Shayne Breen

Shayne Breen is an interdisciplinary historian who has worked closely with Tasmanian Aboriginal people for 35 years. During the 1990s he helped lead the introduction of Aboriginal Studies at the University of Tasmania. In 2001 he received a University of Tasmania Vice-Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence Award. More recently he worked with Aboriginal Education Services in the Tasmanian Education Department, helping to revise the Aboriginal Studies curriculum in Tasmania's schools. His research interests include deep history, colonial genocide, Australia’s history wars and Tasmanian Aboriginal history. This is his third book.