Professor Marcia Langton AM is an anthropologist and geographer, and since 2000 has held the Foundation Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies at the University of Melbourne. She has produced a large body of knowledge in the areas of political and legal anthropology, Indigenous agreements and engagement with the minerals industry, and Indigenous culture and art.
Her role in the Empowered Communities project under contract to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and as a member of the Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians are evidence of Professor Langton's academic reputation, policy commitment and impact, alongside her role as a prominent public intellectual. Her 2012 Boyer lectures titled: The Quiet Revolution: Indigenous People and the Resources Boom is one of her recent contributions to public debate, and have added to her influence and reputation in government and private sector circles. In 1993, she was made a member of the Order of Australia in recognition of her work in anthropology and the advocacy of Aboriginal rights. Professor Marcia Langton is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, a Fellow of Trinity College, Melbourne and an Honorary Fellow of Emmanuel College at The University of Queensland. In 2016 Professor Langton is honoured as a University of Melbourne Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor. As further recognition as one of Australia's most respected Indigenous Academics, in 2017 Professor Marcia Langton is appointed as the first Associate Provost at the University of Melbourne.
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Marcia Langton's highlights
FEATURED Report
Indigenous climate change adaptation in the Kimberley region of North-western Australia
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Projects
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Project Types
22
Research Grant
12
Research Contracts
3
Internal Research Grant
Scholarly Works
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Member of the Order of Australia
FASSA - Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
Credentials
Positions
Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor
Melbourne School Of Population And Global Health
Member
Commonwealth Review of Indigenous Training and Employment Programmes
Advisor
Empowered Communities Project (Jawun Indigenous Partnerships)
Advisory Committee
Australian Employment Covenant
Patron
Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (NPY) Women's Council
Member
Expert Panel on the Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians
Member
Murrup Barak Institute of Indigenous Development Associates Forum, The University of Melbourne
Advisory Committee
Rotary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Indigenous Scholarships
Advisor
Yothu Yindi Foundation
Chair
Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership
Chair
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Higher Education Advisory Council
Member
Institute of Australian Geographers
Member
Australian Anthropological Society
Member
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Anthropologist
Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
Macquarie University
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) First Class
The Australian National University