Dr Stewart King
Senior Lecturer in Spanish and Catalan Studies
Originally from Sydney, I lived in India and Canberra, but grew up in Melbourne. My interest in Spanish language and culture dates from 1988 when I started learning the language privately before travelling throughout Spain in 1989-90. I became interested in Catalan culture through friends and, as part of my B.A. at La Trobe University, I studied history, Spanish and Catalan language and literature. Thanks to several grants from the Australian and Catalan governments, I was able to study in Barcelona, where I lived on and off for several years whilst completing my PhD. I returned to Australia in 1999 and since then have taught Spanish language, cultural and literary studies at La Trobe and Monash Universities.
Qualifications
2000 PhD, La
Trobe University.
1995 Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and
Catalan with First Class Honours, La Trobe University.
Teaching qualifications
2002 Graduate Certificate in Higher Education, Monash University.
Teaching
I have taught all levels of Spanish from beginners to advanced. I am currently responsible for the intermediate Spanish (ATS2193 & ATS2194) as well as the introduction to Spanish Cultural Studies component and the advanced reading component. My area of research specialisation (see below) is the construction of cultural identities in Spain, and this research informs ATS3206 Contesting Cultures and Identities in Modern Spain. I am also the coordinator of the International Literatures pathway of the Literary Studies major, in which I coordinate ATS1276: Tales of Origin and Transgression.Research Interests
My research centres on identity construction in Spain and Catalonia from the nineteenth century until the present day, particularly as it is expressed through literature and film. I have written extensively on Catalan cultural identity and also on crime fiction. (Click here for a listing of my publications).
Catalan Studies (for a description of Catalan Studies at Monash, please click here)
- Cultural/national identities and Catalan narrative
- postcolonialism
- Catalan crime fictions
- Castilian-language writers from Catalonia
Spanish literary and cultural studies
- Spanish crime fictions
- Gender, violence and crime in contemporary Spanish culture
- Spanish masculinities
Literary studies in general
- International crime fictions
- Narratives of migration and displacement
Current Research Projects
My current research focuses on several on-going projects. First, I am completing a book on cultural identities and crime fiction from Spain, including chapters on Basque, Catalan and Galician crime fictions. Second, I am continuing my research into Catalan postcolonial studies and Catalan literature.
Contact Details
Menzies Building, Room W508
Telephone: +61 3 9905 2118
Fax (School): +61 3
9905 5437
E-mail: Stewart.King@monash.edu