Professor Andrew Milner
PhD (University of London), BScEcon, Hons (University of London)
Andrew Milner curriculum vitae [
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Biography
I was born and brought up in West Yorkshire, England, and educated at the local primary school and selective state high school. I studied at the London School of Economics (LSE), part of the University of London, where I completed an Honours degree in Sociology and a Ph.D. in the Sociology of Literature. I have subsequently taught at the LSE, the University of Canberra, Goldsmiths' College London and the University of Leeds.I was appointed Professor of Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies at Monash University in 2000 and Professor of English and Comparative Literature in 2012.
I have also held visiting appointments in the Theory, Culture and Society Centre at Nottingham Trent University, the School of English at the University of Liverpool and the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick.
My academic interests include contemporary cultural theory, the sociology of literature, seventeenth-century English literature, English and French literary utopianism and European science fiction. My work has been published in English in Australia, India, the USA and the UK and has been translated into German, Portuguese, Chinese, Farsi and Korean.
Research interests
Contemporary cultural theory
Especially the work of Pierre Bourdieu, Fredric Jameson and Raymond Williams.
The sociology of literature
Especially the work of Theodor Adorno, Lucien Goldmann, Georg Lukàcs and Franco Moretti.
Seventeenth-century English poetry
Especially Milton.
Utopia and dystopia in science fiction
Especially representations of climate change.
Selected publications
- Milner, A. (2010) Tenses of Imagination: Raymond Williams on Science Fiction, Utopia and Dystopia. Bern and New York, Peter Lang
- Milner, A. (2005) Literature, culture and society (2nd edition). London, Routledge.
- Milner, A. (2002) Re-imagining cultural studies : the promise of cultural materialism. London, SAGE.
- Milner, A. (1999) Class: Core Cultural Concepts. Thousand Oaks, and London, SAGE.
- Milner, A. (1981) John Milton and the English Revolution : a study in the sociology of literature. London, Macmillan.
Competitive grants
- Imagining the Great Southern Land: Utopia, Dystopia and Science Fiction in Australia (2007-2009), Australian Research Council.
- Demanding the Impossible: Utopianism in Philosophy, Literature and Science Fiction (2005-2007), Australian Research Council.
- Reason in Revolt: The Role of Intellectuals in Australian Radicalism (2004-2006), Australian Research Counci.
- Raymond Williams and Cultural Materialism (1998-1999), Australian Research Council.
- Australian Political and Cultural Radicalism 1880-1990 (1990-1991), Australian Research Council.