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Sandro ZanettiView profile

Professor

• Artistic Production Processes
• Avant-garde Research
• Poetics of (Im)Probability
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Sandro Zanetti, Full Professor of General and Comparative Literature at the University of Zurich's Faculty of Arts and Humanities, specializes in avant-garde research, artistic production processes, and poetics of (im)probability. He studied German, History, and Philosophy at Basel, Freiburg, and Tübingen (1993-1999), earned his PhD in 2005 at Basel's SNSF project, and held positions including Junior Professor at Hildesheim (2008-2011) and DFG network head (2010-2014). Since 2011 at UZH, he progressed from Assistant to Full Professor (2022) and serves as Co-Dean of Studies since 2021. Current affiliations: Department of General and Comparative Literature (UZH), Center for Arts and Cultural Theory (ZKK), Literary Radio Zurich Former roles: ZGW Center (2010-2022), SNF project leader (2015-2019), Co-editor of History of the Present (2016-present) His research explores: Avant-garde genealogies and postwar literary modernity Time perception and aesthetic temporality Writing as cultural technique Interdisciplinary intersections with philosophy, media studies, and art Publications reveal trends in: 2022-2024: Dada historiography, AI-generated literature, Paul Celan's late works 2019-2021: Aesthetic theory, transactuality, Barthesian concepts 2014-2017: Improvisation networks, multilingualism, collaborative writing He co-founded interdisciplinary platforms and maintains editorial roles across 15 anthologies since 2004.

Natasha L. CorneaView profile

Associate Professor

• Urban Geography
• Development Geography
• Urban Political Ecology
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Dr. Natasha L. Cornea is an Associate Professor in Human Geography at the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, where she has served since February 2018 and was promoted in 2022. Her research examines urban environmental governance and politics in Indian and Zambian cities through urban political ecology and everyday state frameworks. Her academic qualifications include: PhD in Geography from the University of Lausanne (2016) MA in Social Development from the University of Sussex (2011) BA (Hons) in International Studies with Economics minor from the University of Regina (2010) Cornea's work centers on the intersections of urban and development geographies, emphasizing everyday practices in South Asian urban contexts. She employs post-structuralist approaches to analyze how governance operates in the 'actually-existing city,' particularly regarding waste management, water systems, and socio-nature production in Global South cities. Her publication trends (2016-2024) reveal consistent focus on urban political ecology in the Global South, with increasing interdisciplinary collaboration evident in plastics research and sustainable urban futures. Key recurring themes include municipal capacity in small cities, state performance in informal settlements, and infrastructure politics through postcolonial lenses. Cornea received Swiss National Science Foundation funding for her pre-Birmingham fellowship at University College London and actively contributes to postgraduate teaching, including Geopolitics and Globalisation (Module 406) and Berlin fieldwork. She supervises graduate research in human geography though no specific students are listed. She co-leads the Birmingham Plastics Network (40+ interdisciplinary researchers) addressing plastic sustainability and is affiliated with the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies (CURS), focusing on urban environmental challenges in Global South contexts.

• Music Composition
• Ethnomusicology
• Music Psychology
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Dr. John Hails is a Senior Lecturer and Reader in Music at Edinburgh Napier University , where he teaches aesthetics, music psychology, composition, and ethnomusicology. He holds a PhD in Music from Durham University (2008) and has trained under notable composers like Brian Ferneyhough and Richard Barrett. His research focuses on experimental composition, marginal musical practices, and interdisciplinary aesthetics. Educations: Bachelor’s and Master’s training at Durham University and University of Huddersfield PhD by Portfolio of Compositions (Durham University, 2008) Research Interests: John’s work explores unorthodox intonations, fixed media installations, and the intersection of composition with philosophy and ethnomusicology. He actively presents at international conferences on topics like post-structuralist critiques in music education and communal performance practices. Notable Works: His compositions have been performed by ensembles like the London Sinfonietta and broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Key pieces include enlightenment (microtonal trumpet and media) and Nine for ones in nine , reflecting his experimental approach. Awards & Grants: While no explicit awards are listed, his research is funded by Edinburgh Napier University. He is a core member of the Applied Music Research Centre . Supervision & Grants: He has supervised over 15 postgraduate projects, including PhDs on topics like Musical Cultures of Melanesia and Dialogical Music Systems . His supervisory roles span composition, ethnomusicology, and interdisciplinary studies. Labs/Teams: Active in the Applied Music Research Centre , focusing on creative practice and experimental music dissemination.

