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Robert Markley is the W.D. and Sara E. Trowbridge Professor of English at the University of Illinois, affiliated with the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory and the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies. His research bridges early modern literature, colonial studies, and science fiction, with a focus on intersections between literary imagination and scientific exploration.
Key research interests include 17th- and 18th-century literature, the representation of China and the Pacific in English texts, and the cultural history of Mars exploration. His major works include *The Far East and the English Imagination, 1600–1730* and *Dying Planet: Mars in Science and the Imagination*, which explore how scientific and colonial discourses shape literary narratives.
Editorial roles include co-editing *AnthropoScene: The SLSA Book Series* and *The Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation*. He has been recognized with a Locus Award (Non-Fiction Finalist, 2020) for contributions to speculative and environmental humanities.
