Margaret teaches in the literature area in the School of Communication and Arts. Her particular teaching interest is contemporary and postmodern fiction.
Margaret is the author of Marking Feminist Times: Remembering the Longest Revolution in Australia, a study of Australian feminist cultural memory. She is the co-editor of Terra-Recognita: New Essays in Australian Studies, Manifesting Australian Literary Feminisms: Nexus and Faultlines, and Things that Liberate: An Australian Feminist Wunderkammer. She has also published numerous articles on feminist fiction and culture, and autobiography.
She has been a consultant to the National Museum of Australia, advising on a modern Australian women’s movement collection. Her current projects include a monograph on the punk writer, Kathy Acker.
Book: Postfeminism in context: women, Australian popular culture, and the unsettling of postfeminism
Henderson, Margaret and Taylor, Anthea (2020). Postfeminism in context: women, Australian popular culture, and the unsettling of postfeminism. Abingdon, Oxon United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315179872
Journal Article: Kathy Acker's punk feminism: a feminism of cruelty and excess in more liberated and liberal times
Henderson, Margaret (2017). Kathy Acker's punk feminism: a feminism of cruelty and excess in more liberated and liberal times. Contemporary Women's Writing, 11 (2), 201-220. doi: 10.1093/cww/vpw037
Journal Article: Social memory and feminist cultural histories
Bartlett, Alison and Henderson, Margaret (2016). Social memory and feminist cultural histories. Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies, 30 (3), 273-273. doi: 10.1080/10304312.2016.1166558
Archiving Australian Feminism: the papers of Merle Thornton
(2011) Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet
Archiving Australian feminism: the Merle Thornton Papers
(2010–2011) Myer Foundation/Sidney Myer Fund - DISCONTINUED: DO NOT USE
The Australian Feminist Memory Project 1970-1990
(2009) National Museum of Australia
A-spec Reading Practices: Strategising Asexual Literary Criticism Through Young Adult Fiction
Master Philosophy
(2023) Doctor Philosophy
(2019) Doctor Philosophy
Postfeminism in context: women, Australian popular culture, and the unsettling of postfeminism
Henderson, Margaret and Taylor, Anthea (2020). Postfeminism in context: women, Australian popular culture, and the unsettling of postfeminism. Abingdon, Oxon United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315179872
Things that liberate: an Australian feminist wunderkammer
Alison Bartlett and Margaret Henderson eds. (2013). Things that liberate: an Australian feminist wunderkammer. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Marking Feminist Times: Remembering the Longest Revolution in Australia
Henderson, M. A. (2006). Marking Feminist Times: Remembering the Longest Revolution in Australia. Bern, New York: Peter Lang.
Henderson, Margaret (2013). Album: Horses. Things That Liberate: An Australian Feminist Wunderkammer. (pp. 19-30) edited by Alison Bartlett and Margaret Henderson. Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Working with feminist things: the wunderkammer as feminist methodology
Bartlett, Alison and Henderson, Margaret (2013). Working with feminist things: the wunderkammer as feminist methodology. Things That Liberate: An Australian Feminist Wunderkammer. (pp. 1-16) edited by Alison Bartlett and Margaret Henderson. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
The best motorbike: The Ducati 916 superbike
Henderson, M. A. (2006). The best motorbike: The Ducati 916 superbike. Beautiful things in popular culture. (pp. 124-143) edited by A. McKee. Oxford, United Kingdom: Blackwell Publishing.
"The Big Business of Surfing's Oceanic Feeling: Thirty Years of Tracks Magazine."
Henderson, M. A. (2002). "The Big Business of Surfing's Oceanic Feeling: Thirty Years of Tracks Magazine.". Growing Up Postmodern: Beoliberalism and the War on the Young. (pp. 141-167) edited by Ronald Strickland. Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littlefield.
Henderson, M. (2001). Amanda Lohrey. Who's who in contemporary women's writing. (pp. 194) edited by Jane Eldridge Miller. London: Routledge.
Henderson, M. (2001). Finola Moorhead. Who's Who in Contemporary Women's Writing. (pp. 221-223) edited by Jane Eldridge Miller. London: Routledge.
