The Distinguished Visiting Fellow scheme brings world-leading scholars to Macquarie to contribute to intellectual leadership at the University and give staff, students and the community to engage with some of the world’s most celebrated thinkers.

As a research-intensive university achieving increasing international recognition for research excellence, Macquarie has been successful in attracting the most eminent scholars from around the world to participate in the scheme, with physicist Sir Peter Knight and primatologist Dame Jane Goodall among past Visiting Fellows.

Next week Macquarie welcomes highly acclaimed Swedish-American historian Professor Fredrik Logevall to the Distinguished Visiting Fellow scheme. Professor Logevall is a Professor of International Affairs and History at Harvard University and won a Pulitzer Prize for History in 2013 for his book Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam.

Staff will have the chance to hear from Professor Lovegall at a public lecture on campus on Wednesday 14 August, where he will be discussing the past, present, and future of American foreign policy.

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America’s Role in the World

5.30-7pm
Wednesday 14 August
Level 3 Conference Rooms
18 Wally’s Walk
Register now

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Dr Brian Cuddy, Lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology, says Professor Logevall’s visit is great opportunity for staff to engage with one of the world’s leading historians.

“Historians are pretty good at uncovering the myths and assumptions that drive debates over politics and policy, and at encouraging a more reflective conversation, and Fred is no exception,” Brian says. “He has a great ability to bring his audience with him, so the public lecture is well worth attending.”

As a Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Professor Logevall will be contributing to a variety of teaching, research and mentoring activities, including leading a workshop for HDR students and participating in a conference examining the significance and legacies of the Vietnam War in the Asia Pacific region.