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Dr Nigel Starck

  • Adjunct Senior Research Fellow School of Creative Industries
  • Magill Campus (B1-05)
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  • email Nigel.Starck@unisa.edu.au

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Writes of Passage (Editorial Consultancy)0416 113 178; +61 416 113 178
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About me

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Professional Vocation *Specialist lecturer in creative writing, journalism, organisational communication; *Former journalist, broadcaster, television/documentary producer; *Experience as communication media practitioner in all states of Australia, S/E Asia, Europe.

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Educating tomorrow’s creative leaders for more than 25 years, consistently delivering work-ready graduates with the skills and knowledge to hit the ground running.

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Professional Vocation *Specialist lecturer in creative writing, journalism, organisational communication; *Former journalist, broadcaster, television/documentary producer; *Experience as communication media practitioner in all states of Australia, S/E Asia, Europe.
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Professional Associations

International Association of Obituarists,The Anthony Trollope Society
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Experience

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy Flinders University

  • Master of Arts Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

  • Diploma in Journalism National Council for the Training of Journalists

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Research

Research focus

  • Journalism and Professional Writing
  • Communication
  • Communication and Media Studies
  • History
  • Media/Publishing Practice

Highlights

International journalism practice,The art of the obituary,Journalism history,Military history,The travel memoirs of Anthony Trollope,The art of biography
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Outputs

Research since 2008 is shown below.

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Books

Year Output
2014

Starck, N 2014, The first celebrity: Anthony Trollope's Australasian odyssey, Lansdown Media, UK.

2012

Starck, N 2012, Legacies of war, Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne, Australia.

2011

Starck, N 2011, Proud Australian Boy: A biography of Russell Braddon, Australian Scholarly publishing, Melbourne.

Chapters

Year Output
2012

Starck, N 2012, 'The book about Braddon: sexual release as a prisoner and artistic fulfilment as an author', in N Starck (ed.), Legacies of war, 1, Australian Scholarly Publishing, North Melbourne, pp. 47-57.

2009

Starck, N 2009, 'Putting away childish things: the realities of conflict', in P Skrebels (ed.), Remnants of war: retracing the sites of conflict and reconciliation, Lythrum Press, Adelaide, ch. 3, pp. 52-66.

2008

Starck, N 2008, 'Obituaries', in Bob Franklin, Pulling Newspapers Apart, Routledge, Abingdon, New York, pp. 91-101.

2008

Starck, N 2008, 'Remembrance in columns: the newspaper obituary as an instrument of military record', in Claire Woods & Judith Timoney, Writings of War, Lythrum Press, Adelaide, pp. 179-190.

Journal Articles

Year Output
2011

Starck, N 2011, 'A licence to resurrect : the newspaper obituary as an agent of biography', Biography Footnotes, vol. 8, pp. 14-22.

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2009

Starck, N 2009, 'Sex after death: The obituary as an erratic record of proclivity', Mortality, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 338-354.

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2009

Starck, N 2009, 'The mind of Russell Braddon', The National Library Magazine, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 12-15.

2008

Starck, N 2008, 'Anthony Trollope's Trave;s and Travails in 1871 Australia', National Library of Australia News, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 19-21.

2008

Starck, N 2008, 'Death Can Make A Difference', Journalism Studies, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 911-924.

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2008

Starck, N 2008, 'Obituaries for Sale: wellspring of cash and unreliable testimony', Journalism Practice, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 444-452.

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Current research & highlights

International journalism practice,The art of the obituary,Journalism history,Military history,The travel memoirs of Anthony Trollope,The art of biography
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International Association of Obituarists,The Anthony Trollope Society
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Teaching & student supervision

Highlights

Creative writing, particularly features and reviews for mainstream media; biography. ,Research, with an emphasis on journalism history.
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Thesis title Student status
Violets, white feathers and the sisterhood of peace: South Australian women’s activism in World War 1 Current
Talking about family photographs and the Australian Baby Boomers' legacy. Opening the shoeboxes: snapshots, memories and narratives Completed
Voices in the vines/peeling the layers: exploring hybrid ethnography Completed
Wishing upon a star: the virtues and vicissitudes of celebrity endorsement Completed
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