Associate Professor Mandy Treagus
Associate Professor/Reader
School of Humanities
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
As a scholar of cultural texts I am primarily concerned with how individuals and societies construct meaning in different historical periods, together with the power relations inherent in this process. I pursue these inquiries via the analysis of literary texts, film, photographic and visual art forms, in the context of archival sources. I theoretically engage with critical approaches from the fields of Postcolonial and Decolonising Studies and Gender Studies in an overarching framework that pays close attention to the specificities and scholarship of each genre.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2024 - ongoing Adjunct Associate Professor University of Adelaide, Adelaide -
Language Competencies
Language Competency Tonga (Tonga Islands) Can read, write, speak and understand spoken -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title The University of Adelaide Australia PhD University of Adelaide Australia BA Honours in English Adelaide CAE Australia Graduate Diploma in Teaching University of Adelaide Australia BA -
Research Interests
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Journals
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Books
Year Citation 2018 Keown, M., Taylor, A., & Treagus, M. (Eds.) (2018). Anglo-American Imperialism and the Pacific: Discourses of Encounter (1st edition ed.). New York: Routledge.
DOI Scopus42018 Keown, M., Taylor, A., & Treagus, M. (Eds.) (2018). Anglo-American Imperialism and the Pacific: Discourses of Encounter (1st edition ed.). New York: Routledge.
DOI Scopus42014 Tonkin, M., Treagus, M., Seys, M., & De Rosa, S. C. (Eds.) (2014). Changing the Victorian Subject. Adelaide: University of Adelaide Press.
DOI2014 Tonkin, M., Treagus, M., Seys, M., & De Rosa, S. C. (Eds.) (2014). Changing the Victorian Subject. Adelaide: University of Adelaide Press.
DOI2014 Treagus, M. (2014). Empire girls: the colonial heroine comes of age. Australia: University of Adelaide Press.
DOI- Keown, M., Taylor, A., & Treagus, M. (Eds.) (n.d.). Anglo-American Imperialism and the Pacific. Routledge.
DOI- Keown, M., Taylor, A., & Treagus, M. (Eds.) (n.d.). Anglo-American Imperialism and the Pacific. Routledge.
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Book Chapters
Year Citation 2025 Treagus, M. (2025). Inter-Racial Intimacies: Stevenson’s Late Pacific Tales. In SCROLL: Scottish Cultural Review of Language and Literature (Vol. 35, pp. 128-141). BRILL.
DOI2023 Jose, N., Sutcliffe, A., & Treagus, M. (2023). The Story of an Australian Farm: Olive Schreiner in Australia. In Olive Schreiner: Writing Networks and Global Contexts (pp. 244-265).
Scopus12018 Keown, M., Taylor, A., & Treagus, M. (2018). Introduction. In M. Keown, A. Taylor, & M. Treagus (Eds.), Anglo-American Imperialism and the Pacific: Discourses of Encounter (pp. 1-22). New York: Routledge.
DOI2018 Treagus, M., & Keown, M. (2018). Afterword: In Memoriam Teresia Teaiwa (1968-2017). In M. Keown, A. Taylor, & M. Treagus (Eds.), Anglo-American Imperialism and the Pacific: Discourses of Encounter (1st ed., pp. 202-206). New York: Routledge.
DOI2018 Treagus, M., & Keown, M. (2018). Afterword: In Memoriam Teresia Teaiwa (1968-2017). In M. Keown, A. Taylor, & M. Treagus (Eds.), Anglo-American Imperialism and the Pacific: Discourses of Encounter (1st ed., pp. 202-206). New York: Routledge.
DOI2018 Keown, M., Taylor, A., & Treagus, M. (2018). Introduction. In M. Keown, A. Taylor, & M. Treagus (Eds.), Anglo-American Imperialism and the Pacific: Discourses of Encounter (Vol. 12, 1st edition ed., pp. 1-22). New York, NY; USA: Routledge.
