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Paul Giles is Professor of English at the Australian Catholic University, located at the Melbourne Campus within the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences. He is a leading scholar in American literature and transnational literary studies, with a distinguished international profile. He holds an ORCID ID (0000-0001-5183-2366) and is actively engaged in research, publishing, and academic leadership.
His research interests span American literature, Anglophone literatures in transnational contexts, and the cultural studies of religion. He explores innovative frameworks such as antipodal perspectives, planetary time, and transpacific/transatlantic literary networks. His work challenges traditional Eurocentric models by emphasizing southern and global hemispheric epistemologies in literary studies.
The recent publications of Paul Giles reflect a sustained engagement with temporal theory, postmodern fiction, Romanticism, and Indigenous temporalities. His articles demonstrate a consistent focus on reorienting literary studies through spatial and chronological decentering, particularly through antipodal and planetary frameworks. There is a clear trajectory toward global and comparative analyses of literature, especially in relation to time, memory, and transnational circulation.
- Australian University Heads of English book prize for The Planetary Clock (2021)
- Honourable mention for Amerikastudien article (2021)
- Short-listed, NSW Premier’s History Awards (2014)
- Fellow, Australian Academy of the Humanities (2012)
- Runner-up, British Association for American Studies book award (2012)
- William Riley Parker Prize Honourable Mention (2003)
- Arthur Miller Prize (1999)
Paul Giles has secured significant research grants, including two Australian Research Council Discovery Projects: one for 'Chronometrics: Cross-temporal Approaches to Literature and Culture' (2015–2017, AUD $100,869) and another for 'Antipodean America' (2011–2014, AUD $105,000). He is a full HDR Supervisor and has held editorial leadership roles in major journals such as American Literary History and American Literature in Oxford Handbooks Online. He also serves on numerous advisory boards and is series editor for Anthem Studies in Global English Literatures.
He is affiliated with several research networks and institutions, including as Honorary Professor of English at the University of Sydney, Supernumerary Fellow at Linacre College, Oxford, and former Director of the Rothermere American Institute at the University of Oxford. He is President of the International Association of University Professors of English and has held visiting positions at Washington University, ANU, and Dartmouth College.
