Associate Professor Maggie Nolan
Associate Professor

Maggie Nolan

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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

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, language and history Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander literature, journalism and professional writing Australian literature (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander literature) British and Irish literature Consumption and everyday life Language, Communication and Culture Literary studies Literary theory Postcolonial studies

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."

Search Professor Maggie Nolan’s works on UQ eSpace

76 works between 1998 and 2024
All (76) Journal Article (48) Book Chapter (10) Conference Publication (6) Other Outputs (12)

41 - 60 of 76 works

2017

Book Chapter

Teaching Kate Grenville's The Secret River in the United States: a study

Nolan, Maggie (2017). Teaching Kate Grenville's The Secret River in the United States: a study. Teaching Australian and New Zealand literature. (pp. 199-209) New York, NY, United States: Modern Language Association of America.

Teaching Kate Grenville's The Secret River in the United States: a study

2016

Journal Article

Introduction

Kimber, Julie and Nolan, Maggie (2016). Introduction. Journal of Australian Studies, 40 (3), 251-252. doi: 10.1080/14443058.2016.1200445

Introduction

2016

Journal Article

Introduction

Kimber, Julie and Nolan, Maggie (2016). Introduction. Journal of Australian Studies, 40 (1), 1-2. doi: 10.1080/14443058.2016.1121797

Introduction

2016

Journal Article

Reading Kim Scott’s That Deadman Dance: book clubs and postcolonial literary theory

Nolan, Maggie (2016). Reading Kim Scott’s That Deadman Dance: book clubs and postcolonial literary theory. Journal for the Association of the Study of Australian Literature, 16 (2).

Reading Kim Scott’s That Deadman Dance: book clubs and postcolonial literary theory

2016

Journal Article

Narrating historical massacre: Alex Miller's Landscape of Farewell

Nolan, Maggie (2016). Narrating historical massacre: Alex Miller's Landscape of Farewell. Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, 16 (1).

Narrating historical massacre: Alex Miller's Landscape of Farewell

2015

Journal Article

Editorial

Nolan, Maggie and Kimber, Julie (2015). Editorial. Journal of Australian Studies, 39 (4), 441-442. doi: 10.1080/14443058.2015.1079949

Editorial

2015

Journal Article

Introduction

Kimber, Julie and Nolan, Maggie (2015). Introduction. Journal of Australian Studies, 39 (3). doi: 10.1080/14443058.2015.1053836

Introduction

2015

Journal Article

Editorial

Kimber, Julie and Nolan, Maggie (2015). Editorial. Journal of Australian Studies, 39 (2), 123-124. doi: 10.1080/14443058.2015.1021736

Editorial

2015

Journal Article

Shedding clothes: performing cross-cultural exchange through costume and writing in Kim Scott's That Deadman Dance

Nolan, Maggie (2015). Shedding clothes: performing cross-cultural exchange through costume and writing in Kim Scott's That Deadman Dance. Southerly, 75 (2), 124-144.

Shedding clothes: performing cross-cultural exchange through costume and writing in Kim Scott's That Deadman Dance

2014

Journal Article

Reading Groups and Reconciliation: Kate Grenville’s The Secret River and the Ordinary Reader

Nolan, Maggie and Clarke, Robert (2014). Reading Groups and Reconciliation: Kate Grenville’s The Secret River and the Ordinary Reader. Australian Literary Studies, 29 (4), 19-35. doi: 10.20314/als.589e1e5b02

Reading Groups and Reconciliation: Kate Grenville’s The Secret River and the Ordinary Reader

2014

Journal Article

Book clubs and reconciliation: a pilot study on book clubs reading the ‘Fictions of Reconciliation’

Clarke, Robert and Nolan, Marguerite (2014). Book clubs and reconciliation: a pilot study on book clubs reading the ‘Fictions of Reconciliation’. Australian Humanities Review (56).