DOI Scopus62018 Keown, M., Taylor, A., & Treagus, M. (2018). Introduction. In M. Keown, A. Taylor, & M. Treagus (Eds.), Anglo-American Imperialism and the Pacific: Discourses of Encounter (Vol. 12, 1st edition ed., pp. 1-22). New York, NY; USA: Routledge.
DOI Scopus62018 Treagus, M. (2018). 'It's Raining in Pago': The Body, Religion and Race in W. Somerset Maugham's 'Rain' and Its Film Adaptations. In K. Keown, A. Taylor, & M. Treagus (Eds.), Anglo-American Imperialism and the Pacific: Discourses of Encounter (1st edition ed., pp. 91-109). New York, NY; USA: Routledge.
DOI2018 Treagus, M. (2018). 'It's Raining in Pago': The Body, Religion and Race in W. Somerset Maugham's 'Rain' and Its Film Adaptations. In K. Keown, A. Taylor, & M. Treagus (Eds.), Anglo-American Imperialism and the Pacific: Discourses of Encounter (1st edition ed., pp. 91-109). New York, NY; USA: Routledge.
DOI2016 Treagus, M. (2016). Yuki Kihara’s culture for sale and the history of Pacific cultural performance. In K. Alexeyeff, & J. Taylor (Eds.), Touring Pacific Cultures (1 ed., pp. 141-166). Canberra: ANU Press. 2016 Treagus, M. (2016). The South Seas Exhibit at the Chicago World’s Fair, 1893. In Oceania and the Victorian Imagination: Where All Things Are Possible (pp. 45-57).
DOI2015 Treagus, M. (2015). The orator. In Directory of World Cinema: Australia and New Zealand 2 (pp. 235-236). 2014 Treagus, M. (2014). The woman artist and narrative ends in late-Victorian writing. In M. Tonkin, M. Treagus, M. Seys, & S. Crozier De Rosa (Eds.), Changing the Victorian subject (pp. 201-215). Australia: University of Adelaide Press. 2014 Tonkin, M., Treagus, M., Seys, M., & Crozier-De Rosa, S. (2014). Re-visiting the Victorian subject. In M. Tonkin, M. Treagus, M. Seys, & S. Crozier De Rosa (Eds.), Changing the Victorian subject (pp. 1-19). Australia: University of Adelaide Press. 2013 Treagus, M. (2013). From Khe Sanh to the Caribbean: Cold Chisel's post-Vietnam blues. In T. Dalziell, & P. Genoni (Eds.), Telling stories: Australian life and literature 1935-2012 (pp. 357-362). Clayton, Victoria: Monash University Publishing. 2013 Treagus, M. (2013). The South Seas exhibit at the Chicago World's Fair, 1893. In R. Fulton, & P. Hoffenberg (Eds.), Oceania and the Victorian imagination: where all things are possible (1 ed., pp. 45-58). United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing Limited.
