austral. Anglist und Historiker; special interest: history of technology, media, travel and empire; B.A. in English, comparative literature and communication studies, Murdoch Univ., Western Australia (1994); Dr. of philosophy, Dep. of English, Univ. of Western Australia (2002); ANU Centre for European Studies (2013-14); ab 2015 Prof. and Chair in Digital Humanities at the University of Western Sydney