Greg Barnhisel

Greg Barnhisel is Professor of English at Duquesne University, USA, where he specializes in the history of the book, modernism, and cultural Cold War studies. An internationally recognized scholar in these fields, he has made significant contributions through both monographs and edited collections that examine the intersection of literature, publishing, and geopolitical contexts.

His research focuses on how literary institutions operated during the Cold War era, with particular attention to publishing houses, university literature departments, book-review sections, libraries, and literary magazines. Barnhisel's work reveals how these institutions shaped literary production and dissemination across geopolitical boundaries, examining connections between American literary culture and international contexts including Taiwan, Japan, Uganda, South Africa, India, Cuba, the USSR, and the Czech Republic.

Barnhisel serves as one of the editors for the journal Book History and as a series editor for the 'Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book' series published by University of Massachusetts Press. His editorial leadership has helped shape scholarly discourse in book history and print culture studies.

Among his major publications is the recently released The Bloomsbury Handbook to Cold War Literary Cultures (2024), which adopts a historical approach focusing on institutions involved in literary creation and dissemination. He previously edited Pressing the Fight: Print, Propaganda, and the Cold War (2010). His work has been praised by scholars for expanding the boundaries of American literary studies and providing a global perspective on Cold War literary cultures.