Associate Professor
Kari Gislason

Biography

Background Dr Kari Gislason is Associate Professor of Creative Writing and Literary Studies in the Creative Industries Faculty at QUT. He has previously taught in Writing and Literary Studies at the University of Tuebingen, the University of Queensland, the University of Iceland, and Bond University, as well as at senior secondary colleges. His PhD, a study of authorship in medieval Iceland, was completed at the University of Queensland in 2003, and was included on the UQ Dean's Commendation List for Outstanding Research Higher Degree Theses. He has worked in a research capacity on projects that investigated the teaching of Shakespeare in Australian universities, environmental law, and practices of translation and language training. Dr Gislason has published internationally on a range of topics in literature and cultural studies, as well as creative writing pieces in the local and national press, and in Australian literary journals. He currently serves on the editorial advisory board of Australian Book Review. In 2011, he published a family memoir The Promise of Iceland, and in 2015 the novel The Ash Burner. Both works were shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards. He has delivered numerous papers in the areas of authorship studies, narrative theory, and creative writing scholarship. He is currently the unit coordinator of:

• KWB116 Creative Non-fiction
• KWB313 Novel and Memoir
• KWB415 Theory and Practice in Creative Writing and Literary Studies