Frenzy of the Invisible? Porn in the Field of Lesbian Vision
Henderson, M. (2001). Frenzy of the Invisible? Porn in the Field of Lesbian Vision. Queer in the 21st Century: The Body - Queer and Politic. (pp. 131-151) edited by J. Keith Atkinson and Justin J. Finnerty. Fortitude Valley, Qld: Gay and Lesbian Welfare Association.
Questions of the Visible and the Invisible: The Visual and Performing Arts.
Henderson, M. A. (2001). Questions of the Visible and the Invisible: The Visual and Performing Arts.. Queer in the 21st Century: Challenge and Response. (pp. 45-46) edited by John Angus and Stephen Cox. Fortitude Valley: Gay and Lesbian Welfare Association.
Henderson, M. A. (2000). Male fantasy. The Australian legend and its discontents. (pp. 250-266) edited by Richard Nile. Queensland: University of Queensland Press.
Kathy Acker's punk feminism: a feminism of cruelty and excess in more liberated and liberal times
Henderson, Margaret (2017). Kathy Acker's punk feminism: a feminism of cruelty and excess in more liberated and liberal times. Contemporary Women's Writing, 11 (2), 201-220. doi: 10.1093/cww/vpw037
Social memory and feminist cultural histories
Bartlett, Alison and Henderson, Margaret (2016). Social memory and feminist cultural histories. Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies, 30 (3), 273-273. doi: 10.1080/10304312.2016.1166558
Feminism and the museum in Australia: an introduction
Bartlett, Alison and Henderson, Margaret (2016). Feminism and the museum in Australia: an introduction. Journal of Australian Studies, 40 (2), 129-139. doi: 10.1080/14443058.2016.1157702
What is a feminist object? Feminist material culture and the making of the activist object
Bartlett, Alison and Henderson, Margaret (2016). What is a feminist object? Feminist material culture and the making of the activist object. Journal of Australian Studies, 40 (2), 156-171. doi: 10.1080/14443058.2016.1157701
Henderson, Margaret (2016). Retrovisioning chicko roles: Puberty Blues as postfeminist television adaptation and the feminization of the 1970s. Continuum, 30 (3), 326-335. doi: 10.1080/10304312.2016.1166559
Manifesting Australian literary feminisms: Nexus and faultlines
Vickery, Ann and Henderson, Margaret (2016). Manifesting Australian literary feminisms: Nexus and faultlines. Australian Literary Studies, 31 (1), 1-19.
From Counterculture to Punk Culture: The Emergence of Kathy Acker's Punk Poetics
Henderson, Margaret (2015). From Counterculture to Punk Culture: The Emergence of Kathy Acker's Punk Poetics. LIT Literature Interpretation Theory, 26 (4), 276-297. doi: 10.1080/10436928.2015.1092347
Kathy is a punk writer: when the underground goes overground
Henderson, Margaret (2014). Kathy is a punk writer: when the underground goes overground. Critique, 55 (5), 536-550. doi: 10.1080/00111619.2013.793169
Pornography in the service of lesbians: the case of Wicked Women and Slit magazines
Henderson, Margaret (2013). Pornography in the service of lesbians: the case of Wicked Women and Slit magazines. The Australasian Journal of Popular Culture, 2 (2), 159-182-182. doi: 10.1386/ajpc.2.2.159_1
Bartlett, Alison and Henderson, Margaret (2013). “The Australian women's movement goes to the museum: the ‘cultures of Australian feminist activism, 1970–1990’ project”. Women's Studies International Forum, 37, 85-94. doi: 10.1016/j.wsif.2012.10.013
Henderson, Margaret (2013). A celebratory feminist aesthetics in postfeminist times: screening the Australian women’s liberation in paper giants - The Birth of Cleo. Australian Feminist Studies, 28 (77), 250-262. doi: 10.1080/08164649.2013.821727
Archiving the feminist self: reflections on the personal papers of Merle Thornton
Henderson, Margaret (2013). Archiving the feminist self: reflections on the personal papers of Merle Thornton. Archives and Manuscripts, 41 (2), 91-104. doi: 10.1080/01576895.2013.806013
THE ACTIVIST'S ARCHIVE: Merle Thornton
Dever, Maryanne and Henderson, Margaret (2012). THE ACTIVIST'S ARCHIVE: Merle Thornton. Australian Feminist Studies, 27 (72), 221-223. doi: 10.1080/08164649.2012.676759
Trouble: Evolution of a radical, selected writings 1970-2010
Henderson, Margaret (2011). Trouble: Evolution of a radical, selected writings 1970-2010. Australian Feminist Studies, 26 (69), 380-382. doi: 10.1080/08164649.2011.606607
Henderson, Margaret (2010). The Feminine Mystique of individualism is powerful: Two American feminist memoirs in postfeminist times. Auto/Biography Studies, 23 (2), 165-184. doi: 10.1080/08989575.2008.10846777
Manifesting Australian literary feminisms: Nexus and faultlines
Vickery, Ann and Henderson, Margaret (2009). Manifesting Australian literary feminisms: Nexus and faultlines. Australian Literary Studies, 24 (3-4), 1-19.
