Clendinnen, Inga

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CLENDINNEN, Inga

CLENDINNEN, Inga. Australian, b. 1934. Genres: Novellas/Short stories, History, Anthropology/Ethnology. Career: University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia, tutor, 1956-57, senior tutor in history, 1958-65 and 1968; La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia, lecturer, 1969-82, senior lecturer, 1982-89, reader in history, 1989-91, emeritus scholar, 1992-. Princeton University, fellow at Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Research, 1983-84; Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, NJ), fellow at School for Historical Studies, 1987; University of Michigan, Arthur H. Aiton Memorial Lecturer, 1987; Fellow, Australian Academy of the Humanities, 1992. Publications: Ambivalent Conquests: Maya and Spaniard in Yucatan, 1517-1571, 1987; Aztecs: An Interpretation, 1991; Reading the Holocaust, 1999; True Stories: Boyer Lectures, 1999; Tiger's Eye, 2000; Dancing with Strangers, 2003. Work represented in anthologies. Contributor to history and anthropology journals. Contributor of short fiction to Australian journals. Address: Department of History, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia.

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