ProfessorJohn Hartley

Awards and Honours

• 2020 John Curtin Distinguished Emeritus Professor, Curtin University
• 2017-18 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year, Murdoch University, Perth
• 2017 Elected Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales
• 2013-2016 Guest Researcher, Institute for Cultural Industries, Shenzhen University, China
• 2013 Senior Consultant of Media Culture Creativity Park, Hangzhou Economic & Technological Development Area, China
• 2016 "Juri Lotman Lecture" Tartu University, Estonia. "Understanding Social Media: The Turn To Evolution, Complexity and 'The Three Bigs'
• 2013 Honorary Professor of Communication University of Zhejiang, China
• 2012 Awarded the title of 'John Curtin Distinguished Professor', Curtin University (renewed 2017)
• 2012 Elected Fellow, International Communication Association (USA)
• 2009 Order of Australia: Appointed as a Member (AM) in the General Division, for 'service to education as an academic and commentator in the areas of journalism, culture and media studies'
• 2009 China Creative Industry Individual Honorary Prize
• 2006 Keynote address, Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Research (AoIR), Brisbane
• 2001 Centenary Medal (Australian Honours List), 'For Service to Australian Society and the Humanities in Cultural and Communication Studies'
• 2001 Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA)
• 1996 Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (FRSA), Life Fellow, 2006
• 2007-2012 Fellow of the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences (QAAS)
• 2006 Awarded Queensland University of Technology's first Distinguished Professorship
• 2006 26th Ian McPherson Memorial Lecture, 53rd Sydney Film Festival, Sydney: 'Television at Fifty: Growing old disgracefully, or is the best yet to come?'
• 2000 Honorary Member of CSAA (Cultural Studies Association of Australia), by invitation of the Association
• 1995 Henry Mayer Memorial Essay Prize for best article of the year, awarded by the Australian Journal of Communication