Rohan Wilson

Rohan Wilson is an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice at Queensland University of Technology. His work spans historical fiction, postcolonial literature, and colonial history with a focus on nineteenth-century Tasmania and settler societies. Notably, he authored the novels The Roving Party (2011) and To Name Those Lost (2014), which interrogate colonial violence and its intersection with capitalism.

• Key themes include existential authenticity in fiction, decolonization, and racial violence in Australian literature.
• He has contributed extensively to literary criticism through reviews in The Australian and scholarly journals like Ariel and Antipodes.

Wilson’s research has been cited in Scopus and Web of Science® databases, reflecting impacts in literary and cultural studies. He has engaged in cross-institutional collaborations, such as a 2020 study on undergraduate creative writing collectives.

His 2014 interview in Ariel defends fiction’s role in narrating colonial history, emphasizing ethical storytelling and historical accuracy.