Ned Curthoys

Ned Curthoys is an Associate Professor in the Discipline of English and Literary Studies at the University of Western Australia's School of Humanities. He serves as Graduate Research Coordinator and represents the department on key committees, including the School's Learning and Teaching Committee and the Research and Research Training Committee. He is also an Associate Editor of Arendt Studies.

Curthoys holds a BA and PhD from the University of Sydney. His research focuses on Holocaust literature and film, postcolonial theory, Bildungsroman narratives, and the works of Hannah Arendt, Ernst Cassirer, and Edward Said. He has authored two monographs: *The Legacy of Liberal Judaism* (2013) and *The Bildungsroman in a Genocidal Age* (2024), which examines WWII-era historical fiction.

His teaching spans courses on global literatures, cinema studies, and speculative fiction. He received the FABLE Teaching Award (2019) for excellence in lecturing. His research has been funded by ARC grants and the FABLE Accelerator Scheme. Curthoys reads German and French and contributes to interdisciplinary projects on human rights and ethical traditions. His work engages with UN Sustainable Development Goals related to education, peace, and justice.

Recent research explores how historiographical debates and ethical dilemmas are encoded in literature and film. He has published on graphic novels, perpetrator narratives, and the representation of Israel/Palestine. His current focus includes cinematic depictions of judgment and the intersection of education with literary forms.