Kate Mitchell

Kate Mitchell is a Professor of Literary Studies and Director of the Research School of Humanities and the Arts at Australian National University. She specializes in 19th- and 20th-century literary and cultural history, with a focus on neo-Victorian fiction, historical memory, and the intersection of art and narrative. Her work examines how fictional narratives reconstruct marginalized or contested pasts, particularly through Victorian and colonial contexts.

Education: PhD (Literary Studies) from the University of Melbourne; BA (Hons) from ANU.

Research interests include neo-Victorian fiction, historical fiction, Victorian Gothic, Jane Austen adaptations, and the ethics of representing past events. Her current project explores artistic representations in Victorian-themed contemporary fiction, focusing on figures like the Pre-Raphaelites.

Her publications include History and Cultural Memory in Neo-Victorian Fiction and co-edited volumes like Reading Historical Fiction. She has contributed to journals such as Neo-Victorian Studies and Victoriographies.

Awards: None explicitly listed. Editorial roles include the Neo-Victorian Series (Brill Rodopi) and Encuentros: Culturas y Literatura.

Supervision: Active in guiding research students in literary studies. Advocates for the humanities' role in societal discourse.