Kata GyurisView profile

Assistant Professor

• African Literature
• Violence Studies
• Memory Studies
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Kata Gyuris is an Assistant Professor at Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Department of English Studies, specializing in African literature, gender studies, and trauma theory. She holds a PhD in comparative African literature with a focus on violence in contemporary Anglophone and Francophone fiction, currently adapting her dissertation into a book. Visiting scholar at University of Kwazulu-Natal’s School of Oriental and African Studies Co-organized 2019 conference on Performativity in Contemporary Culture Co-authored Turning the Page: Gendered Identities in Contemporary Literary and Visual Cultures (2018) Her research intersects African literature with gender studies , trauma analysis , and postcolonial discourse , examining how violence and identity are represented in works by authors like Coetzee, Adichie, and Le Clézio. Her recent articles explore feminist narrative structures in African coming-of-age stories and ethics of reconciliation in apartheid literature. While no explicit scientific awards are documented, her scholarly output spans critical essays on postcolonial allegory, queer theory, and intertextuality across Hungarian, English, and French contexts.

• Contemporary Italian literature
• Historical avant-garde movements
• Neo-avant-garde movements
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Cecilia Bello is an Associate Professor at Sapienza University of Rome's Department of European, American and Intercultural Studies (SEAI). She specializes in contemporary Italian literature with particular emphasis on 20th-century and early 21st-century poetry, avant-garde movements, and verbovisual/performance poetry. Active in archival research, she directs the Twentieth-Century Archive and founded the Contemporary Poetry Laboratory "Con gli occhi del linguaggio." Current courses: Contemporary Italian Literature (first semester 2024-2025) and Contemporary Italian Literature II (second semester 2024-2025) Office hours: Wednesdays 11:00-13:00 at Room 413, Department IV floor Research interests include: 20th-century Italian poetry analysis Avant-garde and neo-avant-garde studies Gender-specific writing approaches Word/music/image interactions Philological editions of rare texts Recent publications examine: Eliot's influence on Italian poets Materiality of poetic texts Archival discoveries in the Twentieth-Century Archive Structuralist approaches to contemporary verse Scientific awards: National Scientific Qualification (ASN 2018-2020) for First Fascia Professor (Full Professor level) Research projects include: "Anceschi and the Novissimi" (2023-2024) - intellectual correspondence and editorial projects "TeCa: Texts and Correspondence from the Twentieth Century" (2022-2024) International collaboration "Avant-Garde and Gender Problems" (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)

