Austin E. Quigley
Dean Emeritus of Columbia College; Brander Matthews Professor of Dramatic Literature
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606 West 122nd Street, 510 Knox Hall, Mail Code: Mail Code 9649, New York NY 10027, United States Office Hours Fall 2022
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Austin E. Quigley
Research Interests
19th to 21st Century DramaDrama, Theatre, and Performance Studies
Literary Theory
Linguistic Theory
Modernism and Postmodernism
Europe
Biography
B.A., University of Nottingham (1967); M.A. (Linguistics), University of Birmingham (1969); Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz (1971). In 1990, Professor Quigley came to Columbia from the University of Virginia where he was department chair; he has also taught at the universities of Nottingham, Geneva, Konstanz, and Massachusetts. His interests are drama, modern literature, literary theory, and linguistics. Author of?The Pinter Problem,?The Modern Stage and Other Worlds, and?Theoretical Inquiry: Language, Linguistics, and Literature, he has published articles mainly on modern drama and literary theory, and is currently writing a book on?Modernism, Postmodernism, and the Drama. A past president of the national Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers and a former chair of the Modern Language Association's Drama Division Executive Committee, Professor Quigley served from 1995-2009 as Dean of Columbia College, chaired for several years the Lionel Trilling Seminar Series. In 2008, he received the Hamilton Medal from Columbia College, in 2009, the Great Teacher Award from the Society of Columbia Graduates, and in 2015, the Mark Van Doren Award for outstanding teaching. He?currently chairs the Interdepartmental Committee on Drama and Theatre Arts. He has also served on the editorial boards of?New Literary History,?Modern Drama, and?The Pinter Review.?