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Dr Daryl Adair (Hons) (PhD)Senior Lecturer in Humanities
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BiographyDaryl is a graduate of the Flinders University of South Australia, where he completed a BA in History and American Studies in 1989, received a first-class Honours Degree in History in 1990, and was awarded a PhD in History in 1995. During that time Daryl twice received the Vice Chancellor’s Letter of Commendation for academic excellence, and he was twice awarded the James Millar Main Prize for History – being the the best Third-year student and, following that, the best Honours student in the Flinders History Program. Adair’s doctoral thesis examined the logistics and politics of staging major public events in Australia during the period 1901-1938 (nationhood through to the Sesquicentenary of NSW). The study combined analysis of various types of events, from anniversaries and centenaries through to parades and sporting rituals. Subsequently, Adair’s research has dwelt upon the history, politics, and sociology of sport, tourism, leisure, and popular culture. Under this broad focus he has co-written two academic monographs, co-edited three scholarly books, and is the author of ten book chapters, eighteen journal articles, fifteen encyclopedia articles, and numerous ‘other’ publications, such as newspaper stories and book reviews. Adair has been a member of the Executive of the Australian Society for Sports History, an Editor of the Australian Society for Sports History Monograph Series, and remains a member of the Editorial Review Board for the peer-reviewed journal Sporting Traditions. Adair’s current research interests include links between sport and militarism, and the significance of alcohol in Australian sport and popular culture. Major publications include: Nick Gouth, Daryl Adair and Bruce Coe (eds), Beyond the Torch: The Olympics and Australian Culture, Australian Society for Sports History, Melbourne, 2005. Brent Ritchie and Daryl Adair (eds), Sport Tourism: Interrelationships, Impacts, and Issues, Channel View Publications, London, 2004. Mike Cronin and Daryl Adair, The Wearing of the Green: A History of St Patrick's Day, Routledge, London and New York, 2002. Daryl Adair and Wray Vamplew, Sport in Australian History, Oxford University Press (Australian Retrospectives Series), Melbourne, 1997 (reprinted 1998, 2004).
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