About Australian Studies

The Centre for Australian Studies was established in 2005 in collaboration with the Australian Government, Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST), and Monash University. It represented the culmination of two decades of activity in the field at Copenhagen University, dating from the first courses in Australian literature taught by Bruce Clunies Ross in the 1980s.

Each spring semester we are joined by a visiting Professor sponsored by DEST, and Monash University's National Centre for Australian Studies supports a visiting Monash Fellow. We also have a number of 'associate' members of the team, consisting of former staff at Copenhagen University as well as Australian Studies scholars working at neighbouring universities.