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Robert Kaufman Robert Kaufman
Dept of Comparative Literature
modern poetry, aesthetics, literary theory, history of criticism, Frankfurt School Critical Theory
Karen Feldman Karen Feldman
Dept of German
critical theory, aesthetics, literary theory, Kant, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Arendt, Benjamin, 18th-20th century German thought, Hegel, Adorno
Mario Telò at a desk with books in the background Mario Telò
Dept of Rhetoric
Greek literature, Roman drama, critical theory, continental philosophy
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
Kristin Hanson Kristin Hanson
Dept of English
linguistics, English, poetry, meter, rhyme, alliteration, textsetting, phonological theory, English grammar and usage
JIP Graduation 2023 James Porter
Dept of Rhetoric
Classical Studies, classical reception studies, philosophy, critical theory, aesthetics, Nietzsche, Auerbach, Jewish intellectual thought
Robert Ashmore Robert Ashmore
Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures
China, lyric poetry, Chinese literature, Chinese culture, poetic theory
Celeste Langan Celeste Langan
Dept of English
19th century British literature, critical theory, disability studies, poetry, Wordsworth, Carlyle, Hardy, Rousseau, French Revolution, Marxist theory
Liesl Yamaguchi in motion in front of chalk board Liesl Yamaguchi
Dept of French
poetics, linguistics, literary theory, 19th century literature, modern poetry
Amanda Jo Goldstein Amanda Jo Goldstein
Dept of English
18th century British literature, 19th century British literature, critical theory, poetry
Headshot of Emily Zazulia Emily Zazulia
Dept of Music
medieval and renaissance music, history of music theory, history of religion, manuscript studies, obscenity
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 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
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
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
headshot of Ann Swidler Ann Swidler
Dept of Sociology
religion, culture, Africa, AIDS, political sociology, theory, development, NGOs, public impact research/scholarship, community-engaged research / scholarship, research practice partnership, community-based research partnerships, social justice research
Stefania Pandolfo Stefania Pandolfo
Dept of Anthropology
cultural anthropology, Islam, Middle East, theories of subjectivity, postcolonial criticism, anthropology and literature, Maghreb, mental illness
Headshot of Ying Cui Mohamed Wajdi Ben Hammed
Dept of Comparative Literature
Turner with digital reconstruction of Villa Farnesina in 1512 James Grantham Turner
Dept of English
gender, sexuality, English, 16th-18th century English, Italian and French literature, art and literature, 17th century political writing, landscape and the city, Enlightenment materialism, sexuality in Renaissance Italian art and Antiquity, ecocriticism in literature and art
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
Ramsey McGlazer standing in outside environment Ramsey McGlazer
Dept of Comparative Literature
headshot of Asad Ahmed Asad Q. Ahmed
Dept of Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures
Islam (social and intellectual history)
Headshot of Alex Saum-Pascual Alex Saum-Pascual
Dept of Spanish and Portuguese
digital literature, Transatlantic Literature, Spanish, Spain, electronic literature, contemporary literature, digital humanities, new media, Latin America
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