Susan K Martin

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Susan K Martin is an expert in nineteenth-century Australian literature and reading cultures. She has taught and also written extensively on contemporary Australian literature. Her current work includes analysis of the practice and meaning of cultural activities in the Victorian and modern eras, particularly reading but also gardening and craft, as well as work on the teaching and uses of Australian literature in Schools. She has written 3 co-authored scholarly books, Colonial Dickens, Sensational Melbourne, and Reading the Garden, a number of edited works including the Australian volume of the Routledge Women and Empire series, and over 50 scholarly articles in national and international journals.

Experience

  • 2020–present
    Emeritus Professor, La Trobe University
  • 2015–2019
    Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor Research, ASSC College, La Trobe University

Education

  • 1990 
    PhD, Monash University

Grants and Contracts

  • 2021
    ARC SRI Grant Parched: Cultures of Drought in Regional Victoria
    Role:
    CI
    Funding Source:
    Australian Research Council
  • 2010
    ARC DP Grant Cities of Words: Women's cultures of reading and writing in colonial Melbourne and beyond
    Role:
    CI
    Funding Source:
    Australian Research Council

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