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Chris Bongie is a Professor of English at Queen's University, affiliated with the Department of English Language and Literature under the Faculty of Arts and Science. He holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from Stanford University (1988), an MA in Comparative Literature from Stanford (1985), and a BA in Philosophy from the University of British Columbia (1982).
His research focuses on postcolonial writing, particularly Anglophone and Francophone Caribbean literature, with a recent emphasis on the Haitian Revolution and its aftermath (1791–1825). His work intersects with Transatlantic Romanticism and Global Nineteenth-Century Studies. Current projects include a SSHRC-funded study on early Haitian literature's racial and literary origins. Recent articles and publications explore figures like Abbé de Lahaye, Victor Hugo, and the intertextuality of Haitian literary history.
Teaching interests span cultural studies, transatlantic literature, and postcolonial theory. Courses include 'Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Literature' and graduate seminars on Caribbean Modernisms. He has also published widely on topics ranging from colonial imagination to Negritude aesthetics.
While no formal scientific awards are listed, his extensive scholarly contributions reflect sustained engagement with postcolonial and colonial studies. His research has been supported by SSHRC grants, and he actively contributes to academic discourse through peer-reviewed articles, edited collections, and conferences.
