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Emeritus Professor David Carter

Emeritus Professor

School of Communication and Arts
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
david.carter@uq.edu.au

Overview

Professor David Carter's research interests include Australian literature and publishing history, cultural history, the history of the book, magazines and periodical studies, middlebrow cultures, and studies in modernity.

Professor Carter was Director of the Australian Studies Centre at the University of Queensland from 2001 to 2006, then Professor of Australian Literature and Cultural History in the School of Communication and Arts.

He is the author of Australian Books and Authors in the American Marketplace, 1840s-1940s (2018) with Roger Osborne, Almost Always Modern: Australian Print Cultures and Modernity (2013), Dispossession, Dreams and Diversity: Issues in Australian Studies (2006) and A Career in Writing: Judah Waten and the Cultural Politics of a Literary Career (1997), winner of the Walter McRae Russell Award for literary scholarship. His edited books include the co-edited Fields, Capitals, Habitus: Australian Culture, Inequalities and Social Divisions (2020); Making Books: Contemporary Australian Publishing (2007) with Anne Galligan; The Ideas Market: An Alternative Take on Australia's Intellectual Life (2004); Culture in Australia: Policies, Publics and Programs, with Tony Bennett (2001); and Outside the Book: Contemporary Essays on Literary Periodicals (1991).

He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and Series Editor, Anthem Studies in Book History, Publishing and Print Culture, Anthem UK.

Professor Carter has extensive experience in teaching and developing programs in Australian Studies internationally. He was President of the International Australian Studies Association from 1997 to 2001; Manager of the Australian Studies in China program of the Australia-China Council (2002-16); a board member of the Australia-Japan Foundation (1998-2004); and Visiting Professor in Australian Studies at Tokyo University (2007-08 & 2016-17). He is a Board Member of the Foundation for Australian Studies in China.

Research Interests

  • The history of the book
  • Publishing and print culture studies
  • Modernity
  • Immigration and multiculturalism
  • Australian Literature
    Australian publishing history, 20th-century Australian literature, periodicals and book culture, Australian modernity
  • Australian Indigenous Cultures

Qualifications

  • Fellow of Australian Academy of the Humanities
  • PhD, Deakin University
  • Master of Arts, University of Melbourne
  • Graduate Diploma in Education, University of Melbourne
  • BA (Hons), University of Melbourne

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  • Fiction publishing in Australia, 2013-2017

    Carter, David (2019). Fiction publishing in Australia, 2013-2017. Publishing and culture. (pp. 341-358) edited by Dallas John Baker, Donna Lee Brien and Jen Webb. Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

  • The writing professions during and after World War I

    Carter, David and Darian-Smith, Kate (2019). The writing professions during and after World War I. The First World War, The Universities and the Professions in Australia 1914-1939. (pp. 342-362) edited by Kate Darian-Smith and James Waghorne. Carlton, VIC, Australia: Melbourne University Press.

  • The book trade and the arts ecology: transnationalism and digitization in the Australian literary field

    Carter, David and Kelly, Michelle (2018). The book trade and the arts ecology: transnationalism and digitization in the Australian literary field. Making culture: commercialisation, transnationalism, and the state of 'nationing' in contemporary Australia. (pp. 15-27) edited by David Rowe, Graeme Turner and Emma Waterton. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge.

  • Australian stories: books and reading in the nation

    Carter, David and Kelly, Michelle (2017). Australian stories: books and reading in the nation. Publishing means business: Australian perspectives. (pp. 147-181) edited by Aaron Mannion and Millicent Weber. Melbourne, Australia: Monash University Publishing.

  • Bush legends and pastoral landscapes

    Carter, David John (2017). Bush legends and pastoral landscapes. Teaching Australian and New Zealand literature. (pp. 42-54) edited by Nicholas Birns, Nicole Moore and Sarah Shieff. New York, NY United States: Modern Language Association of America.

  • The other empire: Australian books and American publishers in the late nineteenth century

    Carter, David (2017). The other empire: Australian books and American publishers in the late nineteenth century. The global histories of books: methods and practices. (pp. 47-72) edited by Elleke Boehmer, Rouven Kunstmann, Priyasha Mukhopadhyay and Asha Rogers. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-51334-8

  • Beyond the Antipodes: Australian popular fiction in transnational networks

    Carter, David (2016). Beyond the Antipodes: Australian popular fiction in transnational networks. New directions in popular fiction: genre, distribution, reproduction. (pp. 349-370) edited by Ken Gelder. London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-52346-4

  • General fiction, genre fiction and literary fiction publishing 2000-13

    Carter, David John (2016). General fiction, genre fiction and literary fiction publishing 2000-13. The return of print? Contemporary Australian publishing. (pp. 1-25) edited by Aaron Mannion and Emmett Stimson. Clayton VIC, Australia: Monash University Publishing. doi: 10.26180/5f3c6e1362e47

  • Middlebrow book culture

    Carter, David (2016). Middlebrow book culture. Routledge international handbook of the sociology of art and culture. (pp. 349-369) edited by Laurie Hanquinet and Mike Savage. London, United Kingdon: Routledge.

