Staff Search

Dr Geoffrey Parkes

Name :	Dr Geoffrey Parkes
Position :	Casual Employment
Section :	Open Access College English Language and Culture Programs
Office :	A243
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	+61 7 4631 1053
Extension :	1053
E-mail :
Qualifications :	BA(Hons), PhD USQ

Professional Memberships

Australian Public Intellectuals Network
Popular Culture Association of Australia and New Zealand
Centre for Research on Men and Masculinities

Research Interests

Australian, English and American Literature, Critical Theory, Cultural studies, Gay and Queer Studies, New Approaches to Teaching, Working with Students in Correctional Facilities

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :
Parkes, G 2011 'The unfinished projects of Michel Foucault and Albert Camus', Remaking Literary History, Cambridge Scholars. Parkes, G 2010 Decorating the Abyss: Crafting a post-Holocaust ethics of the self, PhD Dissertation Parkes, G 2008 'Putting it together: Albert Camus, Michel Foucault and an ethics of the self', University of Bucharest Review

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

ENL1000 Introduction to Literature
ENL1001 Australian Stories
ENL2003 The Art of Narrative
CMS1000 Communication and Scholarship
CMS1008 Building Professional Nursing Attributes A
HMT1000 History of Western Ideas
THE4002 The Body: Representation and Imposition
HMT2000 Ethical Issues and Human Rights

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 2 years

Administrative Responsibilities

Course Coordinator - ENL1001, 2010; HMT1000, 2011; HMT2000, 2012.
Faculty of Arts Learning and Teaching Committee
Faculty of Arts Learning and Teaching Community of Practice
Public Memory Research Sexuality and Citizenship Cluster