Ann McCulloch

Ann McCulloch is a Professor of Literary Studies at Deakin University. She teaches in diverse areas of literary production including literature and its philosophical contexts; the relationship between text & Images and she looks at ways in which art and literature can represent otherwise inexpressible conditions whether 'depression'; the experiences of trauma in wars and issues related to environmental ethics. Ann McCulloch has written widely on the history and philosophy of literature and the Arts; Tragic Theory; Biography; Australian Literature and Arts Discourse. She is the Executive Editor of the international on-line journal Double Dialogues (www.doubledialogues.com) and co-ordinates with the double dialogues co-editors international conference annually. McCulloch is author of '' Dance of the Nomad: A Study of A. D. Hope Notebooks' (Pandanus Press, 2006; E/ANU Press, 2010) and ' A Tragic Vision: The Novels of Patrick White' (Q.U.P Press, 1983). Ann McCulloch has made a series of six documentary films on A. D. Hope ( 'The Dance of Language', Deakin University Press) and two further documentaries on 'The Aesthetic Perceptions of Climate Change'. Her interest in the creative arts includes the writing and production of twelve theatrical performances including three plays. She is currently working with Dr. R. A. Goodrich on two books: 'Nietzsche and Australian Writers' and a book on Christina Stead and on a third book with with Dr. Pavlina Radia: 'The Hunger artist: Food and the Arts' (Cambride Scholars Press) which is a compilation of essays from writers who originally presented their work at the Double Dialogues conference at the University of Toronto (2009). McCulloch has drawn attention to and acted on the ways literary studies contributes to new knowledge in an environment where terrorism, trans-national migration, ecological sustainability and economic globalisation takes place. These historical and political movements, particularly since 9/11, have impacted on critical writings about literary texts and new kinds of literary texts. The new unit she constructed in 2009 ( The Literature of War), for example, deals specifically with these issues.