Greg Hainge

Greg Hainge FAHA is a leading scholar in cultural studies, with expertise spanning French literature, sound studies, film and philosophy. The connecting thread across his diverse research is the interpretation of difficult texts, the work of making sense of what is unfamiliar, complex, or unlike ourselves. For Greg this is more than a scholarly method: he argues that the capacity to engage well with people, ideas and cultures different from our own is among the most important things a society can cultivate, and that nothing builds it more powerfully than learning other languages and understanding other cultures.

As Professor of French and Head of the School of Languages and Cultures at the University of Queensland, Greg is passionate about the importance of languages and knowledge of other cultures in education and is driving a large-scale program of work that seeks to flip the script on the importance of languages, which he sees as a critical skill for the future, never more so than right now given the rise of generative AI.

The author of three monographs and over 50 academic chapters and articles, Greg has also written articles for The Australian, and catalogue essays for major international exhibitions, including ‘David Lynch: Between Two Worlds’ at the Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland and 'Audiosphere' held at the Reina Sofia National Museum in Madrid.

Greg is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He is editor in chief of Culture, Theory and Critique and serves on the editorial boards of Contemporary French Civilization, Études Céliniennes, Corps: Revue Interdisciplinaire and French Screen Studies.