Kameron Lai
PhD
English and Theatre Studies
Kameron is a PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne in English and Theatre Studies, researching transcultural ecocritical science fiction. Their current research interests span contemporary literary and genre theory, Australian cultural studies, and ecocriticism. They have previously written about multilingual aesthetics in Sinophone-Australian poetry, in relation to literary navigations of contemporary Australia. Their writing can be found in the Journal of Intercultural Studies (Q1), Cordite Poetry Review, and they have a forthcoming article in Postcolonial Literatures and Arts.
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Thesis
Speculative Ethics: Science Fiction and the End(urance) of Worlds
At the end of a world, its supernova is rendered brilliant across the night sky. What might we glimpse speculating upon the end of our world(s)? This project looks to science fiction (SF) for possible answers, with a particular emphasis on contemporary narratives of environmental catastrophe and cultural futurity. Examining SF that rehearses these anxieties, this thesis asks how we might understand ourselves in relation to each other and the more-than-human, and how our worlds are composed by fleeting allegiances and deeper obligations.
Research interests
- Science Fiction Studies
- Ecocriticism
- Postcolonialism
- Posthumanism
- Diaspora Studies