Overview
Background
Maggie Nolan is an Associate Professor in Digital Cultural Heritage in the School of Communication and Arts and the recently appointed Director of AustLit. AustLit is a comprehensive information resource and research environment for Australian literary, print, and narrative culture and it supports and promotes research into Australian story-telling.
Maggie values interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches to humanities research.
Maggie's research is in the broad field of Australian Literary Cultures. Her most recent project, "Close Relations: Irishness in Australian Literature", with Professor Ronan McDonald (UoM) and Professor Kath Bode (ANU) was awarded an ARC Discovery Grant in 2022.
Her research interests include:
- Contemporary Indigenous Literatures
- Hoaxes, Imposture and Mistaken Identity in Australian Literary Culture
- Reading, reception and the civic role of book clubs
- Digital literary studies
- Value in literary studies and the impact of ranking systems on the discipline.
Maggie is an experienced postgraduate supervisor and is available to supervise topics on Australian literary cultures. She also welcomes students and researcher who would like to work on projects linked to AustLit.
Availability
- Associate Professor Maggie Nolan is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of English Literature, University of Tasmania
- Masters (Research) of English Literature, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy of English Literature, University of Stirling
Research impacts
Maggie is regularly invited to engage with the media on a range of topics, most recently in series on "Fakes and Frauds" as part of the ABC Radio National's the Book Show.
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/the-book-show/helen-dale-darville-demidenko-fakes-and-frauds-shirley-le/102265748 (Monday, 15 May, 2023)
She also writes regularly for The Conversation and some of her articles include.
"The Murri Book Club and the politics of reading for Indigenous Australians."
"A Dystopian or Utopian Future: Claire G. Coleman's new novel, Enclave, imagines both."
Works
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2024
Journal Article
Review of Boundary crossers: the hidden history of Australia's other bushrangers
Nolan, Maggie (2024). Review of Boundary crossers: the hidden history of Australia's other bushrangers. Journal of Australian Studies, 48 (1) ARTN 2275379, 152-154. doi: 10.1080/14443058.2024.2275379
2024
Journal Article
The impact of journal ranking systems on the discipline of English in Australia
Mrva-Montoya, Agata, Nolan, Maggie and Ward, Rebekah (2024). The impact of journal ranking systems on the discipline of English in Australia. Australian Humanities Review (72) 14408765, 1-22. doi: 10.56449/14408765
2024
Other Outputs
Information and transformation: the continuing expansion of AustLit
Nolan, Maggie (2024, 05 01). Information and transformation: the continuing expansion of AustLit Australian Book Review 33-34.
2024
Conference Publication
AustLit and Australian literary studies in the US
Nolan, Maggie and Franks, Travis (2024). AustLit and Australian literary studies in the US. 2024 AAALS Conference, Online, 17 - 19 April 2024.
2024
Other Outputs
Australian AI in the Archive
Henrickson, Leah, Tang, David, Nolan, Maggie and Mills, Catriona (2024). Australian AI in the Archive. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: AustLit.
2024
Other Outputs
Australian writers have been envisioning AI for a century. Here are 5 stories to read as we grapple with rapid change
Henrickson, Leah, Tang, David, Mills, Catriona and Nolan, Maggie (2024, 04 04). Australian writers have been envisioning AI for a century. Here are 5 stories to read as we grapple with rapid change The Conversation
2024
Other Outputs
Fiction's Otherness: Conjuring Joseph Conrad
Nolan, Maggie (2024, 03 01). Fiction's Otherness: Conjuring Joseph Conrad Australian Book Review 38-38.
2024
Other Outputs
Preppers and survivalism in the AustLit Database
Doig, Tom, Millar, Andrew, Mills, Catriona and Nolan, Maggie (2024). Preppers and survivalism in the AustLit Database. St Lucia, QLD Australia: AustLit.
2024
Conference Publication
'The hills are full of Irish People': Settler Colonial Celticism in The Harp in the South
McDonald, Ronan and Nolan, Maggie (2024). 'The hills are full of Irish People': Settler Colonial Celticism in The Harp in the South. 'A Window of Life': The Writing of Ruth Park ASAL Mini-Conference 2024, Canberra, ACT, United States, 14-16 February 2024.
2024
Conference Publication
Special Lecture II
Nolan, Maggie (2024). Special Lecture II. History, Culture and Democracy: Changing Voices in Australia and India, Kolkata, India, 1-2 February 2024.
2023
Conference Publication
The shadow of Irishness in Gail Jones' Our Shadows
Nolan, Maggie (2023). The shadow of Irishness in Gail Jones' Our Shadows. ISAANZ 26: Disruptions and Transitions, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 12-14 December 2023.
2023
Conference Publication
Finding Irishness in the archives
Dickinson, Jessica and Nolan, Maggie (2023). Finding Irishness in the archives. ISAANZ 26: Disruptions and Transitions, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 12-14 December 2023.
2023
Journal Article
'It's best to leave this constructive ambiguity in place!': the evaluation of research in literary studies
Nolan, Maggie, Mrva-Montoya, Agata and Ward, Rebekah (2023). 'It's best to leave this constructive ambiguity in place!': the evaluation of research in literary studies. Australian Literary Studies, 38 (1). doi: 10.20314/als.8ec9216602
2023
Conference Publication
(Bush)ranging through the (Digital) Archives
Bode, Katherine, Cuthbertson, Galen, McDonald, Ronan, Morgan, Finn, Nolan, Maggie and O'Connell, Sean (2023). (Bush)ranging through the (Digital) Archives. Recentring the Regions, ASAL 2023, RMIT Melbourne, 4-7 July 2023.
2023
Book Chapter
Hoaxes, imposture and the fabrication of literary selves
Nolan, Maggie (2023). Hoaxes, imposture and the fabrication of literary selves. le vie del falso: storio, letteratura, arte. (pp. 361-376) edited by Andrea Comboni and Sandro La Barbera. Bologna, Italy: il Mulino.
2022
Other Outputs
A dystopian or utopian future? Claire G. Coleman’s new novel Enclave imagines both
Nolan, Maggie (2022, 07 12). A dystopian or utopian future? Claire G. Coleman’s new novel Enclave imagines both The Conversation
2022
Journal Article
Cathy Freeman, reconciliation and the burden of history
Nolan, Maggie (2022). Cathy Freeman, reconciliation and the burden of history. Continuum, 36 (3), 429-447. doi: 10.1080/10304312.2021.1998371
2021
Journal Article
Conceptualising Irish-Aboriginal writing
Nolan, Maggie (2021). Conceptualising Irish-Aboriginal writing. Australian Literary Studies, 36 (2), 1-20. doi: 10.20314/als.776fd12cac
2021
Journal Article
Introduction: The uses of Irish-Australian literature
McDonald, Ronan and Nolan, Maggie (2021). Introduction: The uses of Irish-Australian literature. Australian Literary Studies, 36 (2), 1-13. doi: 10.20314/als.3eb21c884e
2021
Book Chapter
Reading fiction, talking reconciliation: Australian book clubs, book talk and the politics of history
Nolan, Maggie, Clarke, Robert and Brown, Rebekah (2021). Reading fiction, talking reconciliation: Australian book clubs, book talk and the politics of history. Über Bücher reden: Literaturrezeption in Lesegemeinschaften. (pp. 231-242) Goettingen, Germany: V & R Unipress GmbH. doi: 10.14220/9783737013239.231
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
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