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Alan McCluskey is a lecturer in English literature. His primary areas of interest revolve around themes of ethics, ethnicity, race and cosmopolitanism in contemporary literature.Dr. McCluskeys first book, Materiality and the Modern Cosmopolitan Novel (Palgrave, 2015), explores some of the ways in which cosmopolitan values and ideas manifest themselves in works of literature derived from various contexts.His most recent publications include an essay examining tone and polpyhony in Moby-Dick and a study of the recent changes to the image of the Neanderthals in mainstream science and popular media. He is currently working on his second book.
Research interests
Contemporary literature
Cosmopolitanism
Ethnicity and identity
Perceptions of race in contemporary literature and culture
Coverage of evolutionary sciences in mainstream media
Experience
Lecturer in English Literature, XJTLU, 2016-present
Lecturer in Arts and Communications, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, 2015-2016
Teaching Fellow, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, 2006-2015
Teaching
LIT101 Introduction to Literary Studies
ENG105 Approaches to Close Reading
ENG118 Literary Theory
ENG324 Postmodern Literature
Education/Academic qualification
Ph.D. , Nottingham University, - 2014
M.A. (Hons.) in English Literature, Dundee University, 2005
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Traces of Homer in Ishmael's Double Vision
McCluskey, A., 22 Jun 2022, In: Leviathan. 24, 2, p. 39 53 p., 1750-1849.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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‘Race’ and the Changing Representations of Neanderthals
McCluskey, A., Mar 2016, In: Human Geography(United Kingdom). 9, 1, p. 68-78 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Materiality and the modern cosmopolitan novel
McCluskey, A., 1 Jan 2015, Palgrave Macmillan. 315 p.Research output: Book/Report/Edited volume › Book › peer-review
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Cosmopolitanism and Tragic Silence in Philip Roth’s The Human Stain
McCluskey, A., 17 Sept 2014, In: Philip Roth Studies. 10, 2, p. 7 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Estrangement, empathic failure, and the provocation of a critical cosmopolitan vision in Caryl Phillips's The Nature of Blood
McCluskey, A. L., Jun 2014, In: Journal of Commonwealth Literature. 49, 2, p. 215-228 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus)
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Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Alan McCluskey (Reviewer)
11 Feb 2023Activity: Peer-review and editorial work of publications › Editorial work
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Traces of Homer's Double Vision in Moby-Dick
Alan McCluskey (Speaker)
7 Dec 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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'Sex with Neanderthals Changes the Picture', Arts and Communications Conference, Chulalongkorn University, 2016
Alan McCluskey (Speaker)
23 Jun 2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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Cosmopolitanism and Silence in the work of Caryl Phillips
Alan McCluskey (Speaker)
22 Jun 2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar