About

In the late 1970s, Paul gave up an emerging career as a seriously bad comic actor to pursue a doctorate in history, exploring the religious, philosophical and historical thought of Edward Gibbon, the great Enlightenment historian of Rome.

He gained his first academic job in the School of History, Philosophy and Politics at Macquarie University. Since then he has held positions teaching history and digital humanities at several Australian universities – with guest appointments and fellowships in European and US academia – before retiring in late 2017.

He continues to spend time researching and writing. He has also been tempted to revive my youthful interest in comic performance. After all, they say there’s no fool like an old fool!