Dr Samuel Curkpatrick’s research interests span issues of music, culture and theology, with specific focus given to Indigenous Australian song and philosophical issues of language and identity.
Sam is currently a Research Associate at the Indigenous Knowledge Institute, University of Melbourne, and leading a University of Divinity research project on Yolngu and Warlpiri epistemology.
Sam completed a doctorate in ethnomusicology at the National Centre for Indigenous Studies (ANU, Canberra) as well as postgraduate research on Terry Eagleton’s critical method and irony within Christian faith.
Sam has been a grantee of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, and an inaugural fellow of the Commonwealth Intercultural Arts Network, Faculty of Education, Cambridge University.
He was Partnerships Coordinator Vic Tas for Australian Churches of Christ Global Mission Partners from 2017-21.
Experience
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2022–presentResearch associate, University of Melbourne
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2022–presentResearcher and adjunct lecturer, University of Divinity
Education
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2021University of Divinity, MPhil
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2014Australian National University , PhD
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2008Monash University, BMus (Hons)
Grants and Contracts
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2021Research Grant
- Role:
- Chief research
- Funding Source:
- University of Divinity
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2011Research Grant
- Role:
- Chief researcher
- Funding Source:
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Melbourne, Australia
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