Professor Ken Gelder
Emeritus Professor of English, School of Culture and Communication, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne
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Arts & Culture
Did Charles Dickens invent Christmas?
While the Victorian author didn’t actually invent Christmas, he did renew – and redefine – its generous spirit
Arts & Culture
Kangaroo hunting in colonial Australia
A new book explores how the kangaroo became a quarry, a resource and a point of violent conflict between settlers and Australia’s Aboriginal people