twentieth-century French literature; continental philosophy (deconstruction and phenomenology); philosophy of religion; philosophy of education; teaching and learning

Before taking up his current position at the ANU, Ash taught French and European Studies at the University of Western Australia where he also completed his PhD (deconstruction and twentieth-century French literature).

1. A comparative study of Nancy, Derrida and Heidegger exploring the question of deconstruction and religion (monograph and a series of journal articles).
2. A chapter on the roman-fleuve for the Cambridge History of the Novel in French (ed. Adam Watt, Exeter).
3. Co-editing of a special issue of the Australian Journal of French Studies on the theme of truth and representation.

French-Australian relations in the Pacific (PhD, Chair of Panel)

Aesthetics in post-phenomenological French thought (PhD, Chair of Panel)

'Whose Alterity Anyway? Reviving a Levinasian Ethic in Butler's Political World' (co-supervisor, joint Honours in Language Studies & Philosophy, 2015).

PhB Advanced Studies Course project on Roland Barthes, 2015.

'"Pardon my Québécois!" The use of religious profanities by Québécois youth and its role in Québécois society' (co-supervisor, Honours in Language Studies (French), 2016).

PhB Advanced Studies Course project on Albert Camus, 2016.

'Interior Freedom in the French-language Poetry Written in the Concentration Camps (1943-45)' (PhD, Chair of Panel, 2017).