Graham Seal
Director
Humanities
Curtin University
Australia
Biography
Graham is Professor of Folklore and teaches on-campus and off-campus students through the Australian Studies program. He is director of the Australia-Asia-Pacific Institute, director of the Australian Folklore Research Unit and convenor of the Australia at War and Peace Research Group. Graham is a member of the International Australian Studies Association, The Australian Folklore Association, the Folklore Society and the English Folk Dance and Song Society. He is the founder and convenor of the Australian Folklore Network and is an editorial board member of Australian Folklore and Folklife: Journal of Ethnological Studies. He is general editor of the 'Studies in Australia, Asia and the Pacific' research monograph series (Black Swan Press).
Research Interest
Folklore, history and mythology, Australian cultural history, outlaw heroes, Anzacolk tradition, past and present, and cultural history in Australia and around the world.
Publications
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Seal Graham (2015) "Unravelling digger yarn-spinning in World War.†In World War One in Australia: A Virtual Special Issue of the Journal of Australian Studies, Peter Stanley (edtr). Journal of Australian Studies 21: 146-156.
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Doyle Timothy, Graham Seal (2015) "Editorial: Indian Ocean futures: new partnerships, new alliances and academic diplomacy". Journal of the Indian Ocean Region 11: 2–7.
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Seal Graham (2015) "Unravelling digger yarn-spinning in World War.†In World War One in Australia: A Virtual Special Issue of the Journal of Australian Studies, Peter Stanley (edtr). Journal of Australian Studies 21: 146-156.
