Emeritus Professor David Carter
Emeritus Professor

David Carter

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Background

Professor David Carter's research interests include Australian literature and publishing history, cultural history, the history of the book, magazines and periodical studies, middlebrow cultures, and studies in modernity.

Professor Carter was Director of the Australian Studies Centre at the University of Queensland from 2001 to 2006, then Professor of Australian Literature and Cultural History in the School of Communication and Arts.

He is the author of Australian Books and Authors in the American Marketplace, 1840s-1940s (2018) with Roger Osborne, Almost Always Modern: Australian Print Cultures and Modernity (2013), Dispossession, Dreams and Diversity: Issues in Australian Studies (2006) and A Career in Writing: Judah Waten and the Cultural Politics of a Literary Career (1997), winner of the Walter McRae Russell Award for literary scholarship. His edited books include the co-edited Fields, Capitals, Habitus: Australian Culture, Inequalities and Social Divisions (2020); Making Books: Contemporary Australian Publishing (2007) with Anne Galligan; The Ideas Market: An Alternative Take on Australia's Intellectual Life (2004); Culture in Australia: Policies, Publics and Programs, with Tony Bennett (2001); and Outside the Book: Contemporary Essays on Literary Periodicals (1991).

He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and Series Editor, Anthem Studies in Book History, Publishing and Print Culture, Anthem UK.

Professor Carter has extensive experience in teaching and developing programs in Australian Studies internationally. He was President of the International Australian Studies Association from 1997 to 2001; Manager of the Australian Studies in China program of the Australia-China Council (2002-16); a board member of the Australia-Japan Foundation (1998-2004); and Visiting Professor in Australian Studies at Tokyo University (2007-08 & 2016-17). He is a Board Member of the Foundation for Australian Studies in China.

Availability

Emeritus Professor David Carter is:
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Fields of research

Literary studies

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, University of Melbourne
  • Postgraduate Diploma, University of Melbourne
  • Masters (Coursework), University of Melbourne
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Deakin University
  • Australian Academy of the Humanities, Australian Academy of the Humanities

Research interests

  • Australian Literature

    Australian publishing history, 20th-century Australian literature, periodicals and book culture, Australian modernity

  • The history of the book

  • Publishing and print culture studies

  • Modernity

  • Immigration and multiculturalism

  • Australian Indigenous Cultures

Search Professor David Carter’s works on UQ eSpace

114 works between 1991 and 2021
All (114) Journal Article (43) Book Chapter (41) Conference Publication (3) Book (13) Other Outputs (7) Edited Outputs (7)

61 - 80 of 114 works

2006

Book Chapter

Periodicals

Carter, David and Osborne, Roger (2006). Periodicals. Paper empires: A history of the book in Australia 1946-2005. (pp. 239-257) edited by Craig Munro and Robyn Sheehan-Bright. St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press.

Periodicals

2006

Journal Article

'Some means of learning of the best new books': All About Books and the Modern Reader

Carter, David (2006). 'Some means of learning of the best new books': All About Books and the Modern Reader. Australian Literary Studies, 22 (3), 329-341.

'Some means of learning of the best new books': All About Books and the Modern Reader

2006

Edited Outputs

Crossings

Crossings. (2006). 11.2

Crossings

2005

Book Chapter

Six theses on contemporary Australia

Carter, David (2005). Six theses on contemporary Australia. Australian Studies Centre 25th anniversary collection. (pp. 47-59) edited by David Carter and Martin Crotty. St Lucia, Australia: Australian Studies Centre, University of Queensland.

Six theses on contemporary Australia

2005

Other Outputs

Alan Marshall

Carter, David (2005). Alan Marshall.

Alan Marshall

2005

Edited Outputs

Crossings

Crossings. (2005). 10.1

Crossings

2005

Other Outputs

David Martin

Carter, David (2005). David Martin.

David Martin

2005

Other Outputs

Frank Hardy

Carter, David (2005). Frank Hardy.

Frank Hardy

2005

Journal Article

From Nations to Networks : Australian studies as 'Anti-Area' Studies

Carter, David (2005). From Nations to Networks : Australian studies as 'Anti-Area' Studies. Crossings, 10 (2)

From Nations to Networks : Australian studies as 'Anti-Area' Studies

2005

Edited Outputs

Crossings

Crossings. (2005). 10.2

Crossings

2005

Other Outputs

Gavin Casey

Carter, David (2005). Gavin Casey.

Gavin Casey

2005

Other Outputs

Judah Waten

Carter, David (2005). Judah Waten.

Judah Waten

2004

Book Chapter

Asian Australian Studies: China and Japan

Carter, David (2004). Asian Australian Studies: China and Japan. Double Vision: Asian accounts of Australia. (pp. 139-154) edited by Broinowski, Alison. Canberra, ACT: Pandanus Books.

