Dr Suzie Gibson
PhD (University of Queensland) BA Honours (First Class, University of Sydney)
Profile
Dr Suzie Gibson teaches nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first-century English, American, and Australian literature, as well as Screen Studies. Her research analyses the resonances and differences between texts, disciplines, and writers. She is trained in feminist and critical theory, and her publishing covers a variety of textual forms and themes, including traditional and experimental forms of literature and philosophy.
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Teaching
- Professional Writing
- Media and Culture
- Australian Literature
- English Literature
- Film and Cultural Studies
- Critical Theory
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Research Interests
- Secrecy and Phenomenology
- Literature including the writings of Henry James, J.M. Coetzee, Marcus Clarke, and Samuel Beckett
- Philosophy including the thought of Jacques Derrida, Søren Kierkegaard and Merleau-Ponty
- Ethics and its relationship to both Literature and Philosophy
- Popular Culture including the figure of James Bond
- Women's writing and friendship
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Refereed Journal Articles
- Gibson, S. (2020). The Kyogle Line: 12 Edmondstone Street, hospitality and memories of home. Queensland Review, Cambridge University Press (forthcoming).
- Gibson, S. (2019). The embrace of ambiguity in Joan Lindsay’s Picnic at Hanging Rock and Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw. Antipodes. Vol. 33, pp. 8-20.
- Gibson, S. (2019). The pulse of history: In My Blood it Runs and indigenous identity. Screen Education. Vol. 96, pp, 72-77: https://go.gale.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE%7CA612476290&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=1449857X&p=AONE&sw=w
- Gibson, S. (2018). Lives in Transit: The Egalitarian Perspective of The Staging Post. Vol 91, pp. 58-63: https://go.gale.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE%7CA576220102&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=1449857X&p=AONE&sw=w
- Gibson, S. (2018). Familiar Nightmares: The Harrowing World of The Handmaid’s Tale. Screen Education. Vol 89, pp. 36-43: https://go.gale.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE%7CA535883696&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=1449857X&p=AONE&sw=w
- Gibson, S & Biron, D. (2017). Hearts Adrift: Revisiting Gillian Armstrong's High Tide. Metro. Vol. 194, pp. 104-107: https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=241885990909415;res=IELAPA
- Gibson, S. (2017). Out of the Fringes: Teen Tropes and Female Perspective in The Edge of Seventeen. Screen Education. 87, pp. 16-23: https://issuu.com/atompublications/docs/gibson_edge_of_seventeen.
- Gibson, S. (2017). The Power of Literature in J.M. Coetzee's Elizabeth Costello. Australian Folklore: a yearly journal of folklore studies. 30, p. 193-200: https://www.academia.edu/31586541/The_Power_of_Literature_in_J.M._Coetzees_Elizabeth_Costello
- Gibson, S. (2015). Love's Negative Dialectic in Henry James's The Golden Bowl. Philosophy and Literature, Johns Hopkins University Press, (39) 1, 1-14. DOI: 10.1353/phl. 2015.0009 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/593925
- Gibson, S. (2015). Malouf's Invisible City: The Intertwining of Place and Identity in Johnno, Queensland Review, Cambridge University Press, (22) 1, 85-95. DOI: http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.une.edu.au/10.1017/qre.2015.8
- Gibson, S. (2015). Stop the Ships: Elysium, Asylum Seekers and the Battle Over Sovereign Borders, Screen Education, Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM). (78) 78-85. http://isuu.com/atompublications/docs/gibson_elysium55
- Gibson, S. (2014). The Mythology of Absence: David Malouf's 12 Edmonstone Street and Stefan Ackerie's Skyneedle. Australian Folklore. Armidale NSW, University of New England, (29) 161-168.
- Gibson, S. (2012). Missing the Remains of Ned Kelly. Australian Folklore, Armidale NSW: University of New England, (27) 184-190.