Christina LuptonView profile

Professor

• Eighteenth-century literature
• History of reading
• Theories of the novel
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Christina Lupton is a Professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick, School of Arts. She is currently on secondment to the University of Copenhagen, where she directs the School of English, Germanic, and Romance Languages and leads the Carlsberg-funded research project Lockdown Reading . Her work bridges literary history, media theory, and cultural studies, with a focus on the material and temporal dimensions of reading. University: University of Warwick School: School of Arts Department: Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies Current Affiliation: University of Copenhagen (secondment) Email: C.Lupton@warwick.ac.uk Christina Lupton holds a PhD from Rutgers University and an MA from the University of Sussex. Her research explores the interplay between literature, time, and materiality, particularly in the eighteenth century and contemporary periods. She investigates how reading is shaped by codex formats, institutional contexts, and socio-political histories of work and leisure. Her research interests include: Eighteenth-century literature History of reading Theories of the novel Media and mediation Material cultural studies Temporal experience in literature Autofiction and life writing Lupton’s recent publications reveal a sustained engagement with how literary forms register temporal and material conditions. Her work moves from the eighteenth-century codex to contemporary digital reading, examining how narrative structures reflect changing conceptions of time, work, and personal agency. She frequently draws on systems theory (e.g., Bruno Latour, Michel Serres) and queer temporality to analyze reading as both a historical practice and a phenomenological experience. Her forthcoming book Love and the Novel blends memoir with literary criticism, exploring affective relationships between readers and fiction. Her scholarly contributions have been recognized through prestigious fellowships: Leverhulme Fellowship Humboldt Fellowship Carlsberg Fellowship Lupton supervises postgraduate students in eighteenth-century literature, media history, and literary theory. She has not listed specific advisees in the provided text. She is currently not accepting new PhD students due to her secondment. She has been actively involved in international research collaborations, including the Lockdown Reading project, which investigates novel reading during the 2020 pandemic through interviews and surveys, culminating in the co-authored monograph Viral Novels: What We Read in 2020 . She delivers frequent invited lectures at major universities across Europe and North America. She is affiliated with the following research initiatives: Lockdown Reading Project: A Carlsberg-funded interdisciplinary team studying reading during global crisis Books Out of Place Workshop: Hosted at University of Warwick, exploring displaced texts Novel Worlds Seminar: Collaborative research on computational and theoretical approaches to the novel

Nicolas DoninView profile

Professor

• Musicology
• 20th- and 21st-Century Music History
• Compositional Process
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Nicolas Donin is a Professor and Chair of Musicology at the University of Geneva and a Senior Researcher at IRCAM (Paris), leading the 'Analysis of Musical Practices' team within STMS Labs. He specializes in interdisciplinary musicology, focusing on 20th- and 21st-century musics, compositional processes, and the intersection of music history with social sciences. Elected to the Academy of Europe in 2020, he has held key roles such as Head of IRCAM’s Research Group and Pedagogical Board Member at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. His research explores post-Wagnerian listening practices, post-spectral aesthetics, and ethnography of creative processes. He led major French research programs (MuTeC, GEMME) and founded the Tracking Creative Process in Music conference series. Over 100 publications span music analysis, composition theory, and interdisciplinarity, with edited volumes like *L’Analyse musicale, une pratique et son histoire* (2009) and *Théories de la composition musicale au XXe siècle* (2013). As an associate member of Oxford University’s Faculty of Music and the Centre de Recherche sur les Arts et le Langage, he contributes to musicological discourse and institutional leadership. His work bridges empirical research, historical analysis, and social science methodologies.

Ngai-Ling SumView profile

Researcher

• Cultural Political Economy
• International Political Economy
• Regulation Approach
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Dr Ngai-Ling Sum is a leading Honorary Researcher at Lancaster University 's School of Social Sciences. She co-directs the Cultural Political Economy Research Centre (CPERC) and serves as Programme Director for the MA in Globalization and the Information Age: Post-Disciplinary Perspectives. Her work bridges the regulation approach with post-structuralist insights, pioneering the concept of cultural political economy as both a methodology and field of study. Her research spans global governance , transnational business governance , corporate social responsibility , and the cultural political economy of competitiveness . She focuses on Asia , particularly the Pearl River Delta region, and comparative studies of BRIC countries . Her empirical work examines post-crisis developments in Asia, funded by major grants including the EU Framework Six 'Priority 7' Programme (2004-7), ESRC Seminar Series (2007-9), and British Academy BARDA Award (2008-10). Recent publications analyze the intersection of geopolitics and geoeconomics , notably China's 'One Belt One Road' imaginary and triple economic bubbles. Her 2013 book Towards a Cultural Political Economy (co-authored with Bob Jessop) extends her theoretical framework. She contributes to editorial boards of Pacific Review and Kasarinlan journals. Scientific Awards Gunnar Myrdal Prize (2007) for co-authored book Beyond the Regulation Approach Dr Sum's supervision interests include Cultural Political Economy , International Political Economy , and Globalization and Transnational Politics . Her work has been recognized for integrating critical policy studies with discourses of domination and metagovernance frameworks.

