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Overview
Background
Professor David Carter's research interests include Australian literature and publishing history, cultural history, the history of the book, magazines and periodical studies, middlebrow cultures, and studies in modernity.
Professor Carter was Director of the Australian Studies Centre at the University of Queensland from 2001 to 2006, then Professor of Australian Literature and Cultural History in the School of Communication and Arts.
He is the author of Australian Books and Authors in the American Marketplace, 1840s-1940s (2018) with Roger Osborne, Almost Always Modern: Australian Print Cultures and Modernity (2013), Dispossession, Dreams and Diversity: Issues in Australian Studies (2006) and A Career in Writing: Judah Waten and the Cultural Politics of a Literary Career (1997), winner of the Walter McRae Russell Award for literary scholarship. His edited books include the co-edited Fields, Capitals, Habitus: Australian Culture, Inequalities and Social Divisions (2020); Making Books: Contemporary Australian Publishing (2007) with Anne Galligan; The Ideas Market: An Alternative Take on Australia's Intellectual Life (2004); Culture in Australia: Policies, Publics and Programs, with Tony Bennett (2001); and Outside the Book: Contemporary Essays on Literary Periodicals (1991).
He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and Series Editor, Anthem Studies in Book History, Publishing and Print Culture, Anthem UK.
Professor Carter has extensive experience in teaching and developing programs in Australian Studies internationally. He was President of the International Australian Studies Association from 1997 to 2001; Manager of the Australian Studies in China program of the Australia-China Council (2002-16); a board member of the Australia-Japan Foundation (1998-2004); and Visiting Professor in Australian Studies at Tokyo University (2007-08 & 2016-17). He is a Board Member of the Foundation for Australian Studies in China.
Availability
- Emeritus Professor David Carter is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, University of Melbourne
- Postgraduate Diploma, University of Melbourne
- Masters (Coursework), University of Melbourne
- Doctor of Philosophy, Deakin University
- Australian Academy of the Humanities, Australian Academy of the Humanities
Research interests
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Australian Literature
Australian publishing history, 20th-century Australian literature, periodicals and book culture, Australian modernity
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The history of the book
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Publishing and print culture studies
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Modernity
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Immigration and multiculturalism
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Australian Indigenous Cultures
Works
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2006
Book
Dispossession, dreams and diversity: Issues in Australian studies
Carter, David (2006). Dispossession, dreams and diversity: Issues in Australian studies. Frenchs Forest, Australia: Pearson Education.
2021
Journal Article
Thomas ‘Tom’ Andrew O’Regan FAHA 1956–2020
Cunningham, Stuart, Turner, Graeme and Carter, David (2021). Thomas ‘Tom’ Andrew O’Regan FAHA 1956–2020. Media International Australia, 180 (1), 7-11. doi: 10.1177/1329878x211010781
2019
Book Chapter
The writing professions during and after World War I
Carter, David and Darian-Smith, Kate (2019). The writing professions during and after World War I. The First World War, The Universities and the Professions in Australia 1914-1939. (pp. 342-362) edited by Kate Darian-Smith and James Waghorne. Carlton, VIC, Australia: Melbourne University Press.
