Prof. Dr. Patricia Plummer 
patricia.plummer@uni-due.de

Dr. Syed Kazim Ali Kazmi (2022-2025)

Maren Kluß, B.A. 
maren.kluss@uni-due.de

more information on the research group "Ambiguity and Distinction".

Books

Plummer, Patricia: Border Crossings: Ambiguous Identities across Australia, 1770-1901 (work in progress)

Articles

Science Communication 

Research Poster "Orientalism in Colonial Australia: Afghan Cameleers" Link. 

Research Poster "Orientalism in Colonial Australia: Quong Tart" Link. 

Conference Papers and Talks

Prof. Dr. Patricia Plummer: "Ambiguity in the Australian Contact Zone: Dynamics across the Empire." Ambiguity Now! Bilanz und Ausblick der gegenwärtigen Ambiguitätsforschung, Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen, 11.-14.3.2025 (link)

--"Modernity and Ambiguity: A 21st-Century Perspective on Quong Tart."  International Australian Studies Association, 2025 Biennial Conference, Macquarie University, Sydney, 5-7 February 2025 (accepted)

Dr. Syed Kazim Ali Kazmi: "Of Converts and Cameleers: Researching Ambiguous Identities in Pakistan and Australia. (11.06.2025). Universität Duisburg-Essen, Seminar "Exploring Australia" (R11 R03 C20, 16-18h).

Teaching

Patricia Plummer: "China and Australia: History, Culture and Literature," lecture course, WS 2025/26, Thu 12-14h.

--.: "Exploring Australia," seminar, SoSe 2024, Wed 16-18h.

--.: "Cultures in Contact: Travel Literature in the (Post)Colonial World", lecture course, WS 2024/25, Thu 14-16h.

"Queerness: Konzepte und Debatten in der transkulturellen Gegenwart", Interdisciplinary lecture course, WS 2023/24, Thu 16-18; Prof. Dr. Gabriele Genge (in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Frank Becker, Prof. Dr. Kader Konuk and Prof. Dr. Patricia Plummer) Link 

Patricia Plummer and Syed Kazim Ali Kazmi: "Ambiguity and Gender in Anglophone Literature and Culture" (Seminar, WS 2023/24)