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Peter Sherlock | |
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| Associate Director, Yindyamarra Nguluway, Charles Sturt University | |
| Assumed office 2025 | |
| Vice-Chancellor of University of Divinity | |
| In office 2012–2024 | |
| Dean of United Faculty of Theology | |
| In office 2008–2012 | |
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| Born | Peter Sherlock 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 based at Charles Sturt University. Sherlock 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. [2]
Sherlock completed a MA in history at the University of Melbourne. [3] He held a Commonwealth Scholarship at Corpus Christi College,Oxford from 1997 to 2000. [2] His D.Phil thesis from the University of Oxford was titled Funeral Monuments:Piety,Honour and Memory in Early Modern England and was supervised by Clive Holmes. [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]
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. [2] [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] In 2025,Sherlock was appointed as Associate Director of Yindyamarra Trust at Charles Sturt University,working in collaboration with Distinguished Professor Stan Grant. [9]
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. [10] He has been a guest on several Australian Broadcasting Commission's Radio National programs [11] [12] and also appeared on episodes of The Drum. [13]
Sherlock's contributions to the Anglican Church includes serving as the Lay Canon of St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne from 2010 to 2016. [14] He was editor of the Journal of Anglican Studies from 2020 to 2021. [15] [16] 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. [17] Sherlock delivered the 48th Barry Marshall Memorial Lecture,'Why Australia Needs Theology',at Trinity College,Melbourne in 2017. [18] [19]
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. [20] 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 . [21]
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