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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
Mario Telò at a desk with books in the background Mario Telò
Dept of Rhetoric
Greek literature, Roman drama, critical theory, continental philosophy
Nicholas Baer Nicholas Baer
Dept of Film and Media
Dept of German
film theory and history, digital media, aesthetics, Frankfurt School Critical Theory, philosophy of history, technics, media theory and archaeology, psychoanalysis
Fumi Okiji Fumi Okiji
Dept of Rhetoric
Black studies, Frankfurt School Critical Theory, sound and music studies, aesthetics
Karen Feldman Karen Feldman
Dept of German
critical theory, aesthetics, literary theory, Kant, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Arendt, Benjamin, 18th-20th century German thought, Hegel, Adorno
cortez photo 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
headshot of Debarati Sanyal Debarati Sanyal
Dept of French
Border studies, race, postcolonialism, politics of aesthetic form, nineteenth-century French studies, memory studies, World War Two, Holocaust studies, critical refugee studies, contemporary fiction and film
Robert Kaufman Robert Kaufman
Dept of Comparative Literature
modern poetry, aesthetics, literary theory, history of criticism, Frankfurt School Critical Theory
Damon R. Young sitting in front of a window Damon Young
Dept of Film and Media
Dept of French
film theory, digital media, global art cinema, gender and sexuality studies, critical theory
headshot of Farah Bakaari looking somewhat sideways to camera, wearing dark-rimmed glasses with an orange walled background. Farah Bakaari
Dept of English
african literature, novel theory, postcolonial studies, political theory, aesthetics and politics
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
Whitney Davis Whitney Davis
Dept of History of Art
ancient art, Modern Art, art theory
René Davids René Davids
Dept of Architecture
architecture and urban design and theory
Dora Zhang in outside environment Dora Zhang
Dept of Comparative Literature
Dept of English
narrative & the novel, 20th and 21st century Britain, 20th and 21st century U.S., Asian American literature, affect theory, critical theory, philosophy and literature
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
Grace Lavery Grace Lavery
Dept of English
critical theory, gender and sexuality studies, Pacific, 19th century British literature, cultural studies
side view of Emma Fraser Emma Fraser
Dept of Geography
digital culture, urban media, game studies, new media, critical theory
Headshot of Emily Zazulia Emily Zazulia
Dept of Music
medieval and renaissance music, history of music theory, history of religion, manuscript studies, obscenity
JIP Graduation 2023 James Porter
Dept of Rhetoric
Classical Studies, classical reception studies, philosophy, critical theory, aesthetics, Nietzsche, Auerbach, Jewish intellectual thought
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
Rhiannon Noel Welch Rhiannon Noel Welch
Dept of Italian Studies
Italian literature, film and media, Italian colonialism, critical theories of race and racialization, borders and mobilities, biopolitics, postcolonial and decolonial theory
Catherine Flynn Catherine Flynn
Dept of English
modernism, Irish, British, comparative literature, critical theory, Avant-Gardes, James Joyce, Flann O'Brien
Hannes Bajohr in outdoor setting Hannes Bajohr
Dept of German
digital writing technologies, language and literature, German philosophical tradition in the 20th century, liberal and republican political theory, artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence and literature
headshot Nathaniel Wolfson
Dept of Spanish and Portuguese
Brazilian literature and culture, Latin American literature and culture, Latin American Art History, media studies, critical theory, environmental humanities, Modern and Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Literatures and Cultures, visual studies
Harsha Ram speaking at the Parajanov Anniversary Symposium at BAMPFA, Berkeley, November 2024. Harsha Ram
Dept of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Russian and European Enlightenment, Russian and European romanticism and modernism, Russian and European avant-gardes, Russian, European, Italian literature, Georgian history and literature, theories of world literature, literary theory, comparative poetics, genre theory, literary history, comparative modernisms and modernities, vernacular and high culture, cultural and political history of Russia-Eurasia and the Caucasus, postcolonial studies, theories of nationalism, imperialism and cosmopolitanism, urban studies, the city and literature
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