Skip Navigation Links

William F Eddleston, Ph.D.

E-mail: William.Eddleston@aauni.edu
Tel.:
Facebook:
LinkedIn:

Courses taught: History of the Cold War, 20th Century Social History

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts, University of Sydney, 1983–88.
(to 3rd year Honours level in History, and 2nd year Honours in Hebrew, with two years Biblical Studies).

Master of Arts, The University of Sydney (with Merit)*, 1989–92.
(* The Merit award was the highest award available for the Master of Arts Pass degree at this time, and was reckoned as the equivalent of First Class Honours for the purposes of postgraduate scholarships).
Dissertation "Race, Language and Civilisation: An Examination of Nineteenth Century Racially-based Explanations of the History of the Ancient Near East, with Particular Reference to the Semite Question." University of Sydney MA, 1992. (528 pp).

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sydney, 1994–2001.
Dissertation "From Theurgy to Totemism: The Interpretation of Assyro-Babylonian Religion in Relation to Nineteenth Century Ethnology and Philology c. 1850-1890, with particular reference to the Turanian Race Theory." University of Sydney, 2001 (498 pp).

CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults), International House Sydney, Oct–Nov 2002.

FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Visiting Research Postgraduate, Hebrew University in Jerusalem, January–June 1997.

Visiting Postgraduate Fellow, Oxford Centre for Jewish Studies, July–September 1997.

Australian Postgraduate Research Award, 1996–1999.

Modern Languages Travelling Scholarship, 1997.

Honorary Associate, The School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, The University of Sydney, 2002–4.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Academic

Tutor and Co-Examiner, MA Course "The Interpretation of Ancient Near Eastern Religion," 1995.

  • I helped design, teach and examine a Master of Arts unit on the modern interpretation of ancient Near Eastern Religion from the Enlightenment to the 20th century. The course had a particular emphasis on the historical, political and ideological context of comparative religion.

Academic Adviser, The Women's College, University of Sydney, 1999–2000.

  • This involved dispensing detailed guidance to students studying medieval and early modern history, as well as the late modern period. It was also a semi-pastoral role, as it often involved counselling students suffering considerable stress and anxiety.

Residential Tutor, Modern History, The Women's College, University of Sydney, 2000.

  • Tutoring of a first year course in Late Modern European history, with emphasis on the rise of nationalism, political ideology from the French Revolution to 1848, social and economic history, the Industrial Revolution, etc.

Tutor, Critical Criminology, University of Western Sydney, 1999.

 

ESL

Teacher, St Mark’s International (part of the GEOS group), Sydney, Dec 9, 2002–May, 2003.

Teacher, Accent Courses Ltd UK, July–August 2003, 2004, 2005 & 2006.

Senior Teacher, Accent Courses Ltd UK, July-August 2007 & 2008.

Teacher, The Caledonian School, Prague, September 2003–July 2006.

Senior Teacher for Material Evaluation and European Union Classes, The Caledonian School, Prague, September 2006–present.

Teacher of Academic English (English Literature and History), The Caledonian School, Prague, January 2007–present.

  • During my time as an English teacher, I have taught all levels from Lower Intermediate to Advanced, including preparation for the Cambridge PET, FCE, CAE and CPE English exams.

  • I am currently serving as the head teacher for the post-schools CAE programme at the Caledonian School, Prague.

FURTHER RELEVANT WORK HISTORY

Head Librarian, The Women's College, November 1999–March 2001.

  • I supervised the running of a small (c. 7,000 work) college book collection, making decisions about book purchasing and de-acquisition, extensive electronic cataloguing and IT management, etc.