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John Kinder

Emeritus Professor John Kinder

  • Post Nominals: Commendatore dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia, FAHA
  • Fellow Type: Fellow
  • Elected to the Academy: 2006
  • Section(s): Linguistics, European Languages And Cultures

Biography

John Kinder was born in New Zealand. After teaching at Victoria University (Wellington, NZ), James Cook University and Flinders University, he moved to Perth in 1988. At the University of Western Australia, he was Professor of Italian, Chair of European Languages and Studies, Deputy Head (Teaching and Learning) of the School of Humanities and inaugural director of the Multimedia Centre. John is a Corresponding Fellow of the Accademia della Crusca. He retired from the University in 2021.

His publications include Using Italian: A Guide to Contemporary Usage (Cambridge UP), Linguistic History of Italy (ANU Press) and Canon Raffaele Martelli in Western Australia 1853-1864: Life and Letters (Abbey Press).

Acknowledgement of Country

The Australian Academy of the Humanities recognises Australia’s First Nations Peoples as the traditional owners and custodians of this land, and their continuous connection to country, community and culture.

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Acknowledgement of Country

The Australian Academy of the Humanities recognises Australia’s First Nations Peoples as the traditional owners and custodians of this land, and their continuous connection to country, community and culture.