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Fumi Okiji Fumi Okiji
Dept of Rhetoric
Black study, Frankfurt School Critical Theory, sound and music studies, aesthetics
Anthony J,, Cascardi Anthony J. Cascardi
Dept of Comparative Literature
comparative literature, literature, aesthetics, early modern literature, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Spanish Baroque
Robert Kaufman Robert Kaufman
Dept of Comparative Literature
modern poetry, aesthetics, literary theory, history of criticism, Frankfurt School Critical Theory
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
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
heashot of Ramona Naddaff Ramona Naddaff
Dept of Rhetoric
rhetoric, aesthetics, theory of the novel, ancient Greek philosophy and literature, history of philosophy, contemporary French thought
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
Nicholas Baer Nicholas Baer
Dept of German
film theory and history, digital media, aesthetics, critical theory, philosophy of history, technics, media theory and archaeology
JIP Graduation 2023 James Porter
Dept of Rhetoric
Classical Studies, classical reception studies, philosophy, critical theory, aesthetics, Nietzsche, Auerbach, Jewish intellectual thought
Karen Feldman Karen Feldman
Dept of German
critical theory, aesthetics, literary theory, Kant, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Arendt, Benjamin, 18th-20th century German thought, Hegel, Adorno
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
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
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
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)
Laura E. Pérez Laura E. Pérez
Dept of Ethnic Studies
Chicana/Latina feminist & queer literary, visual, performance arts, US women of color thought, decolonial aestetics and decolonial spiritualities
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
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
Nicholas Mathew Nicholas Mathew
Dept of Music
Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century music in Europe and its colonies, music and politics, the political economy of sound media, pianos and pianism, music and materialism, Beethoven, Haydn, music in Vienna, London, aesthetics, piano performance, historical performance practices
headshot of Henry Washington Jr. Henry Washington Jr.
Dept of African American Studies
19th and 20th century African American literature, Black intellectual history, Black feminist theory, Black trans theory, Black visual culture and aestetics, performance 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
Photo by Diamela Cutiño Courtney Desiree Morris
Dept of Gender and Women's Studies
Black women's social movement, state violence and authoritarianism, racial formations in Latin American, racial formations in the Caribbean, racial formations in the U.S., feminist and queer theory, environmental ethics, Black visual culture and aestetics
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
Thumbnail portrait photo of G.R.F. (John) Ferrari Giovanni R. F. (John) Ferrari
Dept of Ancient Greek & Roman Studies
classics, ancient philosophy, Greek culture, ancient poetics and rhetoric
Polina Barskova Polina Barskova
Dept of Slavic Languages and Literatures
poetry, Nabokov
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