Mandy Treagus

Associate Professor Mandy Treagus holds a position in the School of Humanities at the University of Adelaide, within the Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics. Her research focuses on cultural texts, examining how societies construct meaning through literary works, film, visual art, and archives. She employs postcolonial and decolonial frameworks alongside gender studies to analyze power dynamics inherent in cultural production.

Her work spans topics like colonial narratives, Indigenous identities, and queer Pacific studies. Notable projects include analyses of Robert Louis Stevenson’s colonial texts, Pacific diasporic identities in poetry, and environmental histories tied to colonial exploitation. She has also explored gendered social transformations and the intersections of race, religion, and body politics in colonial contexts.

Treagus has published extensively, with recent works addressing themes such as imperial romance, queer mobilities, and decolonial methodologies. Her publications include interdisciplinary analyses of art, literature, and historical events, reflecting her commitment to critical cultural studies.