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Dr. Killian Quigley is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University (ACU), where he also serves as Course Coordinator for the Bachelor of Arts (Honours). He holds a PhD in English from Vanderbilt University and has held postdoctoral positions at the University of Sydney’s Sydney Environment Institute. His work bridges literary studies and the environmental humanities, with a focus on marine and maritime cultures, submarine aesthetics, and the Anthropocene ocean.
Research Interests:
- Environmental and Marine Humanities
- Ecocriticism and Aesthetics
- Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture
- Imperial and Postcolonial Maritime Histories
- Visual and Cultural Representations of the Sea
- Multispecies and Bioregional Studies
His recent publications, including the monograph Reading Underwater Wreckage: An Encrusting Ocean (2023) and co-edited volume The Aesthetics of the Undersea (2019), explore the intersections of submerged materiality, cultural imagination, and ecological thought. His scholarly articles span topics from the pelagic picturesque and submarine pastoral to multispecies care at the Great Barrier Reef and Anthropocene ocean futures, reflecting a deep interdisciplinary engagement with oceanic epistemologies and aesthetics.
Scientific Awards and Recognitions:
- Dissertation Year Fellowship, Vanderbilt University
- Rose Alley Press Award
- Robert Manson Myers First Chapter Award
- John M. Aden Award for Graduate Student Writing
- Drake Scholarship
- Summer Research Award
Dr. Quigley has been involved in significant research projects such as the Australian Research Council-funded Mobilizing Dutch East India Company collections and co-leads the Critical Seabed Studies working group. He has served as a peer reviewer for journals including Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment and publishers like Bloomsbury. His public engagement includes lectures, performances, and blog posts on oceanic themes, demonstrating a commitment to bridging academic and public discourse.
Labs and Research Teams:
- Critical Seabed Studies (Co-Leader)
- Team Member, Multispecies Justice, University of Sydney
- Researcher, The Underwater Worlds Project (Stanford, Vanderbilt, RMIT)
- Researcher, Coral Reefs: From Threatening to Threatened, Vanderbilt
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