Marie-Chantal KilleenView profile

Professor

• Post-War French Literature
• Contemporary Life Writing
• Modern French Theatre
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Professor Marie-Chantal Killeen holds a dual affiliation at the University of Oxford: she is a Professor of French Literature within the Faculty of Medieval & Modern Languages and a Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall. Her expertise spans multiple linguistic and cultural domains, including French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Modern Greek, Czech, Polish, Catalan, Galician, Yiddish, and Other Slavonic languages. Her research focuses on post-war French narrative fiction with particular emphasis on 20th- and 21st-century female authors like Marguerite Duras, contemporary Life writing, modern French theatre, and Quebecois literature and cinema. She explores texts that challenge interpretive frameworks, such as works featuring disembodied voices and slippery confessional genres. Her recent projects include analyzing ‘uncanny voices’ in post-1980 narratives and interrogating the Mea culpa genre's narrative reliability. Professor Killeen teaches the MSt Special Subject in Life Writing and contributes to the Key Questions core course. She has supervised graduate research on diverse topics: extreme contemporary novels, post-1968 autobiography, Holocaust literary responses, and critical studies of figures like Annie Ernaux and Sophie Calle. Her pedagogical work bridges literature from the 19th century to the present and connects French thought with literary theory. Her research themes reflect interdisciplinary engagement—contemporary French studies, gender/sexuality analysis, and visual/material culture exploration. No awards are explicitly mentioned, though her extensive publication record and supervisory roles highlight scholarly impact. She maintains affiliations with Lady Margaret Hall and the Faculty’s research initiatives, contributing to the academic community through teaching, supervision, and publication in journals like Modern Language Review and French Studies .

Jacob MillerView profile

Assistant Professor

• Cultural Geography
• Urban Geography
• Consumer Culture
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Jacob Miller is an Assistant Professor in the Geography and Environmental Sciences Department at Northumbria University. His academic work centers on the complex relationships between consumer culture, urban space, and political geographies, with a particular focus on retail environments and their socio-spatial implications. Miller's research interests span Cultural and Urban Geographies, Consumption and consumerism, Retail spaces (especially shopping malls and UK high streets), Tourism and leisure, Ruins and ruination, Military Geographies and everyday militarism, and Critical social theories. His work draws heavily on post-structuralist theories including those of Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari, Walter Benjamin, and Guy Debord, combined with qualitative methodologies to explore the intersections of space, society, and identity in contexts of urban change. His publication record reveals a consistent trajectory of research on the politics of consumption and spatial transformation. Early work focused on shopping malls in South America, particularly the transformation of the Abasto market in Buenos Aires and the Mall Paseo Chiloé in Chile. More recently, his research has expanded to examine military museums in southern Arizona, urban retail decline in the UK, and the geopolitics of ruins. His 2023 book Retail Ruins: The Ghosts of Post-Industrial Spectacle represents a significant contribution to understanding contemporary issues of retail decline through the lens of Derridean hauntology and psychogeography. Miller has established a robust research profile with 23 research outputs and 214 citations. His work demonstrates strong international collaboration, particularly with scholars in the United States and South America. His fingerprint analysis reveals dominant research areas including Shopping Mall (100%), Space (90%), Consumption (81%), Politics (78%), Buildings (62%), Theory (57%), Subjectivity (55%), and International Politics (54%). As an educator, Miller has supervised at least one student (as indicated by the 'Supervised Work (1)' notation). His PhD in Geography was awarded on May 15, 2016, establishing the foundation for his subsequent research on the political and cultural geographies of consumption and space.

