Nienke Boer

Nienke Boer is a Lecturer in World Literatures at the University of Sydney's Discipline of English, part of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. She holds a PhD from NYU and previously served as Assistant Professor of Humanities at Yale-NUS College in Singapore. Her research focuses on displacement narratives in the Global South and Ocean Studies, particularly examining transoceanic migration's impact on literature and law. She is a member of the Sydney Environment Institute and the Vere Gordon Childe Centre.

Boer’s work bridges postcolonial theory, legal studies, and transnational literature. Her book *The Briny South* (2023, Duke UP) analyzes enslaved individuals and indentured laborers' narratives across the Indian Ocean. Current projects include the 'Global South Novel,' exploring transnational historical fiction connecting Global South regions.

She teaches *Global Literatures in English* (ENGL1013) and *Approaches to Global English Literatures* (ENGL6103/4115). Supervision interests include Global South literatures, postcolonial studies, and law-literature intersections. No scientific awards are explicitly listed, though her scholarly contributions reflect significant academic recognition.