  • 'Screamers In Bedlam': Vision 1923-1924

    Carter, David (2013). 'Screamers In Bedlam': Vision 1923-1924. Always almost Modern: Australian Print Cultures and Modernity. (pp. 81-111) edited by David Carter. North Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Australian Scholarly Publishing.

  • 1982. Publishing in the Big Apple: Thomas Keneally's amazing American adventure

    Carter, David (2013). 1982. Publishing in the Big Apple: Thomas Keneally's amazing American adventure. Telling Stories: Australian Life and Literature 1935-2012. (pp. 385-391) edited by Tanya Dalziell and Paul Genoni. Clayton, VIC, Australia: Monash University Publishing.

  • Antipodean romance, crime and sensation: Australian popular fiction in British and American markets 1890-1925

    Carter, David (2013). Antipodean romance, crime and sensation: Australian popular fiction in British and American markets 1890-1925. Scenes of Reading: Is Australian Literature a World Literature?. (pp. 86-100) edited by Robert Dixon and Brigid Rooney. North Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Australian Scholarly Publishing.

  • Culture and media

    Carter, David and Griffen-Foley, Bridget (2013). Culture and media. The Commonwealth of Australia. (pp. 237-262) edited by Alison Bashford and Stuart Macintyre. New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CHO9781107445758.041

  • Drawing the line: Art in Australia and the contemporary modern

    Carter, David (2013). Drawing the line: Art in Australia and the contemporary modern. Always almost Modern: Australian Print Cultures and Modernity. (pp. 45-66) edited by David Carter. North Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Australian Scholarly Publishing.

  • The wide brown land on the silver screen

    Carter, David (2013). The wide brown land on the silver screen. Always almost Modern: Australian Print Cultures and Modernity. (pp. 232-252) edited by David Carter. North Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Australian Scholarly Publishing.

  • Modernising anglocentrism: Desiderata and literary time

    Carter, David (2012). Modernising anglocentrism: Desiderata and literary time. Republics of letters: literary communities in Australia. (pp. 85-98) edited by Peter Kirkpatrick and Robert Dixon. Sydney, Australia: Sydney University Press.

  • Waten, Judah Leon (1911-1985)

    Carter, David (2012). Waten, Judah Leon (1911-1985). Australian dictionary of biography. Volume 18 : 1981-1990, L-Z. (pp. x-x) edited by Melanie Nolan and Paul Arthur. Carlton Australia: Melburne University Press.

  • Modernity and the gendering of middlebrow book culture in Australia

    Carter, David (2011). Modernity and the gendering of middlebrow book culture in Australia. The masculine middlebrow, 1880-1950: What Mr. Miniver read. (pp. 135-149) edited by Kate Macdonald. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.

  • Transpacific or transatlantic traffic? Australian books and American publishers

    Carter, David (2010). Transpacific or transatlantic traffic? Australian books and American publishers. Reading Across the Pacific : Australia-United States Intellectual Histories. (pp. 339-359) edited by Robert Dixon and Nicholas Birns. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Sydney University Press.

  • Critics, writers, intellectuals: Australian literature and its criticism

    Carter, David (2009). Critics, writers, intellectuals: Australian literature and its criticism. Reading down under: Australian literary studies reader. (pp. 67-93) edited by Amit Sarwall and Reema Sarwal. New Delhi, India: Sports and Spiritual Science Publications.

  • Publishing, patronage and cultural politics: Institutional changes in the field of Australian literature from 1950

    Carter, David (2009). Publishing, patronage and cultural politics: Institutional changes in the field of Australian literature from 1950. The Cambridge history of Australian literature. (pp. 360-390) edited by Peter Pierce. Victoria, Australia: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CHOL9780521881654.018

  • Structures, networks, institutions: The new empiricism, book history and literary history

    Carter, David (2009). Structures, networks, institutions: The new empiricism, book history and literary history. Resourceful Reading: The New Empiricism, eResearch and Australian Literary Culture. (pp. 31-52) edited by Katherine Bode and Robert Dixon. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Sydney University Press.

  • An Australian accent? From textual politics to cultural history in Australian literary studies

    Carter, David (2008). An Australian accent? From textual politics to cultural history in Australian literary studies. Literatures in English: Priorities of Research. (pp. 383-393) edited by Wolfgang Zach and Michael Kenneally. Tubingen, Germany: Stauffenburg Verlag.

  • Boom, bust or business as usual? Literary fiction publishing

    Carter, David (2007). Boom, bust or business as usual? Literary fiction publishing. Making books: contemporary Australian publishing. (pp. 231-246) edited by D. J. Carter and A. Galligan. Brisbane, Australia: University of Queensland Press.

