Gregory Mackie

Gregory Mackie is an Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literatures at the University of British Columbia, Faculty of Arts. He serves as the Norman Colbeck Curator at UBC Library's Rare Books and Special Collections division, where he advises on acquisitions and special projects and has curated multiple exhibitions that bridge academic research with public engagement.

Dr. Mackie received his BA Hons from the University of Toronto, followed by his MA and PhD, also from the University of Toronto. His academic journey has positioned him as a specialist in Victorian and Modernist literature, drama, and book history.

Dr. Mackie's research focuses on Victorian and Modernist literature, with particular expertise in Oscar Wilde studies, literary forgeries, book history, and queer theory. His work intersects with Gender and Sexuality Studies, Digital Humanities, and Media Studies. He has made significant contributions to understanding the cultural afterlife of Oscar Wilde through his examination of forgeries that flooded the rare book market in the 1920s. His scholarship reveals how questions of authenticity and authorship connect to broader cultural phenomena and reception history.

Dr. Mackie has received numerous scientific awards and fellowships that recognize both his research and teaching excellence. These include the UBC Faculty of Arts Research Award in 2015, the Killam Teaching Prize in 2020, and research fellowships from the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library at UCLA and the Bibliographical Society of America.

As an educator, Dr. Mackie has taught undergraduate courses on Modern drama, Decadence, Oscar Wilde, and detective fiction, as well as graduate seminars on Camp and Queer Theory. He has developed specialized graduate seminars in collaboration with UBC's Rare Books and Special Collections on literary forgeries and mystifications, creating unique opportunities for hands-on engagement with rare materials. His teaching excellence has been formally recognized with the prestigious Killam Teaching Prize.

Dr. Mackie has curated several significant exhibitions for UBC Rare Books and Special Collections, including "'That mighty love which maddens one to crime': Teleny, Oscar Wilde, and Decadent Publishing in the 1890s" (2015), "'An Unmatched Devotion': A 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Colbeck Collection at UBC Library" (2017-18), and "A Queer Century, 1869-1969" (2019). These exhibitions demonstrate his commitment to making rare materials accessible and relevant to contemporary audiences while advancing scholarly understanding of literary history.