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Dept of Ethnic Studies
Asian American literacy and cultural studies, culture of U.S. Imperialism, gender and sexuality, Philippine and Filipino American studies, transnational American studies
Nicholas Dirks Nicholas Dirks
Dept of Anthropology
Dept of History
History and anthropology of South Asia, social and cultural theory, history of imperialism, historiography, cultural studies, globalization
David Henkin David Henkin
Dept of History
history, U.S. History, urban history, cultural history, History of Time
Stephen Small Stephen Small
Dept of African American Studies
public history, African diaspora in Europe, British imperialism, community-engaged research/scholarship
Shannon Steen Shannon Steen
Dept of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies
critical race theory, performance theory, American studies, U.S. histories of popular performance, U.S. urban development, globalization studies
Penny Edwards in Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2016 Penny Edwards
Dept of South and Southeast Asian Studies
political and cultural history of Southeast Asia, French colonialism, British imperialism, French India, British India, comparative colonialism, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Chinese diaspora, cinema and theatre, Material and Visual Culture, travel and translation, gender, nationalism, Buddhism, economic history, global history
Keith Feldman Keith Feldman
Dept of Ethnic Studies
critical theory, U.S. cultural studies, Israel-Palestine, theories of race and ethnicity, comparative diaspora studies, public humanities
Dylan Penningroth Dylan Penningroth
Dept of History
School of Law
African American history, U.S. socio-legal history
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
A person with long wavy black hair sits facing forward Xandra Ibarra
Dept of Art Practice
performance art, video, sculpture, new genres, feminist and queer theory, Latin American and U.S. Chicana/Latino performance
Victoria Plaut Victoria Plaut
School of Law
diversity, culture, inclusion
Professor Tackett in China examining a recently excavated ninth-century funerary epitaph. Nicolas Tackett
Dept of History
Chinese history (Tang, Song, Liao dynasties), global middle ages, sino-steppe relations, aristocracies, meritocracy, elites, political culture, death ritual, premodern cities, premodern empires, imperialism, ethnicity, nationalism, national identity, social networks, frontiers, boundaries and borderlands, digital methodologies
Mark Blum talk at VESAK Celebration 2023 Mark Blum
Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Buddhism, Japan, culture and society, modernization
Jinsoo An Jinsoo An
Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Korean cinema, Korean culture
Ussama Makdisi Ussama Makdisi
Dept of History
Ottoman history, Arab history, U.S.-Arab relations, U.S. missionary work in the Middle East
Laura C. Nelson photo dated 2023 Laura C. Nelson
Dept of Gender and Women's Studies
gender and medicine and politics, breast cancer in South Korea, cultural impacts of ultra-low fertility, demographic undertow, structures on cultural temporality and anti-poverty policies in the U.S. and South Korea
Stephen Best standing at desk with shelves full of book in the background. Stephen Best
Dept of English
film, English literature, African American literature, literary culture, legal culture
headshot of Nicholas Laluk Nicholas Laluk
Dept of Anthropology
decolonization, indigenization, indigenous methodologies, tribal sovereignty-driven research, Indigenous Archaeologies, Southwest U.S.
Photo Vasugi Kailasam
Dept of South and Southeast Asian Studies
Tamil studies, film and digital culture, South Asia, South and Southeast Asian studies, cultural studies of Southeast Asia, South Asian Literature and Culture
William F. Hanks William F. Hanks
Dept of Anthropology
social and cultural anthropology, linguistics, shamanism, language, Yucatan Mexico, Maya culture
Mark Brilliant Mark Brilliant
Dept of History
20th century U.S. history, with a focus on political economy, civil rights, education, law, the west
Harsha Ram speaking at the Parajanov Anniversary Symposium at BAMPFA, Berkeley, November 2024. Harsha Ram
Dept of Slavic Languages and Literatures
The 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
Andrew Jones Andrew F. Jones
Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures
East Asian languages and cultures, Chinese popular music, sonic culture, media technology, modern Chinese fiction, children's literature, literary translation
Leigh Raiford headshot Leigh Raiford
Dept of African American Studies
social movements, visual culture, memory, photography, African American history and culture
Jeffrey Knapp Jeffrey Knapp
Dept of English
English literature, Shakespeare, English renaissance, Spenser, drama, theater, American film history, film theory and production, critical theory, imperialism, nationalism, mass entertainment, authorship
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