Bio
Kenneth Crowther is the founding principal of a classical school starting in 2026, St John Henry Newman College, and has been teaching in the secondary and tertiary sectors for 15 years.
He holds an Arts and Education Bachelor’s degree, a Master of Arts in Creative Writing, a Master of Arts in Early Modern Literature and is about to complete a PhD in Early Modern Literature and Culture.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Theatre Literature, History and Criticism) (University of Southern Queensland, 2025)
- Master of Arts (Research) (University of Southern Queensland, 2019)
- Master of Arts (Macquarie University, 2016)
- Bachelor of Arts and Education (University of Southern Queensland, 2010)
Research Interests
His research interests are represented by his thesis titles:
- Masters: ‘Shakespeare’s Sloth: Acedia as demonic humoralism in ‘Macbeth’, ‘King Lear’, and ‘Timon of Athens’.
- Doctorate: ‘Disenchanted Paradoxes: Syncretising Meteorology, Demonology and Humoralism on the Early Modern English Stage’.He also researches correlations between medieval philosophical innovations and Christian Platonism, as well as classical and liberal arts education particularly in the work of C.S. Lewis, Jacques Maritain and John Henry Newman.He hosts a podcast about classical education in Australia (Educating Humans), and another about the history of ideas (Chiron).
Professional Experience
- Toowoomba Christian College (TCC) Head of Secondary
Journals
‘The Educational Renewal’ in ‘Culture of Freedom’ edited by Kevin Donnelly (2024).
‘The Incoherence of Babel’ in ‘Wokery: A Wake-Up Call for the West’ edited by David Daintree, (2023),
‘Free Speech as Ouroboros’ in ‘Reclaiming Freedom: Modern Threats to Speech and Religion’, edited by David Daintree (2022).
‘Whose Culture, Which Liberal Arts’ in ‘Passing on the Faith’ edited by David Daintree (2021).
Memberships:
ANZSA – Australia and New Zealand Shakespeare Association
SAA – Shakespeare Association of America
Conferences
Playing with Demons: Acedia as demonic humouralism in King Lear – ANZSA 2018.
For the Love of What: Implications of utility driven education in Christian schooling – Learning and Loves Symposium, CHC 2016.
Professional Memberships and Associations
- Member of Australian and New Zealand Shakespeare Association (ANZSA)
- Lloyd Davis Memorial Prize Finalist at ANZSA 2018