- Gibson, S. (2010). The Quest for Love and Identity in Marcus Clarke's His Natural Life. Australian Folklore. Armidale NSW: University of New England, (25) 133-142.
- Gibson, S. (2009). The Gift of Faith: Rethinking an Ethics of Sacrifice and Decision in Fear and Trembling and The Gift of Death. Philosophy Today. Chicago, Illinois: DePaul University, (53) 2, 126-135. https://www.pdcnet.org/pdc/bvdb.nsf/purchase?openform&fp=philtoday&id=philtoday_2009_0053_0002_0127_0136
- Gibson, S. (1998). The Terror of Representation: The Difficulty of Filming Henry James. Metro Magazine. (117) 47-52.
Refereed Book Chapters
- Gibson, S. (2020). Black Mirror and Jorge Luis Borges’s concept of the Infinite Finite. Digital Dystopia: The Moral Uncanny of Netflix’s Black Mirror. Palgrave Macmillan. (forthcoming)
- Gibson, S. (2020). Landscape within landscape: The intertwining of the visible and the invisible in Gerald Murnane and Henry James. Gerald Murnane: Another world in this one. Sydney Studies in Australian literature. Uhlmann, A. (ed). Sydney University Press, pp. 103-118.
- Gibson, S. (2016). Love, Marriage and Dialectics in the Novels of Jane Austen. Jane Austen and Philosophy. Edited by Mimi Marinucci, Rowan and Littlefield: London, Chapter 3, 27-38.
- Gibson, S. (2016). Batman is Superman. Superman, Batman and Philosophy. Edited by Nicolas Michaud, Open Court: Chicago, 235-245.
- Gibson, S. (2014). Henry James's Vocabulary in The Ambassadors. Victorian Vocabularies E-Book. Macquarie Lighthouse Press: Macquarie University, 154-165.
- Gibson, S. (2009). Being Irresponsible in J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace. Literature and Ethics: Questions of Responsibility in Literary Studies, Edited by D. Jernigan, N. Murphy, B. Quigley, T. Wagner, Amherst, New York: Cambria Press, 285-303.
- Gibson, S. (2009). 'Toward and Ethics of Sensation in J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace,' Literature and Sensation. Edited by Anthony Uhlmann, Helen Groth, Paul Sheehan and Stephen McLaren, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Press, 184-193.
- Gibson, S. (2006). Bond and Phenomenology: Shaken not Stirred. James Bond and Philosophy: Questions Are Forever, Edited by Jacob M. Held and James B. South, Chicago: Open Court, 49-62.
- Gibson, S. (2004). 'The Work, The Neutral and The Unnamable,' After Beckett/D'aprés Beckett, Edited by/Edité par Anthony Uhlmann, Sjef Houppermans, Bruno Clément, Samuel Beckett Today/Aujourdh'ui 14, Amsterdam: Rodopi Press, 293-305.
Other Articles and Essays
- Gibson, S. (2020). Podcast series Oz Gothic breathes new life into Australian gothic storytelling. The Conversation, February 18: https://theconversation.com/podcast-series-oz-gothic-breathes-new-life-into-australian-gothic-storytelling-131676
- Findlay, M (ed), Gibson, S (ed), Clarke, V. & Lander (ed) (2019). Dark sky dreamings: An inland skywriters anthology. Interactive Press, Brisbane. (250 pages)
- Gibson, S. (2019). It’s Neoliberalism that lit the fires. Overland Literary Journal. November 21: https://overland.org.au/2019/11/its-neoliberalism-that-lit-the-fires/
- Gibson, S. (2019). ‘The Dish and the big skies of the Central West. Dark sky dreamings: An inland skywriters anthology. Interactive Press, Brisbane, pp. 57-64.
