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Michael Iarocci in outside environmental setting Michael Iarocci
Dept of Spanish and Portuguese
modern Spanish literature and culture, critical theory, geopolitics of literature, aesthetics, transatlantic Hispanic studies, theory of the lyric, visual culture
Michael Nylan Michael Nylan
Dept of History
gender, history, East Asian studies, early China, the fifth century BC to the fifth century AD, with an emphasis on the sociopolitical context, aesthetic theories and material culture, belief
Alan Tansman in outdoor setting Alan Tansman
Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Modern Japanese Literature, literary and cultural theory, aesthetics and politics, Comparative Responses to Violence, literary history
Robert Kaufman Robert Kaufman
Dept of Comparative Literature
modern poetry, aesthetics, literary theory, history of criticism, Frankfurt School Critical Theory
Faculty profile Salar Mameni
Dept of Ethnic Studies
art, aesthetics and visual culture, transnational feminist and queer of color theories, Arab diaspora, Muslim diaspora, militarism, critical race theory, critical postcolonial theory, Anthropocene, extractive economies and petrocultures
Lilla Balint Lilla Balint
Dept of German
contemporary German literature and media, theories of the contemporary, aesthetics and politics, transnationalism and translation, digital writing, European Jewish literature, literary and cultural theory, theories of the novel
Edward Tyerman Edward Tyerman
Dept of Slavic Languages and Literatures
cultural connections and exchanges between Russia and China, early Soviet culture, socialist internationalism, post-socialism, politics and aesthetics
Robert Ashmore Robert Ashmore
Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures
China, lyric poetry, Chinese literature, Chinese culture, poetic theory
JIP Graduation 2023 James Porter
Dept of Rhetoric
Classical Studies, classical reception studies, philosophy, critical theory, aesthetics, Nietzsche, Auerbach, Jewish intellectual thought
Fumi Okiji Fumi Okiji
Dept of Rhetoric
Black study, Frankfurt School Critical Theory, sound and music studies, aesthetics
headshot of Ling Hon Lam Ling Hon Lam
Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures
pre-modern drama and fiction, women's writing, sex and gender, history and theory of emotion, 19th and 20th century media culture, critical theory
headshot of Deborah Blocker Déborah A. Blocker
Dept of French
Early modern French and Italian literature, history and culture, Comparative literature cultural studies, Social and political history of literature, aesthetics, philology, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Archival Studies
headshot of Mark Asta Mark Asta
Dept of Materials Science and Engineering
computational materials science
Nicholas Paige Nicholas Paige
Dept of French
17th and 18th century French literature and culture, history and theory of the novel, quantitative literary history and digital humanities, history of aesthetics, cinema (French New Wave)
Wali Ahmadi Wali Ahmadi
Dept of Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures
Persian literature, literary theory and criticism, cultural history, Afghanistan
Nicholas Baer Nicholas Baer
Dept of German
film theory and history, digital media, aesthetics, critical theory, philosophy of history, technics, media theory and archaeology
Sophie Volpp standing in outside setting. Sophie Volpp
Dept of Comparative Literature
Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Chinese literature, Ming and Qing fiction and drama, material culture, pre-modern women poets and dramatists
Mary Scott Mary Scott
Dept of Materials Science and Engineering
structural materials, electronic materials, magnetic materials, optical materials, chemical and electrochemical material
Headshot in front of bookshelves. Paula Varsano
Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures
classical Chinese poetry and poetics (3rd-11th centuries), traditional Chinese literary theory, phenomenology, translation, comparative literature, aesthetics, epistemology
Zakaria Al Balushi Zakaria Al Balushi
Dept of Materials Science and Engineering
electronics, magnetic and optical materials, quantum materials synthesis, optoelectronics
H. Mack Horton H. Mack Horton
Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures
performativity, East Asian languages and cultures, classical poetry, diary literature, cultural context, anthology of vernacular poetry, Man'yôshû, poetry and poetics
Cortez in front of installation Iggy Cortez
Dept of Film and Media
world cinema, contemporary art, global cities, aesthetic theory, global cinema, transnationalism and diaspora, night, cinema, Indie Film, screen performance, acting, asian art, asian-american art, asian diasporic culture, psychoanalysis, affect theory
Mt. Seorak, 2021 Kevin Shadel
Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Korean literature and culture, comparative literature, critical theory, marxism, posthumanism, psychoanalysis
Mel Y Chen headshot Mel Y Chen
Dept of Gender and Women's Studies
queer and feminist theory, disability theory, critical animal studies, materiality studies, cultural politics of race and sexuality and ability and immigration, critical linguistics, paradigms of inter and transdisciplinarity
Professional photograph of Rizvana Bradley Rizvana Bradley
Dept of Film and Media
aesthetic theory, art history, Black studies, contemporary art, contemporary film theory, critical theory, moving image installation, postcolonial studies, race and the philosophy of media
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