robertaustinhenry
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Bio
Robert holds a Ph.D in History and Latin American Studies (La Trobe, 1998). He researches the post-colonial history of Latin America and the Caribbean, Political Economy of Latin American culture (both 1810-present), and Pedagogy of Languages and Social Sciences.
Among over 100 publications in the field, his books include The State, Literacy and Popular Education in Chile, 1964-1990 (2003; https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780739102886); (Ed.), Diálogos sobre Estado y Educación Popular en Chile: de Frei a Frei, 1964-1993 (2004); (Ed. and co-author), Intelectuales y Educación Superior en Chile: de la Independencia a la Democracia Transicional, 1810-2001 (2004, 2005; http://www.rebelion.org/docs/135836.pdf); and (Ed. and co-author), Imperialismo Cultural en América Latina: Historiografia y Praxis (2007: see http://www.rebelion.org/docs/210698.pdf), the 1st in a 4-volume series Historia y Cultura en Nuestra América (in progress).
His forthcoming books include Perverse Pedagogy: The School of the Americas and the Rise of Terrorist States; and Reconstruyendo la Escuela Nacional Unificada: Mito e Historia (1927-1973), a 2-volume study of Salvador Allende's unique cultural project, co-written with Lautaro Videla, one of its two key architects. He is also developing a history of Australian-based solidarity movements with Latin America since the 1970s, as a participant researcher.
From 1992 to 2006 he taught and researched in Humanities and Social Science faculties in Latin American and Australian universities, and has since worked at the universities of Melbourne, Queensland and Sydney. He has been a professor at two Chilean universities; and visiting professor in Chile, Cuba, Mexico and Venezuela. He is a participating editor of the journal Latin American Perspectives (USA); and has been an editorial board member with Cronos and Tensões Mundiais (Brazil), and Encuentro XXI (Chile). Robert is a foundation member of the National Tertiary Education Union (Australia).