- Gibson, S. & Biron, D. (2017) Language and Terror: Remembering Richard Rorty. Overland Literary Journal: https://overland.org.au/2017/07/language-and-terror-remembering-richard-rorty/
- Gibson, S. (2017). Hanging out with the boys: how bromance often steals the show in The Bachelorette. The Conversation, October 25: https://theconversation.com/hanging-out-with-the-boys-how-bromance-often-steals-the-spotlight-in-the-bachelorette-85464
- Gibson, S. (2017). Where are the epic women's coming of age stories? The Conversation, 8 Jun 2017: https://theconversation.com/where-are-the-epic-womens-coming-of-age-screen-stories-74702
- Gibson, S. (2017) What Lies Between. Another World in this One: Gerald Murnane's Fiction. 'Other Worlds: Forms of World Literature: ARC Project, University of Adelaide and Western Sydney University, 7 December.
- Gibson, S (2016). How the Bachelor Turns Women into Misogynists. The Conversation, August 18: https://theconversation.com/how-the-bachelor-turns-women-into-misogynists-62423
- Gibson, S. (2016). The Politics of Genius. Overland Literary Journal, April 11: https://overland.org.au/2016/04/the-politics-of-genius/
- Gibson, S. & Biron, D. (2016). The JFK Assassination and other 'truths' lost forever. The Conversation, February 10: https://theconversation.com/the-jfk-assassination-and-other-truths-lost-forever-out-there-54390
- Gibson, S. (2015). The Brandis effect on regional Australia? Just look at Bathurst. The Conversation, June 5: https://theconversation.com/the-brandis-effect-on-regional-australia-just-look-at-bathurst-42420
- Gibson, S. (2015). A Perpetual State of Zombie Warfare. Overland Literary Journal, May 12: http://overland.org.au/2015/05/a-perpetual-state-of-zombie-warfare-/
- Gibson, S. & Biron, D. (2015). True Detective, Breaking Bad and the Simple Truth about Complexity. The Conversation, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age. April 16: https://theconversation.com/true-detective-breaking-bad-the-simple-truth-about-complexity-40082
- Gibson, S. (2014). Give and take: the anxiety of gift giving at Christmas. The Conversation, December 16: https://theconversation.com/give-and-take-the-anxiety-of-gift-giving-at-christmas-34203
- Gibson, S & Biron, D. (2014). Music's Slow Lane for Women. Overland Literary Journal, December 1st:https://overland.org.au/2014/12/musics-slow-lane-for-women/
- Gibson, S. (2014). Assertive Female Sexuality is Pathologised Time and Again, The Conversation, November 12: https://theconversation.com/assertive-female-sexuality-is-pathologised-time-and-again-33784
- Gibson, S. (2014). Mozart goes to Bathurst, The Conversation. August 20: https://theconversation.com/mozart-goes-to-bathurst-classical-music-in-regional-australia-29882
- Gibson, S. (2014). Book Reviewing is an art in its own way. The Conversation. July 19: https://theconversation.com/book-reviewing-is-an-art-in-its-own-way-29093
- Gibson, S. (2014). The Case for Randolph Stow's To the Islands. The Conversation. June 24: https://theconversation.com/the-case-for-randolph-stows-to-the-islands-28193
Reviews
- Gibson, S. (2020). Review of Brigid Rooney’s Suburban Space, The Novel and Australian Modernity, Australian Literary Studies, Vol. 35.1, pp. 1-5.
- Gibson, S. (2019). Review of the ‘Never Ending 80s: this talented band brings a life-affirming experience to drought-stricken Regional New South Wales, Performing ArtsHub, October 31: https://performing.artshub.com.au/news-article/reviews/performing-arts/suzie-gibson/the-never-ending-80s-panthers-bathurst-nsw-259126
- Gibson, S. (2019). Review of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Performing ArtsHub, May 28: https://performing.artshub.com.au/news-article/reviews/performing-arts/suzie-gibson/review-a-midsummer-nights-dream-charles-sturt-university-nsw-258081
- Gibson, S. (2019). Review of Mighty, Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre, Performing ArtsHub, March 1: https://performing.artshub.com.au/news-article/reviews/performing-arts/suzie-gibson/review-mighty-bathurst-memorial-entertainment-centre-257435
- Gibson, S. (2018). Review of Shastra Deo’s The Agonist, Queensland Review, Cambridge University Press, pp. 328-330: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/queensland-review/article/shastra-deo-the-agonist-brisbane-university-of-queensland-press-2017-isbn-9-7807-0225-9746-87-pp-a2495/EC18B5022F76355657F5B141AB8785D0
- Gibson, S. (2018). Review of ‘A Good Bloke’ and other events at Artstate Bathurst, Performing ArtsHub, November 7: https://performing.artshub.com.au/news-article/reviews/performing-arts/suzie-gibson/review-a-good-bloke-and-other-events-at-artstate-bathurst-256782
- Gibson, S. (2018). Review of ‘The Climbing Tree’, Performing ArtsHub, November 9: https://performing.artshub.com.au/news-article/reviews/performing-arts/suzie-gibson/review-the-climbing-tree-bathurst-memorial-entertainment-centre-256794
- Gibson, S. (2018). Review of ‘In Between’ and ‘Sexpectations’: Charles Sturt University’s 2018 Sprung Festival, Performing ArtsHub, September 24: https://performing.artshub.com.au/news-article/reviews/performing-arts/suzie-gibson/review-in-between-and-sexpectations-sprung-festival-256518
- Gibson, S. (2018). Review of ‘Schapelle, Schapelle’: Charles Sturt University’s 2018 Sprung Festival, Performing ArtsHub, September 21: https://performing.artshub.com.au/news-article/reviews/performing-arts/suzie-gibson/review-schapelle-schapelle-256507
- Gibson, S. (2018). Suzie Gibson Reviews Saint Antony in His Desert by Anthony Uhlmann, Australian Book Review, Vol 403, pp. 1-2: https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/archive/2018/226-august-2018-no-403/5004-suzie-gibson-reviews-saint-antony-in-his-desert-by-anthony-uhlmann
- Gibson, S. Review of The Fox: A wickedly hilarious adaptation, 24 May, Performing Artshub: http://performing.artshub.com.au/news-article/reviews/performing-arts/suzie-gibson/the-fox-253794
- Gibson, S. (2016). The Trojan Women. ArtsHub, Wednesday May 25: http://performing.artshub.com.au/news-article/reviews/performing-arts/suzie-gibson/the-trojan-women-251372
- Gibson, S. (2016). Rosemary Valadon: A Sensual World, ArtsHub, Monday April 4: http://visual.artshub.com.au/news-article/reviews/visual-arts/suzie-gibson/rosemary-valadon-a-sensual-world-250932
- Gibson, S. (2015). Much Ado About Nothing. ArtsHub, Tuesday November 24: http://performing.artshub.com.au/news-article/reviews/performing-arts/suzie-gibson/much-ado-about-nothing-249949
- Gibson, S. (2015). SnapShorts. ArtsHub, Wednesday July 8: http://performing.artshub.com.au/news-article/reviews/performing-arts/suzie-gibson/snapshorts-248644
- Gibson, S. (2015). The Bacchae. ArtsHub, Friday May 29: http://performing.artshub.com.au/news-article/reviews/performing-arts/suzie-gibson/the-bacchae-248220
- Gibson, S. (2012). Massification: Richard Hil's Whackacademia: An Insider's Account of the Troubled University. Australian Book Review. (344) September, 70: https://www.academia.edu/7477593/Wackademia_book_review
- Gibson, S. (2009). Urban Dreams: Jeff Aptor's Unfortunate Son: The Unlikely Rise of Keith Urban. Australian Book Review. (308) February, 47: https://e-publications.une.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/une:5983
- Gibson, S. (2008). Henry Jenkins's The Wow Climax: Tracing the Emotional Impact of Popular Culture. Journal of Sociology. Sage Publications (44) 3, 303-304. DOI: 10.1177/14407833080440030605: http://jos.sagepub.com.ezproxy.csu.edu.au/content/44/3/307.full.pdf+html
Refereed Conference Papers
- Gibson, S. (2019). The Contemporary Relevance of Gillian Rose’s Concept of The Broken Middle. Historical Materialism Melbourne: No Middle Ground: From Flickers to Hope to Flames of Resistance, Melbourne, December 7-8.
