Dougal McNeill explained

Dougal McNeill
Workplaces:	Sophia University, Tokyo Woman's Christian University, University of Melbourne and Victoria University of Wellington,
Alma Mater:	University of Melbourne
Thesis1 Title:	Forecasts of the past: globalisation, history and contemporary realism
Thesis1 Url:	https://minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/handle/11343/39590
Thesis1 Year:	2008

Dougal Shelton McNeill is a New Zealand academic and as of 2021 is a senior lecturer in the English Department at the Victoria University of Wellington.^[1]

Academic career

After a 2008 PhD titled Forecasts of the past: globalisation, history and contemporary realism at the University of Melbourne, McNeill worked at Sophia University, Tokyo Woman's Christian University and the University of Melbourne. before moving to the Victoria University of Wellington, rising to senior lecturer.^[1]

In 2015, he called a visit to Victoria University of Wellington by Israeli soldiers "a propaganda project".^[2]

McNeill is involved in the Tertiary Education Union.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Books

McNeill's books include:

• Book: McNeill, Dougal . The many lives of Galileo : Brecht, theatre and translation's political unconscious . 2005 . P. Lang . 3-03910-536-1 . Oxford . 61178224. ^[6]
• Book: McNeill, Dougal . Forecasts of the past : globalisation, history, realism, utopia . 2012 . Peter Lang . 978-3-0353-0339-1 . Oxford . 813844953. ^[7]
• Book: Ferrall, Charles . Writing the 1926 General Strike : literature, culture, politics . 2015 . Dougal McNeill . 978-1-107-10003-9 . New York, NY, USA . 894670692. ^[8]
• British Literature in Transition, 1920–1940: Futility and Anarchy (edited with Charles Ferrall, Cambridge University Press, 2018)^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: "Academic biography". 23 July 2022 . people.wgtn.ac.nz .
2. News: Israeli troops at Vic Uni an 'apology for military violence' – academic. 28 September 2015. Stuff.
3. Web site: Victoria University of Wellington – TEU. teu.ac.nz.
4. News: Victoria University staff prepped for job losses as $33.5 million loss is forecast in 2021. 9 September 2020. Stuff.
5. News: Large-scale compulsory redundancies unlikely, Victoria University has announced. 10 March 2021. Stuff.
6. Reviews of The Many Lives of Galileo:
   • Barnett . David . January 2007 . 10.1353/mlr.2007.0315 . 1 . The Modern Language Review . 20467256 . 281–283 . none . 102. 246647750 .
   • Bradley . Laura . International Brecht Yearbook . 412–414 . none . 32 . 2007.
7. Reviews of Forecasts of the Past:
   • Davidson . Rjurik . 27 February 2014 . Overland . Back to the future? .
   • Taylor . Elinor . 11 . Key Words: A Journal of Cultural Materialism . 26920349 . 130–132 . none . 2013.
8. Reviews of Writing the 1926 General Strike:
   • Renton . David . Review31 . It's a funny country... .
   • Smith . Stan . 16 . Key Words: A Journal of Cultural Materialism . 26976114 . 103–107 . none . 2018.
   • Vale . Mika . December 2016 . 10.1111/criq.12312 . 4 . Critical Quarterly . 161–164 . none . 58.
9. Review of British Literature in Transition:
   • Elliott . Brian . 2 October 2020 . Marx & Philosophy Review of Books . Review .