Nico Israel

Professor Nico Israel is a Professor in the Department of English and Co-Director of the Mellon Public Humanities and Social Justice Program at Hunter College, part of the City University of New York (CUNY). He holds a PhD from Yale University and specializes in 20th-century literature, literary theory, and visual culture. His research spans postcolonial studies, globalization, and the intersection of art and geopolitics. He has published widely on topics such as exile, diaspora, and modernist aesthetics.

Education: PhD in English, Yale University.

Research interests include:

• Twentieth-century British, Irish, and European literature
• Visual art and art history
• Postcolonial and de-colonial theory
• Language and cultural hybridity

Recent work explores the UN’s art collection (2020), Samuel Beckett’s theater (2019), and James Joyce’s linguistic experimentation (2017). His writing has been translated into multiple languages and he lectures globally.

Awards: None explicitly listed. However, his scholarly contributions reflect significant academic recognition.

He co-directs the Mellon Public Humanities program, fostering interdisciplinary engagement with social justice issues. No advising students are listed in the provided text.