Melinda Hinkson
Melinda Hinkson was appointed Director of the Institute in March 2019. Prior to taking up this position she was Associate Director, with responsibility for curating public and academic programs. Melinda …
Our People
IPCS is governed by a community of scholars, artists, activists, and advocates with deep and wide-ranging expertise.
Our People
Alice Bellette
In addition to being executive officer at IPCS, Alice is a PhD student in literary studies where she is researching politics of refusal and relationality in contemporary Aboriginal women’s writing. …
Jon Altman AM (Chair)
Jon Altman has been a director of the Institute of Postcolonial Studies and the chair of its Board since 2016. Jon is an emeritus professor of the Australian National University …
Sundhya Pahuja
Sundhya Pahuja is a Professor of International Law at the Melbourne Law School and Director of the Institute for International Law and the Humanities at the University of Melbourne. Her work …
Paul Carter
Paul Carter is an internationally renowned writer, artist, and cultural heritage specialist.
Ross Lake OAM
Ross was born in Albury, New South Wales, but has spent almost all his life in Mildura and surrounds. Educated at Mildura West Primary and Mildura High School he went …
Joan E Clarke OAM
Dr Joan Ellen Clarke has been a longstanding member of IPCS, serving previously on its Council and currently on IPCS’ Board of Directors. Joan was CEO of a large mental …
Stefano de Pieri
Stefano de Pieri was born in Treviso, near Venice. He migrated to Australia in his late teens and attended Sydney Road Community School whilst working for an Italian Left organisation called …
Uma Kothari
Uma is Professor of Migration and Postcolonial Studies at the Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, UK. From 2017 to 2022 she was also Professor of Human Geography at the …
Aran Martin
Aran Martin is the Managing Editor of Postcolonial Studies at IPCS. Aran has a background in international relations with a focus on intercultural dialogue, conflict prevention and peacebuilding, and environmental politics. He holds over a …
Melinda Hinkson
Melinda Hinkson was appointed Director of the Institute in March 2019. Prior to taking up this position she was Associate Director, with responsibility for curating public and academic programs. Melinda …
Anne Poelina
Anne Poelina, a Nyikina Warrwa woman who belongs to the Mardoowarra — the lower Fitzroy River in the Kimberley region of Western Australia– is an active Indigenous community leader, human …
Jasmine Barzani
Jasmine Barzani is a gen-y Kurdish troublemaker who has worked with several groups including Food Not Bombs, Animal Friends Jogjakarta, 3CR Community Radio, Needle n Bitch, and Médecins Sans Frontières. …
Mammad Aidani
Dr Mammad Aidani is a playwright and theatre director and holds a PhD in hermeneutics, phenomenological and existential psychology and an MA in sociolinguistics and identity. Mammad’s research focuses on Middle …
Serveh Naghshbandi
Serveh is an art and design researcher and educator currently working in Naarm/Melbourne. Serveh Naghshbandi is an art and design researcher and educator currently working in Naarm/Melbourne. She conducts design-based …
Angela Foley
Angela is a non-Indigenous educator committed to interculturally informed eco-literacies for Country, age-appropriate education, and creative, place-based learning through art. Angela is a non-Indigenous educator committed to interculturally informed eco-literacies …
Elnaz Sheshgelani
Elnaz is a storyteller, theatre maker, puppeteer, choreographer, and educator. Elnaz is a storyteller, theatre maker, puppeteer, choreographer, and educator. She holds a PhD in Performing Arts where she explored …
Summayyah Sadiq-Ojibara
Summayyah Sadiq-Ojibara is a writer, poet and storyteller, and a practicing psychotherapist and counsellor living in Naarm/Melbourne. Born and raised in Nigeria, Summayyah Sadiq-Ojibara lives in Naarm/Melbourne and practices as …
Jack Kirne
Jack Kirne is writer and academic living and working in Naarm/Melbourne. Jack’s research spans the disciplines of literary studies and creative writing. His research focuses on the intersections of cultural histories …
Eda Seyhan
Eda was an IPCS Visiting Fellow and Convenor for 2021. Eda Seyhan is an international human rights lawyer, researcher and activist, focused on policing, national security and racial justice. She …
Michael Fikaris
Michael Fikaris is a visual artist and award winning editor, publisher and community builder. As a Visiting Fellow in 2021, Michael aims to extend two manuscripts he has previously worked on An …
Gali Weiss
Gali Weiss is an artist and researcher living and working in Melbourne. Born in Israel, she migrated with her family to Australia as a child, and returned to live and …
Matthew Gmalifo Mabefam
Matthew is currently a sessional academic and PhD candidate at the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. Matthew has served as the convener of the African Studies …
Jasmine Barzani
Jasmine Barzani is a gen-y Kurdish troublemaker who has worked with several groups including Food Not Bombs, Animal Friends Jogjakarta, 3CR Community Radio, Needle n Bitch, and Médecins Sans Frontières. …
Muhib Nabulsi
Muhib was a Convenor in 2021. Muhib Nabulsi is—in unstable proportions—a writer struggling to write, a disabled person living with chronic illnesses, a novice filmmaker, a 2nd gen diaspora Palestinian …
Eda Seyhan
Eda was an IPCS Visiting Fellow and Convenor for 2021. Eda Seyhan is an international human rights lawyer, researcher and activist, focused on policing, national security and racial justice. She …
Thabani Tshuma
Thabani was a Convenor in 2021. Thabani is a Zimbabwean writer and performance poet living in Naarm/Melbourne. In 2021 Thabani was the convenor for IPCS’ Poetry is the method of …