 He has lectured widely in Singapore, Hong Kong, Turkey, Australia, Israel, and across Africa, Europe, and the United States.In addition to editing a number of books, Quayson has written essays for many publications, serving also on the editorial boards of journals including "Research in African Literatures", "African Diasporas", "New Literary History", "University of Toronto Quarterly", and "Postcolonial Text".He is founding editor of "The Cambridge Journal of Postcolonial Literary Inquiry" and was chair of the judges for the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature.