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Areas of Expertise/Interest
Postcolonial Studies has been nominated as a research
priority area within the Faculty of Arts at The University of
Queensland. Staff members of the Postcolonial Research Group
are engaged in a wide range of research projects. Areas of
expertise/interest include:
- postcolonial theory, globalisation, cosmopolitanism
- colonialism, enlightenment and modernity
- comparative studies in postcolonial literature
- Caribbean literatures in English
- medicine, nursing and disease in colonial contexts
- spatiality and cultural geography
- settler cultures: Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South
Africa
- governance, education, pedagogy
- postcolonial, intercultural and multicultural theatre
- indigenous literature/theatre in Canada, Australia, New
Zealand, USA
- colonial/postcolonial autobiography and memoir
- Australian studies: fiction, film, poetry, theatre,
contemporary media
- nineteenth and twentieth century American literatures
- New Zealand and Pacific literatures
- Asian-Australian connections in literature and the
performing arts
- Arctic and Antarctic exploration
- travel writing: colonial and contemporary
- environmental writing and representations of animals
- benevolence, philanthropy, humanitarianism
Full time Staff, The University of Queensland (See also:
UQ
Postgraduates)
Regular Visiting Members
Marguerite Nolan (Australian Catholic University)
Simon
Ryan (Australian Catholic University)
Anna
Johnston (University of Tasmania)
Overseas Members
Graham Huggan (Munich University)
(September
2002 - April 2003) |
