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Professor

Gaye Sculthorpe

(she/her)

Research Professor

Faculty of Arts and Education/Alfred Deakin Institute/Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation

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  • Research Professor
    Faculty of Arts and Education/Alfred Deakin Institute/Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation
  • +61 3 924 45909 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

BIO

I am a palawa woman from Tasmania with qualifications in history and
anthropology (Australian National University) and Museum Studies (University
of Sydney). In 1997 I was awarded a PhD from La Trobe University
in the Area of Aboriginal Studies, School of Archaeology. My thesis focused
on change and innovation in wood carving (punu) in the central and western
deserts of Australia.

Over my museum career, I have worked in local, state, national and
international museums: Burke Memorial Museum, Beechworth; Museums Victoria,
Melbourne, National Museum of Australia, Canberra; and the British Museum
(2013-2022) where she was curator and section head of Oceania, in the
Department of the Africa, Oceania and the Americas. For almost ten years I
worked as a Member of the National Native Title Tribunal, before moving to
work in London.

In August 2022, I took up the position of Research Professor, Cultural
Heritage and Museum Studies, in the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship
and Globalisation at Deakin University.

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Research Professor
    Deakin University, Alfred Deakin Institute

DEGREES

  • Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (Learning & Teaching)
    Deakin University, Burwood, Australia2022 - 2023
  • PhD
    La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia1989 - 1996
  • Diploma in Museum Studies
    University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia1977 - 1977
  • Bachelor of Arts
    Australian National University, Canberra, Australia1974 - 1976

LANGUAGES

  • French
    Can read and speak

FIELDS OF RESEARCH (2020)

  • Heritage, archive and museum studies
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander curatorial, archives and museum studies
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, language and history

AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION

  • Masters by Research and PhD supervision

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Arts and Education

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE

  • Alfred Deakin Institute

STRATEGIC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE

  • Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation