Sheera Talpaz

Sheera Talpaz is an Assistant Professor in Tenure Stream Faculty, specializing in modern Hebrew, Arabic, and English literature with a focus on Palestine/Israel. Her research explores literature's relationship with politics, history, and state repression, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from Princeton University, an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Michigan, and an AB in Comparative Literature from the University of Chicago.

• PhD (2018): Comparative Literature, Princeton University
• MFA (2009): Creative Writing (Poetry), University of Michigan
• AB (2007): Comparative Literature, University of Chicago

Her research interests include Arabic Literature, Comparative Literature, Poetry and Poetics, Nationalism Studies, and Prison Literature. She investigates topics like literary representations of crisis, state repression of writers, and the public roles of writers.

Her recent publications include contributions to The Routledge Companion to Cultural Text and the Nation and Prooftexts, exploring themes such as Zionist literature and dynamics of suspicion in Palestine/Israel.

• Awards: Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award (2023-2024), Alternate for AAUW American Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship (2023-2024)

No grants or advising details are listed. Her office is located at Greenlaw 416.