Researchers honoured for humanities success

Two University of Queensland academics have been honoured for their achievements in the humanities in Australia. UQ's Professor Alastair Blanshard and Professor John Macarthur have been named fellows of the Australian Academy of the Humanities , alongside Australian author Tim Winton and global philosopher Jay Garfield. UQ Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Peter Høj said he was pleased the efforts of two of UQ's outstanding researchers had been recognised. "This prestigious fellowship is a fitting acknowledgement of the differing contributions that Alastair and John have made to the field of humanities," he said. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Executive Dean Professor Tim Dunne congratulated Professor Blanshard on his fellowship. "Alastair holds the Paul Eliadis Chair of Classics and Ancient History and is a significant research leader in the Faculty and the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry. He leads by example, having written several impactful books on the legal and social systems of ancient Greece," Professor Dunne said.