2019
Book Chapter
Fiction publishing in Australia, 2013-2017
Carter, David (2019). Fiction publishing in Australia, 2013-2017. Publishing and culture. (pp. 341-358) edited by Dallas John Baker, Donna Lee Brien and Jen Webb. Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
2018
Journal Article
The publishing ecosystems of contemporary australian genre fiction
Driscoll, Beth, Fletcher, Lisa, Wilkins, Kim and Carter, David (2018). The publishing ecosystems of contemporary australian genre fiction. Creative Industries Journal, 11 (2), 203-221. doi: 10.1080/17510694.2018.1480851
2018
Journal Article
Literary, but not too literary; joyous, but not jazzy: Triad magazine, antipodean modernity and the middlebrow
Carter, David (2018). Literary, but not too literary; joyous, but not jazzy: Triad magazine, antipodean modernity and the middlebrow. Modernism-Modernity, 25 (2), 245-267. doi: 10.1353/mod.2018.0018
2018
Journal Article
Rare books? The divided field of reading and book culture in contemporary Australia
Kelly, Michelle, Gayo, Modesto and Carter, David (2018). Rare books? The divided field of reading and book culture in contemporary Australia. Continuum, 32 (3), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/10304312.2018.1453463
2018
Journal Article
'How it Strikes a Contemporary': Modernism and Modernity in Australia, 1920s-1930s
Carter, David (2018). 'How it Strikes a Contemporary': Modernism and Modernity in Australia, 1920s-1930s. Pacific and American Studies, 18, 65-79.
2018
Book Chapter
The book trade and the arts ecology: transnationalism and digitization in the Australian literary field
Carter, David and Kelly, Michelle (2018). The book trade and the arts ecology: transnationalism and digitization in the Australian literary field. Making culture: commercialisation, transnationalism, and the state of 'nationing' in contemporary Australia. (pp. 15-27) edited by David Rowe, Graeme Turner and Emma Waterton. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
2018
Book
Australian books and authors in the American marketplace 1840s–1940s
Carter, David and Osborne, Roger (2018). Australian books and authors in the American marketplace 1840s–1940s. The University Of Sydney, N.S.W.: Sydney University Press. doi: 10.2307/j.ctv175p8
2017
Book Chapter
Bush legends and pastoral landscapes
Carter, David John (2017). Bush legends and pastoral landscapes. Teaching Australian and New Zealand literature. (pp. 42-54) edited by Nicholas Birns, Nicole Moore and Sarah Shieff. New York, NY United States: Modern Language Association of America.
2017
Book Chapter
The other empire: Australian books and American publishers in the late nineteenth century
Carter, David (2017). The other empire: Australian books and American publishers in the late nineteenth century. The global histories of books: methods and practices. (pp. 47-72) edited by Elleke Boehmer, Rouven Kunstmann, Priyasha Mukhopadhyay and Asha Rogers. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-51334-8
2017
Book Chapter
Australian stories: books and reading in the nation
Carter, David and Kelly, Michelle (2017). Australian stories: books and reading in the nation. Publishing means business: Australian perspectives. (pp. 147-181) edited by Aaron Mannion and Millicent Weber. Melbourne, Australia: Monash University Publishing.
2016
Journal Article
The literary field and contemporary trade-book publishing in Australia: literary and genre fiction
Carter, David (2016). The literary field and contemporary trade-book publishing in Australia: literary and genre fiction. Media International Australia, 158 (1), 48-57. doi: 10.1177/1329878X15622078
2016
Book Chapter
General fiction, genre fiction and literary fiction publishing 2000-13
Carter, David John (2016). General fiction, genre fiction and literary fiction publishing 2000-13. The return of print? Contemporary Australian publishing. (pp. 1-25) edited by Aaron Mannion and Emmett Stimson. Clayton VIC, Australia: Monash University Publishing. doi: 10.26180/5f3c6e1362e47
2016
Book Chapter
Middlebrow book culture
Carter, David (2016). Middlebrow book culture. Routledge international handbook of the sociology of art and culture. (pp. 349-369) edited by Laurie Hanquinet and Mike Savage. London, United Kingdon: Routledge.
2016
Book Chapter
Beyond the Antipodes: Australian popular fiction in transnational networks
Carter, David (2016). Beyond the Antipodes: Australian popular fiction in transnational networks. New directions in popular fiction: genre, distribution, reproduction. (pp. 349-370) edited by Ken Gelder. London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-52346-4
2015
Journal Article
What America also read: Australian historical fiction in the American marketplace, 1927-1948
Carter, David (2015). What America also read: Australian historical fiction in the American marketplace, 1927-1948. Antipodes 29.2, 29 (2), 349-369.
