'Julian Murphet is Professor in Modern Film and Literature and Director of the Centre for Modernism Studies at the University of New South Wales. Murphet is internationally recognised for his substantial and significant contributions to the fields of modernist and contemporary Australian and American fiction, drama, poetry and film. Murphet is also a distinguished literary theorist. Under his leadership, the Centre for Modernism Studies has become a world-renowned centre for literature, media and culture. He has held visiting positions at the University of California, Berkeley, and at Cambridge and Oxford Universities.' (Source: The Australian Academy of the Humanities website)
