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Placeholder image Djordje Popović
Dept of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav literature, critical theory, comparative literature
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
Soraya Tlatli Soraya Tlatli
Dept of French
francophone literature, colonial and postcolonial studies, literature and psychoanalysis, twentieth-century continental philosophy
RH headshot Ricarda Hammer
Dept of Sociology
anticolonial politics, empire, racism, global and transnational sociology, historical sociology, social theory
Poulomi Saha standing in front of decorative wood panels, hands in pockets Poulomi Saha
Dept of English
Asian American studies, critical theory, postcolonial theory, spirituality, comparative race and gender, cults
Pheng Cheah Pheng Cheah
Dept of Rhetoric
world literature, human rights, nationalism, legal philosophy, feminism, 18th-20th century continental philosophy & contemporary critical theory, postcolonial theory & anglophone postcolonial literatures, cosmopolitanism & globalization, social & political thought
Colleen Lye Colleen Lye
Dept of English
postcolonial theory, Marxism, critical theory, cultural studies, Asian American literature, 20th and 21st century literature, world literature
Photo of Paola Bacchetta, dark eyes, black shoulder length hair, brown skin. Paola Bacchetta
Dept of Gender and Women's Studies
transnational feminist and queer theory, decolonial feminist and queer theory, activisms / artivisms / practices / movements /alliances / right-wings, geographic specializations: U.S.; France; India; Italy; Brazil
From I. L. Peretz's "Di toyte shtot" Roni Masel
Dept of Comparative Literature
Hebrew literature, Yiddish literature, Jewish history, queer theory, postcolonial theory
Michael Mascarenhas Michael Mascarenhas
Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management
environmental justice, critical race theory, Post-colonial theory, Science and Technology studies
Donna V. Jones Donna Jones
Dept of English
critical theory, English, modernism, literature and philosophy, literature of the Americas, literature of the African Diaspora, postcolonial literature and theory, narrative and historiography
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
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
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
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
Stefania Pandolfo Stefania Pandolfo
Dept of Anthropology
cultural anthropology, Islam, Middle East, theories of subjectivity, postcolonial criticism, anthropology and literature, Maghreb, mental illness
Minoo Moallem Minoo Moallem
Dept of Gender and Women's Studies
Transnational and Postcolonial Feminist Studies, cultural studies, Commodity Cultures, Visual and Material Cultures of Religion, Immigration and Diaspora Studies, Middle East Studies, Iranian Studies
Lester Hu Lester Hu
Dept of Music
Europe, East Asia, Inner Asia, music, history of music theory
Sukanya Banerjee Sukanya Banerjee
Dept of English
19th century British, South Asian, critical theory, cultural studies, narrative and the novel
Photo of Lawrence Cohen Lawrence Cohen
Dept of Anthropology
Dept of South and Southeast Asian Studies
social and cultural anthropology, medical anthropology, critical gerontology, feminist and queer theory, Science and Technology studies
Raka Ray in outdoor setting Raka Ray
Dept of Sociology
Dept of South and Southeast Asian Studies
feminist theory, gender, masculinity, middle-class, social movements, South and Southeast Asian studies, relations between dominant subaltern groups in India, women¹s movements in India
Matthew Shutzer in outdoor setting Matthew Shutzer
Dept of History
environmental history, modern South Asia, energy history, Science and Technology studies, histories of development and decolonization, empire, political economy, social theory
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
A person with long wavy black hair sits facing forward Xandra Ibarra
Dept of Art Practice
performance art, video, sculpture, new genres, Latin American and U.S. Chicana/Latino performance, race and sexual politics, feminist and queer theory, sex work, women of color feminisms, anti-colonial feminism, LGBTQ communities, queer/trans social movements, critical prison studies
Sharad Chari Sharad Chari
Dept of Geography
geography as history of the present and as earthly/oceanic writing, social theory, political economy, development, agrarian studies, labor, racial/sexual capitalism, Black radical tradition, biopolitical struggle, oceanic studies, photography, South Asia, South Africa, Indian Ocean
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