2015
Journal Article
The conditions of fame: literary celebrity in Australia between the wars
Carter, David (2015). The conditions of fame: literary celebrity in Australia between the wars. Journal of Modern Literature, 39 (1), 170-187. doi: 10.2979/jmodelite.39.1.170
2015
Journal Article
Living with instrumentalism: the academic commitment to cultural diplomacy
Carter, David (2015). Living with instrumentalism: the academic commitment to cultural diplomacy. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 21 (4), 478-493. doi: 10.1080/10286632.2015.1042470
Funding
Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Imagining Australia through Japanese translation: Cultural artefacts and the recreation of Australian literature
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Akiko Uchiyama
Completed supervision
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
The Picture Book Diet: Representations of food and food practices in contemporary Australian picture books
Principal Advisor
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
"The Women, the Indomitable, the Undefeated": The Mammy, the Belle, and Southern Memory in William Faulkner
Principal Advisor
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Unlearning Othering: Asian Australian and Asian American Women's Fiction
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Carole Ferrier
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Australian press constructions of the 2002 Bali bombing: differing imaginings of the nation and its place in the world
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jason Jacobs
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
The New Australian Poets: Networks and the Generation of 68
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Bronwen Levy
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2008
Doctor Philosophy
Tradition, creation and recognition in Australian and Aboriginal literature of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Century
Principal Advisor
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2006
Master Philosophy
BONZA SCHOOLDAYS: AN ANNOTATED BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL STORIES
Principal Advisor
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2003
Master Philosophy
CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN APPROACHES TO THE NOTION OF SPACE
Principal Advisor
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
White Russian diaspora from Harbin to Australia: constructing an identity; reconstructing history
Associate Advisor
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Reproducing Vietnam: Television and National Imagination in the Post-Reform Era
Associate Advisor
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Made in Suburbia: Intra-Suburban Narratives in Contemporary Australian Women's Fiction.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Venero Armanno
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Creating a Scene: The Role of Artists' Groups in the Development of Brisbane's Art World 1940-1970
Associate Advisor
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2014
Master Philosophy
Reconciliation, Identity and Discourses of Futility: The Cultural Politics of Representing Indigenous Youth in Recent Australian Cinema
Associate Advisor
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
Musicians and Aspiration: Exploring the Rock Dream in Independent Music
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Graeme Turner
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
The Phar Lap Story: Representations of the Sporting Past
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Gary Osmond, Professor Murray Phillips
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
A Magic Bag: The Power of Confectionery in the Lives of Australian Children
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Toni Johnson-Woods
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
The Storied Landscape: A Queensland Collection
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Geoff Ginn, Dr Marion Stell
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2009
Doctor Philosophy
Contemporary Australian Political Satire: Newspaper Cartoonists as Public Intellectuals
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Graeme Turner
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2008
Doctor Philosophy
Localism in Australian Radio 1931 - 2007: from commercial radio to 'your' ABC
Associate Advisor
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2008
Master Philosophy
You should've been here yesterday: Tales from Surfing mythology
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Venero Armanno
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2007
Doctor Philosophy
Men and Manliness on the Frontier: Queensland and British Columbia in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Martin Crotty
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2007
Doctor Philosophy
THE NINTEENTH CENTURY IN THE RECENT AUSTRALIAN IMAGINARY
Associate Advisor
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2006
Doctor Philosophy
LITERATURE AND CULTURAL POLICY STUDIES
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Graeme Turner
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2003
Doctor Philosophy
BIRTH OF A NOVELIST, DEATH OF A JOURNALIST
Associate Advisor
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2003
Master Philosophy
METAPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Venero Armanno
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Doctor Philosophy
HIGHJACKED AGENDA: THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA AND THE GALLERY OF THE FIRST AUSTRALIANS.
Associate Advisor
Media
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