Helen Tiffin

Who is Helen Tiffin?

Helen M. Tiffin is Professor of English at the University of Tasmania, Australia, and an influential writer in post-colonial theory and literary studies.

Professor Tiffin returned to Australia from Canada to take up her present post at the University of Tasmania. She was formerly Professor of English and Canada Research Chair in English and Post-Colonial Studies at Queen's University. Prior to her move to Canada, Professor Tiffin held the post of Professor in the School of English, Media Studies, and Art History at the University of Queensland, where she was a founder member of the Postcolonial Research Group.

Professor Tiffin's research and teaching interests include the history of colonial and post-colonial settler societies, literatures in English, Caribbean studies, literary theory, and more recently, the literary and cultural representation of animals.