Former teacher at University of Paris-VIII and Flinders University of South Australia, Ph.D. in Australian History, Ph.D in French Studies (both University of Sydney), Masters in Educational Sciences (University of Paris-VIII), native English speaker, near-native French speaker, good understanding of Italian, Hindi and Japanese, on-going studies in Urdu, Farsi, Portuguese, Chinese (incl. Teochew), Kaurna and Pitjantjatjara.