Dennis Altman

Dennis Altman is professor of politics at La Trobe University. He is the author of eleven books, most recently Gore Vidal's America, Global Sex, and the memoir Defying Gravity. He was professor of Australian studies at Harvard (2005), and held visiting fellowships at New York University (2002) and University of Chicago (1997). He has served on a range of international committees on HIV/AIDS, and served as president of the AIDS Society of Asia and the Pacific between 2001 and 2005. He was named by the Bulletin in June 2006 as one of the 100 most influential Australians ever.

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