Congratulations to Professor David Lowe who has been elected as the Smuts Visiting Research Fellow at The University of Cambridge for 2018-2019. Professor Lowe will commence this prestigious fellowship in October 2018, returning in March 2019. During this period, David will investigate the role of the Commonwealth in the Asian-focused decade of the 1950s, in mobilising organisationally and with ideas and actions, in relation to development needs and responses for decolonising Asia.​

David is Chair in Contemporary History in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. David is a co-founder of the Australian Policy and History network and a member of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Editorial Advisory Board, advising the Australian Foreign Minister with respect to the Documents on Australian Foreign Policy Series.