Welcome to the Australian Studies Centre at UCD Dublin which is located within the School of History and Archives. Australian Studies currently includes the following range of activities:

• The Keith Cameron Chair of Australian History, a visiting appointment to teach and research Australian history at UCD
• Courses in Australian history for second- and third-year undergraduates
• Australian History research seminars and public lectures which are open to the public
• A small Australian Studies Library, which students are entitled to access.

The Australian Studies Centre does not have the resources to host visitors. We are happy to hear from researchers who would like to offer a paper to the Australian Studies seminar so do get in touch if you are planning a visit to Dublin.

Mark McKenna
Keith Cameron Professor of Australian History

Two former Keith Cameron professors, Katie Holmes and Stuart Ward, were recently in Dublin for the launch of their edited collection Exhuming Passions: The Pressure of the Past in Ireland and Australia (Irish Academic Press, 2011). The book was launched by Bruce Davis, the Australian Ambassador to Ireland, and Ed O'Loughlin. The picture below is a unique precord of three Keith Cameron professors together, in the Australian Studies Centre, on October 6 2011: Katie Holmes, Stuart Ward and Mark McKenna.