  • Introduction

    Carter, David and Galligan, Anne (2007). Introduction. Making books: contemporary Australian publishing. (pp. 1-14) edited by D. Carter and A. Galligan. Brisbane, Australia: University of Queensland Press.

  • Periodicals

    Carter, David and Osborne, Roger (2006). Periodicals. Paper empires: A history of the book in Australia 1946-2005. (pp. 239-257) edited by Craig Munro and Robyn Sheehan-Bright. St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press.

  • They're a Weird Mob and Ure Smith

    Carter, David (2006). They're a Weird Mob and Ure Smith. Paper empires: A history of the book in Australia 1946-2005. (pp. 24-30) edited by Craig Munro and Robyn Sheahan-Bright. Brisbane, Australia: University of Queensland Press.

  • Six theses on contemporary Australia

    Carter, David (2005). Six theses on contemporary Australia. Australian Studies Centre 25th anniversary collection. (pp. 47-59) edited by David Carter and Martin Crotty. St Lucia, Australia: Australian Studies Centre, University of Queensland.

  • A minor miracle, a kind of failure, and some small successes: Australian studies and cultural diplomacy

    Carter, David (2004). A minor miracle, a kind of failure, and some small successes: Australian studies and cultural diplomacy. Thinking Australian Studies: teaching across cultures. (pp. 90-109) edited by Kate Darian-Smith, David Carter, Gus Worby and Gus Worby. Brisbane, Queensland: UQ Press.

  • Asian Australian Studies: China and Japan

    Carter, David (2004). Asian Australian Studies: China and Japan. Double Vision: Asian accounts of Australia. (pp. 139-154) edited by Broinowski, Alison. Canberra, ACT: Pandanus Books.

  • Introduction: Intellectuals and their publics

    Carter, David (2004). Introduction: Intellectuals and their publics. The Ideas Market: An alternative take on Austraia's intellectual life. (pp. 1-11) edited by David Carter. Carlton, Victoria: Melbourne University Press.

  • Judah Waten

    Carter, David (2004). Judah Waten. Australian Writers, 1950 - 1975. (pp. 308-316) edited by Selina Samuels. Farmington Hills, USA: Thomson Gale.

  • The conscience industry: The rise and rise of the public intellectual

    Carter, David (2004). The conscience industry: The rise and rise of the public intellectual. The ideas market: an alternative take on Australia's intellectual life. (pp. 15-39) edited by David Carter. Carlton, Victoria: Melbourne University Press.

  • The mystery of the missing middlebrow or the c(o)urse of good taste

    Carter, David (2004). The mystery of the missing middlebrow or the c(o)urse of good taste. Imagining Australia: literature and culture in the new new world. (pp. 173-201) edited by Ryan, Judith and Wallace-Crabbe, Chris. Boston, Mass., USA: Harvard University Press.

  • Overviews: Institutions of Australian Literature

    Carter, David and Whitlock, Gillian (2003). Overviews: Institutions of Australian Literature. 19th Century Literature Criticism. (pp. 21-32) edited by Zott, L. M.. Farmington Hills, USA: Thomson Gale.

  • The Story of our Epoch, a Hero of our Time: The Communist Novelist in PostWar Australia

    Carter, David (2003). The Story of our Epoch, a Hero of our Time: The Communist Novelist in PostWar Australia. Frank Hardy & the Literature of Commitment. (pp. 89-111) edited by Paul Adams and Christopher Lee. Carlton North, Victoria: The Vulgar Press.

  • Australian culture and its publics

    Carter, David and Bennett, Tony (2001). Australian culture and its publics. Culture in Australia: policies, publics and programs. (pp. 135-139) edited by Tony Bennett and David Carter. Melbourne, Australia: Cambridge University Press.

  • Introduction

    Carter, David and Bennett, Tony (2001). Introduction. Culture in Australia: Policies, Publics and Programs. (pp. 1-8) edited by Tony Bennett and David Carter. Melbourne, Australia: Cambridge University Press.

  • Policy and industry contexts

    Carter, David and Bennett, Tony (2001). Policy and industry contexts. Culture in Australia: policies, publics and programs. (pp. 11-17) edited by Tony Bennett and David Carter. Melbourne, Australia: Cambridge University Press.

  • Programs of cultural diversity

    Carter, David and Bennett, Tony (2001). Programs of cultural diversity. Culture in Australia: policies, publics and programs. (pp. 253-258) edited by Tony Bennett and David Carter. Melbourne, Australia: Cambridge University Press.

  • The Public Life of Literature

    Carter, David, Bennett, Tony and Ferres, K. (2001). The Public Life of Literature. Culture in Australia: Policies, Publics and Programs. (pp. 140-160) edited by Tony Bennett and David Carter. Melbourne, Australia: Cambridge University Press.

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  • Imagining Australia through Japanese translation: Cultural artefacts and the recreation of Australian literature

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