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Elizabeth S. Anker is Professor in the Department of English and Associate Member of the Law Faculty at Cornell University. She holds a J.D. from University of Chicago and Ph.D. from University of Virginia. Before academia, she practiced law in banking and structured finance at Sidley Austin LLP.
Research spans law and literature, human rights, novel studies, postcolonial theory, political theory, and contemporary world literature. Authored 'Fictions of Dignity: Embodying Human Rights in World Literature' and co-edited 'Critique and Postcritique' (with Rita Felski) and 'New Directions in Law and Literature' (with Bernadette Meyler). Current projects include 'On Paradox: Rights and the Claims of Theory' and 'Our Constitutional Metaphors'.
Fellowships include Cornell Society for the Humanities and Stanford Humanities Center. Organizer of Mellon Sawyer Seminar on 'Political Will' and founding editor of 'Corpus Juris' book series with Cornell University Press.
