John Milfull was an Australian academic, educator and professor.
14 Facts About John Milfull
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John Milfull later founded that university's degree program in European studies and founded its Centre for European Studies and in 1986 was appointed as professor emeritus and visiting professor in European studies.
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John Milfull was a member of the international advisory board for the journal Debatte: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe and vice-president of the Contemporary European Studies Association of Australia.
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John Milfull spent a year studying German, English, and music at the University of Munich.
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John Milfull quickly set about transforming the School of German into a flourishing community and modernising and broadening the curriculum from a study of German language and literature to include a study of "history, social sciences and politics, film and media".
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Partly as a result of this, in 1984 John Milfull established a degree program in European Studies at the UNSW and in 1996 he founded the UNSW's Centre for European Studies, of which he remained the director until his retirement in 2006.
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John Milfull used the centre to bring together diplomats and academics and to promote the "European idea" that in which he fervently believed.
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John Milfull was commended by Professor Frank B Tipton for these achievements:.
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John Milfull deserves special mention for his efforts on behalf of German and European studies in Australia, efforts that have provided invaluable opportunities to exchange views with the broadest possible range of international scholars.
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John Milfull spent periods at Technische Universitat Berlin, at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg and, as a lecturer, at the University of Cambridge.
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In 1997 John Milfull was appointed Director of the Centre for Intercultural Jewish Studies in Sydney, "a co-operative venture between Macquarie University, the University of New South Wales and the University of Sydney".
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John Milfull delivered the opening speech for this centre on 5 August 1997.
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John Milfull was married to Dr Helen Mary Milfull, who graduated with a Ph.
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John Milfull spoke out periodically on politics and current affairs.