Quinn Eades is a Senior Lecturer in Gender, Sexuality & Diversity Studies,[1] best known for both academic work and poetry on queer theory and experience. He is particularly known for integrating his trans-masculine perspective into both academic and personal writing.[2][3]
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| Awards | Mary Gilmore Award (2018) XYZ Prize for Spoken Word (2017) |
| Website | https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/display/qeades, https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/qeades  |
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| Fields | Queer theory, transgender studies, poetry, autobiography, human body |
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Early life and education
editAfter studying a BA in sociology at University of Newcastle from 1993-2000, he studied creative writing, gaining a graduate certificate from University of Technology Sydney in 2003 and a postgraduate diploma from University of Melbourne in 2010.[4] He did his PhD from 2011 to 2015 in English and gender studies under Sue Martin at La Trobe University,[4][5] also publishing a collection of poems as a companion volume.[2]
Career and impact
editDuring his PhD, he founded the interdisciplinary gender, sexuality and diversity academic journal: Writing from Below in 2012,[6] and is currently the co-managing editor.[1][7] He also worked as a sessional lecturer in interdisciplinary studies, being made a full lecturer upon being awarded his PhD in 2015 and subsequently made senior lecturer in gender, sexuality & diversity studies.[1]
It was also in 2015 that he began transitioning to be a non-binary trans masculine person at the age of 41, whilst completing a PhD thesis and having recently given birth to his youngest child.[2][8][9] He draws significantly on this experience in both his academic writing and poetry, for example his experience of male motherhood.[2][10]
Alongside his academic work, he is also known for his published poetry.[3][11] He employs a hybrid writing style; mixing academic writing on queer and trans theory with poetry and autobiography.[12][13]
Awards and honours
edit- Association for the Study of Australian Literature's 2018 Mary Gilmore Award.[2][14]
- Arts Queensland's 2017 XYZ Prize for Spoken Word.[15][16]
Works
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Quinn Eades". scholars.latrobe.edu.au. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e University, La Trobe. "La Trobe writer wins Mary Gilmore Award". www.latrobe.edu.au. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Quinn Eades". www.austlit.edu.au. AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Quinn Eades". orcid.org. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ Eades, Quinn; Martin, Susan K. (2016). "The Supervision of a Hybrid Thesis: Bodies, Walking and Text". Writing in Practice. 2: 10.
- ^ "Quinn Eades". UWA Publishing. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "People". Writing from Below. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ Groch, Sherryn (10 December 2020). "Why do gender pronouns matter and how do you use them?". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "Quinn Eades". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ Muslera, Pablo (2 October 2017). "REVIEW: 'What we may be[come]': a case of identity – Quinn Eades' Rallying". TEXT. 21 (2). ISSN 1327-9556. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ "Quinn Eades". australianshortstoryfestival.com. Australian Short Story Festival Inc. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "Meet three trans and non-binary artists who are reimagining the way we tell stories". ABC News. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "Quinn Eades". Red Room Poetry. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "Mary Gilmore Award". ASAL - Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "XYZ Prize for Spoken Word". Queensland Poetry. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ Solah, Annie (14 September 2017). "Quinn Eades wins the 2017 XYZ Prize for Innovation in Spoken Word". Melbourne Spoken Word. Retrieved 7 November 2021.