- Lecturer in Australian Political Studies, University of Canberra
Dr Joshua Black is a lecturer in Australian political studies within the Vice-Chancellor's Centre of Public Ideas at the University of Canberra. He has previously been a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The Australia Institute, Palace Letters Fellow at the Whitlam Institute within Western Sydney University and a ministerial speechwriter. He is the author of Performance Politics: Australian politicians and the stories they tell (NewSouth 2026) and co-editor, with Frank Bongiorno and Carolyn Holbrook, of Gold Standard? Remembering the Hawke Government (NewSouth 2026).
Experience
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2024–2025Postdoctoral research fellow, The Australia Institute
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2023–2024Palace Letters Fellow, The Whitlam Institute within Western Sydney University
Education
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2023The Australian National University, Doctor of Philosophy (History)
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2018University of Wollongong, Bachelor of Arts (Class I. Honours), History
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