- Gibson, S. (2018). The Unbridled Enthusiasm of Conspiracy Theory. Seminar presentation for Western Sydney University’s Writing and Society Research Group, May 18.
- Gibson, S. (2017) What Lies Between. Another World in this One: Gerald Murnane's Fiction. 'Other Worlds: Forms of World Literature: ARC Project, University of Adelaide and Western Sydney University, 7 December.
- Gibson, S. (2015). The Power, Passion and Politics of Randolph Stow's To the Islands. The Power and the Passion: Contemporary Australian Literature and Politics, Association for the Study of Australian Literature Conference, University of New England, 11-13 February.
- Gibson, S. (2012). Henry James's Vocabulary. Victorian Vocabularies Conference, Australian Victorian Studies Association, Griffith University Brisbane, 11-14 April.
- Gibson, S. (2011). Translation, Mediation, and Difficulty in Henry James's The Turn of the Screw. Literature and Translation Conference, Melbourne, 11-12 July.
- Gibson, S. (2009). Thinking Embodiment in J.M. Coetzee's Elizabeth Costello. Minding Animals Conference, Civic Precinct, Newcastle, 13-18 July.
- Gibson, S. (2007). Love, Mourning and its Hospitalities in Henry James's The Wings of the Dove. Mourning and its Hospitalities | (after…), A Three-Day International Conference on Literature, School of English, Media Studies and Art History, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 18-20 July.
- Gibson, S. (2007). Ethics and Sensation in J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace. Literature and Sensation Conference, Australasian Association for Literature, Sydney, 12-13 July.
- Gibson, S. (2006). Ethics, Difficulty and Irresponsibility in J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace. Inaugural English Literature Conference: Irresponsibility, Division of English, Nanyang Technical University, Singapore, 28-30 September.
- Gibson, S. (2005). James's Venice: The Great Waiting-Room of Europe. Tracing Henry James, An International Conference of the Henry James Society, Venice International University, 12-15 July.
- Gibson, S. (2004). The Politics of Female Friendship in Henry James's Late Novels. Politics of Friendship Conference, Monash University and the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, King's College London, 9-10 September.
- Gibson, S. (2003). The Work, the Neutral and The Unnamable. After Beckett/d'après Beckett Conference, The University of Western Sydney, 6-9 January.
Radio and Film Interviews
- 2020: Invited Guest Speaker on my Oz Gothic Conversation article for Perth’s ABC radio. Producer, Peter Barr.
- 2016: Invited to speak on the UTS radio station 2SER 107.3 discussing my Conversation article: 'How The Bachelor turns Women into Misogynists.
- 2016: Invited to speak with Luke Michael on SYN Nation 90.7 Panorama radio program on 'How the Bachelor Turns Women into Misogynists.' http://syn.org.au/does-the-bachelor-turn-women-into-misogynists
- 2016: Invited guest speaker on Western Australian ABC Radio where my Conversation article on the 25th anniversary of Oliver Stone's film JFK was discussed with host Barry Nicolls.
- 2014: Invited guest speaker for 6PR, a Perth based radio station owned by Fairfax media, discussing with Gemma Tognini my Conversation article on gift-giving rituals (Tuesday December 23rd).
- 2014: Invited guest speaker for Melbourne's 3AW radio station where I the complexities of gift giving was discussed on 'The Weekend Break' program (Saturday December 20th).