Alister WedderburnView profile

Senior Lecturer

• International Relations Theory
• Global Politics
• Colonial and Imperial History
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Alister Wedderburn is a Senior Lecturer in Political and International Studies at the University of Glasgow, part of the College of Social Sciences. His research focuses on critical and post-structuralist IR theories, visual and literary cultures in global politics, everyday politics, and colonial exploration histories. He holds a PhD from King's College London (2017), following BA and MA degrees from the University of Cambridge and King's College London. Prior to joining Glasgow in 2020, he was a John Vincent Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Australian National University. Education: BA in English Literature (University of Cambridge, 2008) MA in War Studies (King's College London, 2012) PhD in International Relations (King's College London, 2017) His research interests emphasize interdisciplinary approaches to global politics, blending critical theory with analyses of visual art, humor, and colonial narratives. Recent work explores early modern Arctic exploration's role in constructing Enlightenment-era conceptions of 'Man,' and the political potential of 'silliness' as counter-discourse in IR. He has published in journals like European Journal of International Relations , Millennium , and International Feminist Journal of Politics . Wedderburn has secured grants including the University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences Research Fund (2021), a Universitas 21 award (2020), and the John Vincent Fellowship (2017–2019). He currently supervises two PhD students exploring climate-related sovereignty and whiteness in refugee discourse. His teaching includes courses on IR theory, visual global politics, and international relations concepts at the honors and master's levels. Professional activities include convening the British International Studies Association's Emotions Working Group (2021–2024), reflecting his engagement with affective dimensions in global politics.

David BorgoView profile

Professor

• Musical Improvisation
• Ethnomusicology
• Jazz Studies
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David Borgo is a Professor in the Department of Music at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), where he has been a faculty member since 2002. He is affiliated with the Integrative Studies and Jazz and Music of the African Diaspora programs, and holds joint affiliations in Ethnic Studies and Cognitive Science. His interdisciplinary scholarship bridges music, cognitive science, and cultural theory. B.M. in Jazz Studies, Indiana University M.A. and Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology, UCLA David Borgo’s research focuses on musical improvisation through the lenses of complexity theory, cybernetics, embodied cognition, and distributed agency. His acclaimed book Sync or Swarm: Improvising Music in a Complex Age won the 2006 Alan P. Merriam Prize and was reissued in 2022. His scholarly work appears in leading journals such as Jazz Perspectives , Journal of Consciousness Studies , and Parallax , and in major handbooks including The Oxford Handbook of Critical Improvisation Studies . His work consistently explores the intersections of cognition, technology, and collective creativity in musical practice. His recent publications reveal a deep engagement with themes such as embodied musicianship, ecological approaches to music education, distributed agency in performance, and the philosophical implications of improvisation. Articles like 'Embodied, Situated and Distributed Musicianship' and 'Openness From Closure' illustrate his theoretical sophistication and interdisciplinary reach. His research often employs frameworks from second-order cybernetics, systems theory, and enactive cognition to analyze improvisational dynamics. Alan P. Merriam Prize (2006) 2020 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Teaching Award (UCSD) 2013 Distinguished Teaching Award International John Coltrane Competition Winner As an educator and administrator, Borgo served as Department Chair from 2017 to 2020 and has been recognized for innovative teaching, particularly in jazz and improvisation. His artistic practice is equally robust: he is an active saxophonist and composer, performing in the electro-acoustic duo KaiBorg and the polyrhythmic ensemble Kronomorfic. He has released over 17 albums and toured internationally. While no specific students are listed, his role as professor and mentor implies significant advising responsibilities in graduate and undergraduate programs. David Borgo leads a vibrant research and artistic practice centered on the complex dynamics of improvisation, integrating performance, theory, and technology in a uniquely interdisciplinary manner.

