In K. Kilner (Ed.), Players: Australian Actors on Stage, Television and Film (Vol. 1, 1 ed., pp. 1-9). University of Queensland, St Lucia: AustLit : The Australian Literature Resource 2004-. |
| 2016 | Pender, J. (2016). Henry Szeps: 'It's my Party', Acting for Life. In K. Kerry (Ed.), Players: Australian Actors on Stage, Television and Film (Vol. 1, 1 ed., pp. 1-9). University of Queensland, St Lucia: AustLit : The Australian Literature Resource 2004-. |
| 2016 | Pender, J. (2016). Nick Tate: Strong Actor. In K. Kilner (Ed.), Players: Australian Actors on Stage, Television and Film (Vol. 1, 1 ed., pp. 1-10). University of Queensland, St Lucia: AustLit : The Australian Literature Resource 2004-. |
| 2016 | Pender, J. (2016). Jacki Weaver: 'I'm very Stella'. In K. Kilner (Ed.), Players: Australian Actors on Stage, Television and Film (Vol. 1, 1 ed., pp. 1-10). University of Queensland, St Lucia: AustLit : The Australian Literature Resource 2004-. |
| Year | Citation |
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| 2018 | Pender, J. (2018). The Writing of Nick Enright. |
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| 2019 | Authors: Pender A. Title: Seven Big Australians Adventures with Comic Actors. Extent: 256 pages. |
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| 2023 | Pender, J. (2023). Long, Joan Dorothy (1925-1999). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. |
| 2022 | Pender, J. (2022). Review of Horse by Geraldine Brooks. The Conversation. |
I am currently a Chief Investigator on a large Australian Research Council funded Linkage project. entitled 'Comedy Country: Australian Performance Comedy as an Agent of Change'. There are three universities and nine industry partners participating in this project.
I have previously held a National Library of Australia Fellowship, a Fulbright Senior Scholar Award to Harvard University, an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship, and two Australian Research Council Discovery Grants.
· National Library of Australia Fellowship 2021
· Fulbright Senior Fellowship Harvard University 2018
· Australian Bicentennial Fellowship, King’s College London 2016
· National Film and Sound Archive Scholar in Residence Fellowship 2013-2014
· Distinguished Visiting Chair, Australian Studies, University of Copenhagen 2011-2012
· University of New England VC’s Award for Excellence in Research 2009
· Australian Bicentennial Fellowship, King’s College London 2006
· Joan Rydon Fellowship, King’s College London 2003
· Ria de Groot Prize and Australian Academy for the Humanities Grant 1998, 2001
I teach Australian Studies with a focus on Literature, Theatre, Creative Writing and Film.
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Principal Supervisor | Detecting Dress: Mrs-Annie Bowman's Garments: A Cultural History of Dress in Colonial Adelaide | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Ms Kathryn Needs |
| 2025 | Principal Supervisor | Detecting Dress: Mrs-Annie Bowman's Garments: A Cultural History of Dress in Colonial Adelaide | - | Doctorate | Part Time | Ms Kathryn Needs |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 - 2025 | Co-Supervisor | The Essential Workers: A Composite Novel | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Jane Turner Goldsmith |
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