Henderson, Margaret and Winter, Alexandra (2009). Memoirs of our nervous illness: The Queensland Police Special Branch files of Carole Ferrier as political auto/biography. Life Writing, 6 (3), 349-367. doi: 10.1080/14484520903082991
Henderson, Margaret (2008). Feminism in the hearts and minds and words of men: Revisiting men's cultural remembrance of Australian feminism in the new millennium. Dialogue: Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, 27 (3), 29-39.
Making feminist memory, American style
Henderson, Margaret (2008). Making feminist memory, American style. Contemporary Women's Writing, 2 (2), 174-180. doi: 10.1093/cww/vpn019
Henderson, Margaret (2008). Wonders taken for signs: The cultural activism of the Australian women's movement as avant-garde reformation. Lilith, 17, 2-10.
Notes towards an archive of Australian feminist activism
Bartlett, Alison, Dever, Maryanne and Henderson, Margaret (2007). Notes towards an archive of Australian feminist activism. Outskirts: Feminisms Along the Edge, 16.
Henderson, M. (2007). Betty Friedan (1921-2006). Australian Feminist Studies, 22 (53), 163-166. doi: 10.1080/08164640701361725
Introduction: The terra of recognition
Henderson, M. A. and Dale, L. (2006). Introduction: The terra of recognition. Journal of Australian Studies, 86, 1-6.
Henderson, Margaret and Dale, Leigh (2005). The terra of recognition. Journal of Australian Studies, 29 (86), 1-6. doi: 10.1080/14443050509388026
"It's not that Bloody Far from Sydney: Towards A Semiotic History of the Brisbane Women's Movement."
Henderson, Margaret and Reid, Margaret (2004). "It's not that Bloody Far from Sydney: Towards A Semiotic History of the Brisbane Women's Movement.". Australian Feminist Studies, 19 (44), 159-168. doi: 10.1080/0816464042000226456
Australian Feminism and Cultural Critique, circa 2002
Henderson, M. (2002). Australian Feminism and Cultural Critique, circa 2002. Australian Humanities Review (26)
Henderson, M. (2002). Legends of the Rise and Of the Fall: Towards A Poetics of Histories of the Australian Women's Movement. Clio: A Journal of Literature, History and the Philosophy of History, 31 (3), 301-326.
Henderson, M. (2002). The tidiest revolution: Regulative feminist autobiography and the de-facement of the Australian women's movement. Australian Literary Studies, 20 (3), 178-191.
A Shifting Line Up: Men, Women, and Tracks Surfing Magazine.
Henderson, M. A. (2001). A Shifting Line Up: Men, Women, and Tracks Surfing Magazine.. Continuum, 15.3, 319-332.
Real relations: The feminist politics of form in Australian fiction
Henderson, M (2001). Real relations: The feminist politics of form in Australian fiction. Australian Historical Studies, 32 (116), 162-163.
Review of Shameful Autobiographies, by Rosamund Dalziell
Henderson, M. A. (2001). Review of Shameful Autobiographies, by Rosamund Dalziell. AUMLA Journal, 95 (May), 133-135.