Asian Australian Studies: China and Japan

2004

Book Chapter

The mystery of the missing middlebrow or the c(o)urse of good taste

Carter, David (2004). The mystery of the missing middlebrow or the c(o)urse of good taste. Imagining Australia: literature and culture in the new new world. (pp. 173-201) edited by Ryan, Judith and Wallace-Crabbe, Chris. Boston, Mass., USA: Harvard University Press.

The mystery of the missing middlebrow or the c(o)urse of good taste

2004

Book Chapter

A minor miracle, a kind of failure, and some small successes: Australian studies and cultural diplomacy

Carter, David (2004). A minor miracle, a kind of failure, and some small successes: Australian studies and cultural diplomacy. Thinking Australian Studies: teaching across cultures. (pp. 90-109) edited by Kate Darian-Smith, David Carter, Gus Worby and Gus Worby. Brisbane, Queensland: UQ Press.

A minor miracle, a kind of failure, and some small successes: Australian studies and cultural diplomacy

2004

Journal Article

O’Grady, John see “Culotta, Nino”: Popular authorship, duplicity and celebrity

Carter, David (2004). O’Grady, John see “Culotta, Nino”: Popular authorship, duplicity and celebrity. Australian Literary Studies, 21 (4), 56-73.

O’Grady, John see “Culotta, Nino”: Popular authorship, duplicity and celebrity

2004

Other Outputs

Australia

Carter, David, Karskens, G., Macintyre, C. and Mitchell, A. (2004). Australia.

Australia

2004

Book

The ideas market: An alternative take on Australia's intellectual life

David Carter ed. (2004). The ideas market: An alternative take on Australia's intellectual life. Carlton, Australia: Melbourne University Press.

The ideas market: An alternative take on Australia's intellectual life

2004

Book Chapter

The conscience industry: The rise and rise of the public intellectual

Carter, David (2004). The conscience industry: The rise and rise of the public intellectual. The ideas market: an alternative take on Australia's intellectual life. (pp. 15-39) edited by David Carter. Carlton, Victoria: Melbourne University Press.

The conscience industry: The rise and rise of the public intellectual

2004

Book Chapter

Judah Waten

Carter, David (2004). Judah Waten. Australian Writers, 1950 - 1975. (pp. 308-316) edited by Selina Samuels. Farmington Hills, USA: Thomson Gale.

Judah Waten

Past funding

  • 2016 - 2019
    Genre worlds: Australian popular fiction in the 21st century
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2014
    AustLit - Infrastucture Supporting Studies in Australian Cultural History
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2016
    Australian Cultural Fields: National and Transnational Dynamics (ARC Discovery Project led by the University of Western Sydney)
    University of Western Sydney
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2014
    The AustLit Resource: supporting research in studies of Australian literary and narrative cultures
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2013
    Humanities in the digital age: infrastructure for Australian literary studies, publishing studies, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2012
    Mapping World War One Digger Narratives: building a searchable, open access research foundation to support centenary related research outcomes on the literary history of World War One (2014) & the Gal
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2012
    Digital humanities practice in Australian literary studies: data development, structural enhancement and open access innovation - Austlit phase 4
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2011
    eResearch Infrastructure for Humanities Scholars: facilitating literary and narratives studies; children's and popular fictions and film/TV studies
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2010
    History of the Book in Australia: Reconceptualising the Regions: Queensland and Western Australia
    UQ FirstLink Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2010
    AustLit Phase Three: Transforming the study of Australian Literature through a collaborative e-Research environment
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2009
    AustLit Phase Two: Research infrastructure for humanities and education researchers
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2008
    AusLit: Phase Two- humanities research infrastructure development, augmentation and expansion
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2009
    America Publishes Australia: Australian Books and American Publishers, 1890-2005
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2009
    Australian literary publishing and its economies, 1965-1995
    University of Western Sydney
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2009
    The Queensland Historical Atlas: Histories, Cultures, Landscapes
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2007
    The Queensland Historical Atlas: Histories, Cultures, Landscapes
    UQ FirstLink Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2006
    AustLit- humanities research infrastructure development through knowledge based data set building, augmentation of key research elements and ICT developments
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2009
    The Cultural Research Network
    ARC Research Networks
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2007
    Popular Cultures and Social Change: Case Studies from Rural Queensland
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2006
    The Making of the Australian Middlebrow: Nationalism Modernity and Middlebrow Culture in Australia
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2002 - 2003
    An Analysis of the Patterns of Consumption, Community Impacts and Returns on Investment of Rural Popular Cultural Activities
    UQ FirstLink Scheme
    Open grant

Availability

Emeritus Professor David Carter is:
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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Imagining Australia through Japanese translation: Cultural artefacts and the recreation of Australian literature

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Akiko Uchiyama

Completed supervision

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  • Australian literature
  • Australian society
  • Multiculturalism

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