- 2012: Invited filmed Interview with The Sydney Morning Herald discussing my research into James Bond as the film Skyfall was released marking
Newspaper Articles
- Gibson, S. (2019). Open letter to the editor in response to the bushfires: ‘A time for hope as we look to an uncertain future,’ The Western Advocate, November 26: https://www.westernadvocate.com.au/story/6510320/letter-to-the-editor-a-time-for-hope-as-we-look-to-an-uncertain-future/
- Gibson, S. (2019). Never ending 80s takes us to a musical trip back to the future: Nostalgia experienced as a music phenomenon can never be underestimated. The Western Advocate, November 6: https://www.westernadvocate.com.au/story/6476941/never-ending-80s-takes-us-on-a-musical-trip-back-to-the-future/
- Gibson, S. (2018). Program at CSU helps students play by the rules. The Western Advocate, March 7: https://www.westernadvocate.com.au/story/5264329/program-at-csu-helps-students-play-by-the-rules/
- Gibson, S. (2015): Innovative interpretation of tragedy, The Western Advocate, Bathurst, NSW Australia.
- Gibson, S. (2015). Adam Deusien, Associate lecturer at Charles Sturt, Western Advocate, NSW, p.27.
- Gibson, S (2014): Educating and Inspiring Youth, The Western Advocate, Bathurst, NSW Australia.
- Gibson, S 2014: Capturing a Buchman's True Grit, The Western Advocate, Bathurst, NSW Australia.
- Gibson, S (2014): Telling the story of a smuggler, The Western Advocate, Bathurst, NSW Australia.
- Gibson, S (2014): A story of survival and determination, Bathurst Western Times, NSW, Australia.
- Gibson, S (2014): Rare insights at university forum, The Western Advocate, Bathurst, NSW Australia.
- Gibson, S. (2014). One of Australia's best- selling authors will be in Bathurst, Western Advocate, NSW, p. 7.
- Gibson, S. (2014). Professor Peter McNeil Delighted the Bathurst Community. Western Advocate, NSW, p. 17.
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Awards/Prizes
- 2012: Australian Book Review Ian Potter Fellowship Contender
- 2011: UQ Teaching Excellence Acknowledgement for Inspiring Students
- 2009: National Finalist for 'Lecturer of the Year' Award
- 2008: Nominated for a University of New England Teaching Award
- 2006: UNE Teaching and Learning Development Grant
- 2005: UNE International Conference Travel Grant
- 2004: UNE Faculty of Arts Early Career Research Grant
- 2003: UNE Faculty of Arts Early Career Research Grant
- 2002: Doctoral Thesis Recommended on the University of Queensland's Dean's List
- 1993-1996: Australian Postgraduate Research Award
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Completed PhD Supervisions
- 2019: Antony Stephenson, Thesis Title: “Kinds of Blue: The Representation of Australian Police and Policing in Television Drama and Reality Television.” (Principal supervisor with Dr Lachlan Brown as co-supervisor)
- 2015: Ted Beardow, Thesis Title: “Heroism in the Fiction of Leslie Charteris.” Second Supervisor at the University of New England. (Co-supervised with Dr. Jennifer McDonell)
Current Supervisions
- 2020: Silvia Wistuba, Working thesis title: “Unearthing the history of the Malweiber: how the past resonates with the present.” (Co-supervising with Dr Sam Bowker)
- 2020: Connor Weightman, Working thesis title: “Totalising representation for totalising problems: A petropoety suite.” (Co-supervising with Dr Lachlan Brown)
Other supervisions
- 2003-2009: During my 6-year employment at the University of New England I successfully supervised countless Honours theses, and also acted in the capacity of being a principal supervisor for PhD and Masters degree candidates.
Thesis Examinations
- 2015: External Examiner for a Master of Philosophy in Creative Writing, The Thesis was undertaken through the University of Newcastle, Thesis title: 'Living Like Common People'.
- 2015: External Examiner for a Master of Philosophy in Creative Writing, The Thesis was undertaken through the University of Newcastle Thesis title: 'Relative Strangers'.
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