Scopus32008 Treagus, M. (2008). 'Britons of the South Seas': The Moari visit to London, 1911. In H. Kerr, & L. Warner (Eds.), Projections of Britain in the United States of America, Australia and New Zealand: 1900-1950 (pp. 52-62). Adelaide, South Australia: Lythrum Press. 2008 Treagus, M. (2008). Agents or Objects? Maori Performances in Britain. In Sue Thomas (Ed.), Victorian Traffic: Identity, Exchange, Performance (pp. 124-142). United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2004 Treagus, M. (2004). Spectacles of empire: Maori tours of England in 1863 and 1911. In K. Darian-Smith, P. Grimshaw, K. Lindsey, & S. Macintyre (Eds.), Exploring the British world: Identity - Cultural production - Institutions (pp. 748-764). http://search.informit.com.au/browsePublication;isbn=0864593449;res=E-LIBRARY: RMIT Publishing. 1999 Treagus, M. (1999). Televison gothic: The X-Files. In Extensions: essays in English studies from Shakespeare to the Spice Girls, 1999 (pp. 186-198). Wakefield Press. -
Live Performance of Creative Works
Year Citation 2022 Treagus, M. (2022). Playing the Decades (No. Of Pieces: 45) [Musical performance of original songs]. Wheatsheaf Hotel, Thebarton, South Australia. 2021 Treagus, M. (2021). The Flight of the Frigate Bird (No. Of Pieces: 10 minutes) [Creative non-fiction]. The Lab, Adelaide: JM Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice. 2014 Treagus, M. (2014). The Wide Open Road - Bob Dylan Revisited. My segments: 'Hearing Dylan', 'The Tradition and Song Form' and 'Finding His Own Voice' (No. Of Pieces: Total show: 1 hour) [Performance]. Adelaide: Radio Adelaide. -
Report for External Bodies
Year Citation 2011 Treagus, M. A., Cover, R., & Beasley, C. (2011). Integrity in Sport Literature Review. Canberra: Australian Sports Commission. -
Original Creative Works
Year Citation 2021 Authors: Treagus M. Title: The Lesbian Mafia. Description: 6th November 2019. part of the Queering the Museum project by the Migration Museum. Extent: 305 words. 2019 Authors: Treagus M. Title: ‘My mother says there’s something queer about you’. Description: Cloth and Paper live curated performance. Friday May 17, 2019. The Chapel, Migration Museum, Adelaide. South Australian History Festival.. Extent: 3 minutes. 2018 Authors: Treagus M. Title: Dropkick. Description: There is no ISSN listed in the publication. Extent: 3 pages. 2016 Authors: Treagus M. Title: From Anthropometry to Maui: A Study of a Samoan Savage. Description: Exhibition held Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery on 27 February – 22 May 2016. Exhibition catalogue contains work by M. Treagus.. Extent: 5 pages. -
Recorded/Rendered Creative Works
Year Citation 2015 Authors: Treagus M. Title: On the Beach. My inputs in the production were:. Description: Wide Open Road – On the Beach. Extent: 60 minute show. 2015 Authors: Treagus M. Title: On the Beach. My inputs in the production were:. Description: Wide Open Road – On the Beach. Extent: 60 minute show. -
Curated or Produced Public Exhibition or Events
Year Citation 2018 Treagus, M. (2018). Two Horizons Art Project (No. Of Pieces: 10 x 3 metres) [Art mural]. Tynte St North Adelaide.
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2024 Principal Supervisor Connection and Dislocation: Nomadic Cartographies in the Writings of Janette Turner Hospital Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Victoria Rose Circelli 2024 Principal Supervisor The dynamics Pacific regionalism: How power operates within the Pacific Islands Forum Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Solstice Middleby 2023 Co-Supervisor Form, identity, and Homeric reception in the poetry of Alice Oswald and Ocean Vuong Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Miss Thao Gia Bui 2022 Co-Supervisor Detecting Dress: Mrs-Annie Bowman's Garments: A Cultural History of Dress in Colonial Adelaide Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Kathryn Needs 2021 Principal Supervisor Tracing Charlotte Jay: The Geraldine Halls Project Master of Philosophy Master Part Time Ms Jane Costessi 2021 Principal Supervisor Figuring the Sea, Inland: Oceanic Imaginaries in Contemporary Australian Literature Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Theodora Irini Germanos-Galanis 2020 Co-Supervisor Nekyia and Katabasis in 21st century receptions of the Ilaid Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Patrick James Moritz 2019 Principal Supervisor Fragments of Self: Contemporary Women's Life Writing Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Meg Madden 2018 Principal Supervisor Longpela Gut Bai: A Braided Narrative of Privilege and Loss Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Susan Chamney Hazel -
Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2023 - 2024 Principal Supervisor Pretty Much a Saga of a Certain Type of Person: Charles Bukowski and Postmodern Humanism Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Benjamin Thomas Sorby Adams 2020 - 2023 Principal Supervisor Drifting: a Fire Island Derive Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Jacob Sunter 2019 - 2023 Principal Supervisor Dust Country Stories from a Shifting Land Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Samuel Jesse Cox 2017 - 2019 Principal Supervisor Bound by Narrative: 'Reading' the Female Body and Genre in Nineteenth-Century British Literature Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Miss Charlotte Eliza Brake Kelso 2017 - 2020 Principal Supervisor The Masks That Wear Men: The Representation of Masculine Masquerade In 1990s American Action Cinema Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Kate Marie Bowen 2014 - 2017 Principal Supervisor Volume 1 Plumbago: Volume 2 The Aftermath of Psychical Trauma: Finding a Voice Master of Philosophy Master Part Time Ms Eleanor Anne Wills 2014 - 2017 Co-Supervisor An Algorithmic Criticism of Audience Manipulation in Christopher Marlowe's The Massacre at Paris Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Galen Mereki Cuthbertson 2014 - 2016 Principal Supervisor 'Petticoated Police,' 'Intimate Watching' and Private Agency(ies): Reading the Female Detective of Fin-de-siecle British Literature Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Genevieve Lauren Seys 2013 - 2016 Co-Supervisor Writing the Sixties: Stardust and Golden Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Prof Douglas McEachern 2013 - 2018 Co-Supervisor Notes from Above Water: Fictocriticism as Queer Creative Research Practice Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Alison Jane Coppe 2012 - 2016 Principal Supervisor 'Passionately Subjective': Challenges to Identity in the Works of Amy Levy Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Miss Carolyn Louise Lake 2012 - 2015 Co-Supervisor Illegible Narratives: Towards a Queer Violation of Life Story Master of Philosophy Master Part Time Ms Gretta Jade Mitchell 2011 - 2015 Principal Supervisor Double Threads: Reading Dress, Fashion, Narrative and Representations of Femininity in Victorian Popular Literature Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Madeleine Claire Seys 2010 - 2014 Co-Supervisor Welcome (A Novel) and 'Women's Rights and Prostitution in Thailand' (An Exegesis) Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Lisa Lines 2010 - 2015 Co-Supervisor Sacrifice in Suburbia: American Novels as Troubled Tragedies Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Dr Carly Osborn 2009 - 2012 Principal Supervisor ...Fuga...A Novel The Musicalisation of... Fuga: How Music Influenced and Shaped The Writing of a Novel...An Exegesis Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Gillian Britton 2009 - 2014 Co-Supervisor The Golden Milkmaid: Writing from the Gaudiya Tradition Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Vaishnavi Heath 2009 - 2011 Co-Supervisor Narrative as healing: centering the Aboriginal voice
Exegesis for minya wunyi gu wongaDoctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Dr Dylan Coleman 2006 - 2011 Principal Supervisor Deleuze's Differential Ontology and the Problem of Ethics Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Hannah Stark 2004 - 2006 Co-Supervisor Rhetoric and Fictions of Aids Master of Arts Master Part Time Mr Rikki Wilde 2003 - 2009 Principal Supervisor A "Nihilistic Dreamboat to Negation"? The Cultural Study of Death Metal and the Limits of Political Criticism Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time APrf Michelle Phillipov 2002 - 2006 Co-Supervisor Knitting: a Novel/Knitting a Novel: A Retrospective View Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Anne Bartlett 2001 - 2008 Principal Supervisor Masculinities in Drag: A Theoretical Analysis of Female Masculinity Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Julie Hanson 1999 - 2003 Co-Supervisor Disconcerting Ecologies Representations of Non-Indigenous Belonging in Contemporary Australian Literature and Cultural Discourse Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Emily Potter 1999 - 2004 Principal Supervisor DISCOURSES OF MULTICULTURALISM AND CONTEMPORARY ASIAN-AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Yvette Tan
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Offices Held
Date Office Name Institution Country 2017 - ongoing President Australasian Victorian Studies Association Australia 2017 - ongoing President Australian Association for Pacific Studies Australia
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