The Novel of Good Intentions. Rev. of Faith Singer, By Rosie Scott
Henderson, M. A. (2001). The Novel of Good Intentions. Rev. of Faith Singer, By Rosie Scott. Australian Women's Book Review, 13 (December No. 2)
Australian Feminist Academic Journals: Still Here, Most of the Time
Henderson, M. A. (2000). Australian Feminist Academic Journals: Still Here, Most of the Time. Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources, 21 (2), 11-13.
Henderson, Margaret A. (2000). Review of Donald Booth and Colin Tatz's One-eyed: A history of Australian sport; and Peter Kell's Good Sports: Australian sport and the myth of the fair go. Meanjin, 59 (2), 189-192.
The girl who met Simone de Beauvoir in Brisbane, or, must we burn Beauvoir?
Henderson, M. A. (2000). The girl who met Simone de Beauvoir in Brisbane, or, must we burn Beauvoir?. Hecate, 26 (1), 113-117.
Some tales of two mags: Sports magazines as glossy reservoirs of male fantasies
Henderson, M. A. (1999). Some tales of two mags: Sports magazines as glossy reservoirs of male fantasies. Journal of Australian Studies, 62, 64-75.
Which crisis this time? One future of Australian Literary Studies
Henderson, M. A. (1999). Which crisis this time? One future of Australian Literary Studies. Southerly, 59 (3-4), 43-48.
Writing the self in/after the postmodern
Henderson, M. A. (1999). Writing the self in/after the postmodern. LINQ, 25 (2), 9-21.
Australian Feminist Academic Journals: Still Here, Most of the Time
Henderson, M. (1998). Australian Feminist Academic Journals: Still Here, Most of the Time. Australian Women's Book Review, 10, 14-15.
Damned bores and slick sisters: the selling of blockbuster feminism in Australia
Rowlands, Shane and Henderson, Margaret (1996). Damned bores and slick sisters: the selling of blockbuster feminism in Australia. Australian Feminist Studies, 11 (23), 9-16. doi: 10.1080/08164649.1996.9994800
Journal of Australian Studies. (2006). 86
Women/postmodernism/Australia : Australian women's writing and postmodern discourse
Henderson, Margaret (1997). Women/postmodernism/Australia : Australian women's writing and postmodern discourse. PhD Thesis, School of English, Media Studies and Art History, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/29c414a
Archiving Australian Feminism: the papers of Merle Thornton
(2011) Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet
Archiving Australian feminism: the Merle Thornton Papers
(2010–2011) Myer Foundation/Sidney Myer Fund - DISCONTINUED: DO NOT USE
The Australian Feminist Memory Project 1970-1990
(2009) National Museum of Australia
The Australian Feminist Memory Project: Cultures of Activism, 1970-1990
(2007–2008) UQ FirstLink Scheme
Mnemonics for Political Amnesiacs: British and American Feminist Autobiographies of the 1990s
(2003) University of Queensland Research Development Grants Scheme
Struggle for memory: Histories and texts of the Australian Women's Movement.
(2000) UQ Early Career Researcher
The (D)Evolution of Sports Magazines: The strange case of "Tracks" and "Rugby League Week"
(1999–2001) UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
A-spec Reading Practices: Strategising Asexual Literary Criticism Through Young Adult Fiction
Master Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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As Long As You Keep It Quiet: A History of Queer and Queer-Coded Drama in Australia
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Sappho's Daughters: The Self-Empowerment of Female Intellectuals in A.S Byatt and Sarah Water's Neo-Victorian Novels
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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(2023) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
(2019) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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(2022) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Twenty-First-Century Australian Literature and Middlebrow Culture
(2022) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Dangerous Women: Literary Representations of Women Involved in Violent Political Conflicts
(2019) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Girl Crazy: Domestic Noir and Feminist Criminology
(2019) Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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(2014) Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Perpetrators, Bystanders, and Victims: Representations of the Third Reich in Australian Fiction
(2014) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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"Beautiful Boys": Martin Boyd and the Aesthetics of Queer Exile
(2013) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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