Peter Sherlock Explained

Vice-Chancellor of University of Divinity
Term Start:2012
Office2:Dean of United Faculty of Theology
Term Start2:2008
Term End2:2012
Birth Name:Peter Sherlock
Birth Date:26 October 1972
Alma Mater:University of Melbourne, University of Oxford
Profession:academic, historian

Peter Sherlock (born 26 October 1972)[1] is an Australian academic and was the inaugural Vice-Chancellor of the University of Divinity in Melbourne, a role he held between 2012 and March 2024. He specialises in the cultural history of Renaissance and Reformation Europe, and is a recognised authority on historic monuments.

Education

Sherlock completed a MA in history at the University of Melbourne.[2] He held a Commonwealth Scholarship at Corpus Christi College, Oxford from 1997 to 2000.[3] His D.Phil thesis from the University of Oxford was titled, Funeral Monuments: Piety, Honour and Memory in Early Modern England.[4] From 2004 to 2008 Sherlock was an Australia Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne.[5]

Career

Throughout his career Sherlock has made significant contributions to ecumenical theological education and Australian Universities. He served as Dean of the United Faculty of Theology from 2008 to 2012[5] [6] and was appointed as the inaugural Vice-Chancellor of the University of Divinity in 2012.[3] [5] He has been the Chair of the Council of Deans of Theology since 2015 and Treasurer of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies since 2014.[7] [5] He was elected as President of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Theological Schools in 2022.[8]

Sherlock has also contributed to Australian public theological debate. Between 2013 and 2014 he wrote a column providing religious perspectives on contemporary issues called Theophilus for The Conversation.[9] He has been a guest on several Australian Broadcasting Commission's Radio National programs[10] [11] and also appeared on episodes of The Drum.

Sherlock's contributions to the Anglican Church includes serving as the Lay Canon of St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne from 2010 to 2016.[12] He was editor of the Journal of Anglican Studies from 2020 to 2021.[13] [14] Sherlock he has spoken publicly in favour of the Anglican Church of Australia supporting same-sex marriage. He has been in a long-term same-sex relationship and married his partner in 2018.[15] Sherlock delivered the 48th Barry Marshall Memorial Lecture, 'Why Australia Needs Theology', at Trinity College, Melbourne in 2017.[16] [17]

Sherlock's research explores Renaissance and Reformation Europe history and theology, especially the commemoration of the dead and cultures of remembering and forgetting. He is a recognised authority on historic monuments.[18] He has also published in the areas of gender and religion, on theological education, and contributed multiple entries in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.[19]

Select publications

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Who's Who Australia: Professor Peter David Sherlock . ConnectWeb.
  2. Anglicans, feminists and the ordination of women in Australia 1968-1977 . University of Melbourne . 1997 . Parkville, Victoria . Peter . Sherlock.
  3. Web site: Professor Peter Sherlock . 19 August 2022 . University of Divinity.
  4. Book: Sherlock, Peter . Funeral Monuments : Piety, Honour and Memory in Early Modern England . Thesis (D.Phil.)--University of Oxford, 2000 .
  5. Web site: Peter Sherlock . 2022-08-24 . The Conversation . en.
  6. Web site: United Faculty of Theology – University of Divinity . 2022-08-24 . divinity.edu.au . en-US.
  7. Web site: Council of Deans of Theology . 2022-08-24 . cdt.edu.au.
  8. Web site: Peter Sherlock Staff directory . 2022-08-24 . staff.divinity.edu.au . en-GB.
  9. Web site: Theophilus . 2022-08-24 . theconversation.com.
  10. Web site: 2018-08-27 . Can religious institutions come back after the Royal Commission? . 2022-08-24 . ABC Radio National . en-AU.
  11. Web site: 2017-08-23 . What are the limits of religious freedom in liberal democracies? . 2022-08-24 . ABC Radio National . en-AU.
  12. Book: St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne Annual Report . St Paul's Press . 2016 . 7.
  13. Blackman . Graeme L. . 2020 . Journal of Anglican Studies: Change of Editor . . 18 . 1 . 10.1017/S1740355320000297 . 225936859 . 19 August 2022.
  14. Blackman . Graeme L. . 2021 . Appointment of new Editor for the Journal of Anglican Studies . Journal of Anglican Studies . 19 . 1 . 10.1017/S1740355321000115 . 235463820 . 19 August 2022.
  15. News: Porter . Muriel . Muriel Porter . 20 May 2022 . Australian Synod motion praising same-sex marriage falls, but gets nearly two-fifths of vote . . 19 August 2022.
  16. Book: Trinity College, University of Melbourne 2017 Annual Report . Trinity College . 2017 . 4.
  17. Web site: Barry Marshall Lecture About Trinity College . 2022-08-24 . www.trinity.unimelb.edu.au.
  18. News: Howse . Christopher . 28 December 2019 . Sacred Mysteries: The Elgin Marbles of Westminster Abbey . . 19 August 2022.
  19. Web site: Contributor: Peter Sherlock . 2022-08-24 . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . en.

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