Anthony T. Hughes has taught in the School of Law at the University of New South Wales since 2004 and previously taught in its School of History for over a decade. He is also Adjunct Professor at Boston University’s Sydney Academic Centre and has taught at Western Sydney University and the University of New England. He has lectured at universities in Canada, China, Thailand, Switzerland and Ireland. He has written widely on social, cultural and legal issues. Hughes was Executive Officer of the UNSW Centre for Olympic Studies from 1996 to 2004. He is a Visiting Professor at the Humanistic Centre for Olympic Studies at Renmin University of China and Honorary Consultant at the Art Research Centre for the Olympic Games at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing. In 2005 he was awarded the UNSW Vice Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence.

He is the co-author of Essays in Sport and the Law, The Game for the Game Itself: The History of Sub-district Rugby in Sydney and The Pavilion on the Village Green: A History of the University of New South Wales Sports Association.

Hughes is an honorary life member of UNSW FC, where he played for 14 years. He was awarded a Blue in 1982.