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Assoc Prof Lawrence Johnson


Name : Assoc Prof Lawrence Johnson
Position : Associate Professor (English & Cultural Studies)
Section : Faculty of Arts
School of Humanities and Communication
Office : Q208
Location : Toowoomba Campus
Phone : +61 7 4631 1739
Extension : 1739
E-mail :
Qualifications : DipEd QIT
BA UCSQ
BA(Hons) CQU
MA, PhD Qld


Professional Memberships
ANZSA Executive (Australia and New Zealand Shakespeare Association)
AULLA Executive (Australian Universities Languages and Literatures Association)
Member of ISCH (International Society for Cultural History)
Member of ISA (International Shakespeare Association)
Member of SAA (Shakespeare Association of America)
Member and Former General Editor of the CSAA (Cultural Studies Association of Australia)

Research Interests
Cultural Studies & Theory;
Early Modern Studies;
Literary History;
Narrative Theory;
Psychoanalysis;
Phenomenology;
Shakespeare Studies

Recent Research Outcomes
Three most recent :
- “Shakespeare’s Gifts: Self-Fashioning, Authorising, Stephen Greenblatt.” Rapt in Secret Studies: Emerging Shakespeares. Darryl Chalk and Laurie Johnson eds., Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010. 329-46. (ISBN 1-4438-2328-7).
- “GUI Faces / Sticky Ethics,” Transformations 18.1 (2010).
- “‘Nobler in the Mind’: The Emergence of Early Modern Anxiety,” AUMLA Special issue (2009): 141-56.
Most notable :
- The Wolf Man's Burden (Cornell University Press, 2001, ISBN 0801438756).

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs
ENL1000 Introduction to Literature
ENL2003 The Art of Storytelling
ENL3004 The Literary Canon
ENL4000 Cultural Theory
ENL4001 Critical Theory
THE4001 Shakespearean Negotiations

Teaching Experience
Tertiary : 21 years

Administrative Responsibilities
- USQ ICT Research Committee
- Artsworx Management Committee
- Shakespeare in the Park Organising Committee
- Faculty of Arts Research Committee
- Public Memory Research Cluster Management Committee
- Faculty of Arts Program Management Committee
- School of Humanities and Communication Management Committee
- Judge for Bruce Dawe Poetry Prize