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New JCH Fellows in 2022

In February 2022 the JCH Council announced
the appointment of four new Fellows.

The Honourable Diana Bryant AO QC
Ms Erika Feller AO
Prof. Ruth Fincher AM
Ms Margaret Richardson AM

Congratulations to Celebrating an exciting leadership role for
JCH Fellow, Prof. Prof. Anna Goldsworthy
Cheryl Saunders AO
In July 2022, JCH Kenneth Moore Memorial Music Scholar,
Prof. Cheryl Saunders is Prof. Anna Goldsworthy, commenced in her new role as
Laureate Professor Emeritus Director of the University of Adelaide’s Elder Conservatorium
at Melbourne Law School. of Music.
In June 2022, she was
awarded the prestigious An award-winning pianist, writer, and festival director, with a
international Tang Prize long-standing interest in creative education and practice, Prof.
in Rule of Law, recognising her outstanding contribution Goldsworthy is the first female director of the Conservatorium,
to comparative constitutional law, including its practical one of the oldest tertiary music schools in Australia.
application through constitutional engagement in the Asia-
Pacific region. Announcing her appointment, Professor Peter Høj AC, Vice-
Chancellor and President of the University of Adelaide said,
The Tang Prize Selection Committee paid tribute to ‘The Elder Conservatorium of Music is a much loved part of
Prof. Saunders’ pioneering scholarship, noting that she the University of Adelaide and helps us maintain a strong
‘consistently broadens the boundaries of comparative connection with the wider community. I am excited that a
constitutional law scholarship through active engagement, musician of Anna’s reputation has been chosen to guide this
dialogue and collaboration with scholars and political unique and vibrant community of musicians.’
actors at home and abroad’.
Prior to commencing as Director, Anna was Associate
Prof. Saunders is President Emeritus of the International Professor at the Conservatorium for several years and also
Association of Constitutional Law, an Officer of the Order Director of the University’s J.M. Coetzee Centre for Creative
of Australia and a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, Practice.
France. She is an elected Fellow of the Academy of Social
Sciences in Australia, a Fellow of the British Academy and ‘The Elder Conservatorium of Music is a jewel in the
a foundation Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law. University of Adelaide’s crown. It is one of the most venerable
music institutions in Australia,’ said Anna. ‘It has been a part
Founded in 2014 by Dr Samuel Yin, the Tang Prize is a of my life since childhood, and I am passionately committed
Taiwan-based biennial award given out in four fields: to seeing it flourish. As a woman I am very excited about
Sustainable Development, Biopharmaceutical Science, stepping into this leadership position, and hope to be the
Sinology, and Rule of Law. Nomination and selection are first of many. In our rapidly changing artistic landscape, the
conducted by an independent selection committee in Elder Conservatorium is a critical site of cultural innovation
cooperation with the Academia Sinica, Taiwan’s top and preservation, and an institution which has launched the
research institution. careers of many of the leaders in the music world.’

An accomplished classical pianist, Anna performs extensively
throughout Australia and internationally. She is a founding
member of the Seraphim Trio, whose collaboration with
Paul Kelly, Thirteen Ways to Look at Birds, won an ARIA
award in 2019. Her bestselling memoir, Piano Lessons, has
been published throughout Europe, Asia and America, and
in 2010 she was awarded Newcomer of the Year at the
Australian Book Industry Awards.
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