Matthew FlisfederView profile

Associate Professor

• Critical Theory
• Cultural Studies
• Rhetoric and Ideology
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Matthew Flisfeder is an Associate Professor in the Cultural Studies program at the University of Winnipeg, where he teaches critical theory, rhetoric, and digital culture. His research interrogates the intersections of ideology, media, and contemporary capitalism through frameworks derived from Lacanian psychoanalysis and Hegelian dialectics. His academic credentials include: PhD (2010) from the Joint Graduate Programme in Communication and Culture (Toronto Metropolitan University and York University) MA (2005) from the same program Honours BA (2003) in Fine Arts Cultural Studies and Communication Studies (York University) Flisfeder's scholarship centers on critical analyses of digital culture, particularly the ideological operations of social media platforms and algorithmic systems. He develops concepts like 'algorithmic desire' and the 'hysterical sublime' to critique posthumanist and new materialist theories, arguing for renewed dialectical humanism to address climate crisis and AI-driven displacement of agency. His work frequently engages Slavoj Žižek's theories while examining populist rhetoric, antisemitism, and cyberpunk aesthetics in contemporary media. His publication trajectory reveals three dominant trends: (1) Systematic application of Žižekian/Lacanian frameworks to digital culture since 2017; (2) Increasing focus on the 'hysterical sublime' as a critical tool against posthumanism (2021-2025); (3) Expansion into antisemitism studies and Jewish question analyses within socialist theory (2023-2024). This evolution demonstrates his commitment to adapting critical theory for emergent capitalist contradictions in the Capitalocene era. Flisfeder is the author of four major monographs: Algorithmic Desire: Toward a New Structuralist Theory of Social Media (2021), Postmodern Theory and Blade Runner (2017), The Symbolic, the Sublime, and Slavoj Žižek’s Theory of Film (2012), and co-editor of Žižek and Media Studies: A Reader (2014). His current project 'The Hysterical Sublime' extends this work through dialectical humanism to confront anthropogenic climate change and technological displacement of human agency.

Andrew V. UroskieView profile

Associate Professor

• Postwar and Contemporary European and American Art
• Moving Image and Sound-Based Practices
• Photography and Performance
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Andrew V. Uroskie is an Associate Professor in the Department of Art at Stony Brook University , within the College of Arts and Sciences. He specializes in modern and contemporary art, focusing on expanded cinema, moving image practices, and interdisciplinary critical methodologies. His research explores how durational media reframe aesthetic production and spectatorship, informed by psychoanalysis, phenomenology, and post-structuralist philosophy. Education: Ph.D. in Art History, University of California, Berkeley Research Interests: Postwar and contemporary European/American art, sound-based practices, performance art, and the intersections of art and technology. His work bridges film studies, visual culture, and media theory, emphasizing the transformative role of experimental media in contemporary art. Key Publications & Awards: Recipient of the 2018 Creative Capital / Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Book Award for The Kinetic Imaginary . Author of Between the Black and the White Cube (2014), a seminal text on expanded cinema. Contributor to journals like Grey Room , October , and Organized Sound . Professional Roles: Editorial board member of Afterimage , Postfactum , and HART . Former Director of Graduate Studies for the MA/PhD Program in Art History and Criticism (2013-2017). Labs/Teams: Affiliated with Stony Brook’s Graduate Program in Philosophy and the Arts, and the Media, Art, Culture, and Technology concentration.

• Law
• Multiculturalism
• Legal Pluralism
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Professor Dorota Anna Gozdecka serves at the Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki , with research focused on legal pluralism , cultural diversity , and migration law . Her work critically examines how legal systems interact with multicultural realities and securitization discourses. Key projects include Law and the 'Other' in Post-Multicultural Europe (2013-2015) and contributions to Nordic integration studies Recent publications analyze pandemic governance and civil disobedience in theatre , reflecting her interdisciplinary approach combining legal analysis with cultural studies She has held visiting positions at ANU College of Law (2020-2021) and participated in international teaching coordination initiatives like the Global Undergraduate Awards