Book clubs and reconciliation: a pilot study on book clubs reading the ‘Fictions of Reconciliation’

2014

Journal Article

XVII New literatures

Carpentier, Sally, Chakraborty, Mridula Nath, Daymond, Margaret, Holden, Philip, McNeill, Dougal, Nolan, Marguerite, Raja, Ira, Rampaul, Giselle, Sharrad, Paul, Silva, Tony Simoes Da, Skeete, Geraldine and Whitehouse, Ian (2014). XVII New literatures. Year's Work in English Studies, 93 (1), 1046-1212. doi: 10.1093/ywes/mau015

XVII New literatures

2014

Journal Article

Introduction

Kimber, Julie and Nolan, Maggie (2014). Introduction. Journal of Australian Studies, 38 (2), 137-138. doi: 10.1080/14443058.2014.897213

Introduction

2014

Journal Article

Introduction

Nolan, Maggie and Kimber, Julie (2014). Introduction. Journal of Australian Studies, 38 (3). doi: 10.1080/14443058.2014.926589

Introduction

2014

Journal Article

Introduction

Nolan, Maggie and Kimber, Julie (2014). Introduction. Journal of Australian Studies, 38 (1), 1-2. doi: 10.1080/14443058.2013.870951

Introduction

2013

Journal Article

New literatures

Abodunrin, Femi, Carpentier, Sally, Chakraborty, Mridula Nath, Daymond, Margaret, Nolan, Marguerite, Raja, Ira, Rampaul, Giselle, Sharrad, Paul, Skeete, Geraldine, Stafford, Jane, Whitehouse, Ian and Williams, Mark (2013). New literatures. Year's Work in English Studies, 92 (1), 861-989. doi: 10.1093/ywes/mat013

New literatures

2012

Journal Article

Review of The Sons of Clovis: Ern Malley, Adoré Floupette and a Secret History of Australian Poetry, by David Brooks

Nolan, Maggie (2012). Review of The Sons of Clovis: Ern Malley, Adoré Floupette and a Secret History of Australian Poetry, by David Brooks. Australian Literary Studies, 27 (2), 106-108. doi: 10.20314/als.aa9ba670bc

Review of The Sons of Clovis: Ern Malley, Adoré Floupette and a Secret History of Australian Poetry, by David Brooks

2012

Journal Article

Review of A Different Inequality: The Politics of Debate about Remote Aboriginal Australia by Diana Austin-Broos

Nolan, Maggie (2012). Review of A Different Inequality: The Politics of Debate about Remote Aboriginal Australia by Diana Austin-Broos. Transnational Literature, 4 (2).

Review of A Different Inequality: The Politics of Debate about Remote Aboriginal Australia by Diana Austin-Broos

2011

Journal Article

Reading The Secret River

Nolan, Marguerite and Clarke, Robert (2011). Reading The Secret River. Journal of Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies, 17 (2), 9-25.

Reading The Secret River

2011

Journal Article

Reconciling with oneself: Gordon Matthews' An Australian Son

Nolan, Maggie (2011). Reconciling with oneself: Gordon Matthews' An Australian Son. Southerly, 71 (1), 89-104.

Reconciling with oneself: Gordon Matthews' An Australian Son

Current funding

  • 2023 - 2026
    Close Relations: Irishness in Australian Literature (ARC Discovery Project administered by The University of Melbourne)
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2024
    Designing for digital inclusion: Cross-curricular learning environments on AustLit
    AUDA Foundation
    Open grant

Availability

Associate Professor Maggie Nolan is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Master Philosophy

    The Role of the Editor in Australian Young Adult Fiction

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Amber Gwynne

  • Doctor Philosophy

    _A Black Hole_: Carceral Logic and Imaginaries of Containment in Fantastic Literature

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Anna Johnston

  • Master Philosophy

    Through a Glass, Darkly: A Novella and Accompany Exegesis

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Fiona Foley, Associate Professor Helen Marshall

Enquiries

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