Staff profile

Dr Harry Oldmeadow

Associate Professor

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

School of Communication, Arts and Critical Enquiry

Arts: 2.19, Bendigo

 

Qualifications

BA Hons, MA Hons, Dip Ed, PhD.

Area of study

Religion and Spirituality
Philosophy
Cinema Studies

Brief profile

Harry Oldmeadow studied at ANU, Sydney University, St John’s College Oxford, Canberra University and La Trobe. He has taught History, Literature, Philosophy, Religious Studies and Cinema Studies at various institutions. His doctorate traced the theoretical trajectory of film critic Robin Wood. In recent years Harry’s principal research interests have been in the field of Religious Studies although he still occasionally researches and teaches in Cinema Studies.

Research interests

Environmental Philosophy

- Environmental debate

Philosophy of the Mind

- Perennial philosophy

Religion and Society

- East-West religious encounters

Screen and Media Culture

- Classical Hollywood cinema

Teaching units

HUM1IRS - Introducing Religious Studies. HUM2/3PR - Philosophy of Religion. HUM2/3ME - The Modern Era. HUM2/3ERP - Eastern Religions. HUM2/3AC - American Cinema. HUM2/3WC - World Cinema.

Recent publications

Frithjof Schuon and the Perennial Philosophy, World Wisdom, Bloomington, 2010.

 

Mediations: Essays on the Perennial Philosophy and Religious Pluralism, San Rafael, Sophia Perennis, 2008.

 

A Christian Pilgrim in India: the Spiritual Journey of Swami Abhishiktananda, World Wisdom, Bloomington, 2008.

 

Journeys East: 20th Century Western Encounters with Eastern Religious Traditions, World Wisdom, Bloomington, 2004.

 

Traditionalism: Religion in the Light of the Perennial Philosophy, Sri Lanka Institue of Traditional Studies, Colombo, 2000.

 

Light from the East: Eastern Wisdom for the Modern West; (edited), World Wisdom, Bloomington, 2008.

 

The Betrayal of Tradition: Essays on the Spiritual Crisis of Modernity (edited), World Wisdom, Bloomington, 2005.

Older publications

Approximately 50 book chapters and articles in journals such as Studies in Comparative Religion, Sophia: the Journal of Traditional Studies, Sacred Web: A Journal of Tradition and Modernity, Asian Philosophy, Esoterica, Australian Religion Studies Review, Eye of the Heart and Religious Traditions. Some of these are listed on the website given above.

Research projects

Perennialism as expounded in the work of Frithjof Schuon, Ananda Coomaraswamy, René Guénon and others

  Black Elk and the spiritual heritage of the Lakota Indians