Contact Details:

Discipline of English and Creative Writing
School of Humanities
Napier Building Level 7
Room 722
The University of Adelaide
SA 5005 AUSTRALIA

Phone: +61 8 8313 5130
Fax: +61 8 8313 4341
Email

Faculty Office
Napier Building Undercroft (Ground)
North Terrace Campus
The University of Adelaide
SA 5005 Australia

Opening hours:
Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri 9am-5pm
Thurs 11am-5pm

Phone: +61 8 8313 5245
Facsimile: +61 8 8313 4382
Email

University Contact Centre
Phone: +61 8 8313 5208
(Country and interstate callers toll free on 1800 061 459)
Fax: +61 8 8313 4401

Research

English Research

The Discipline of English boasts a wide range of research interests and fields of expertise in which higher-degree students can be supervised. The table below includes some of those areas and the staff who are interested in them. Under it is a list of Research Fellows attached to the Discipline of English. Information about the research higher-degree students are engaged in can be found on the Postgraduate page. Under resources you will find an extensive list of research tools available to staff and postgraduate students.

The Discipline of English also holds seminars that are open to the public.

For more information about staff research interests, including publications and teaching, click on Staff Pages

This is a list of research interests in the Discipline of English:

Medieval Literature
History of the English Language
Early Modern Literature
American Literature
Australian Literature
Aboriginal Writing
African Literature Cultural Studies
Gender Studies
Literary Theories
Creative Writing
Film
Poetry
Women's Writing
Life Writing/Fictocriticism

This is a list of Research Fellows/Adjuncts attached to the Discipline of English:

Dr Alan Brissenden (Honorary Visiting Research Fellow)
Professor John Coetzee (Honorary Visiting Research Fellow)
Professor Dorothy Driver (Adjunct Professor)
Dr Kerryn Goldsworthy (Honorary Visiting Research Fellow)
Dr Rosemary Greentree (Honorary Visiting Research Fellow)
Dr Douglas Muecke (Honorary Visiting Research Fellow)
Professor Ken Ruthven (Honorary Visiting Research Fellow)
Dr Eva Sallis (Honorary Visiting Research Fellow)
Dr David Smith (Adjunct Senior Lecturer)
Dr Barry Westburg (Honorary Visiting Research Fellow)

Research Interests of English Staff

See the English staff pages for their research interests, including publications and teaching. (See also the Creative Writing Staff.) The Discipline of English boasts a wide range of research interests and fields of expertise in which higher-degree students can be supervised: