Dashiell Moore

Dr. Dashiell Moore is a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Fellow in English and Writing at the University of Sydney, affiliated with the Discipline of English and Writing within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. His research focuses on literary and historical connections between island carceral sites, including plantations, reserves, and detention centres, with a particular emphasis on Australian, Pacific, and Caribbean writing. He holds a BA (Honours) and PhD (University of Sydney), and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Advance HE).

Moore’s academic work spans world literature, postcolonial theory, Indigenous studies, and environmental humanities. His current DECRA project challenges Australia’s insular identity by analyzing carceral narratives in literature. He co-edited Lionel Fogarty in Poetry and Politics (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025) and authored The Literary Mirroring of Aboriginal Australia and the Caribbean (Oxford UP, 2024). His research has appeared in top journals like Textual Practice, Small Axe, and Australian Literary Studies.

• Awards: DECRA Fellowship, Roderick Visiting Fellowship, Vice Chancellor's Teaching Award, Educational Innovation Award.
• Grants: ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award for "Archipelagic Connections in Australian and Pacific Literature" (2024).
• Labs/Teams: Leading the DECRA-funded project on island narratives and co-editing initiatives on Lionel Fogarty’s poetry.