Liam Kruger

Liam Kruger is an Assistant Professor of Global Anglophone Literature at the University of Notre Dame's Department of English (College of Arts and Letters). He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and M.A. degrees from both Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Cape Town. His research focuses on postcolonial and global Anglophone literatures, with emphasis on urban space representations in postcolonial novels, comparative modernisms, and the sociology of literature.

Education:

• Ph.D. in English Literary Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2023)
• M.A. in English Literary Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2017)
• M.A. in Creative Writing, University of Cape Town (2014)
• B.A. (hons) English Literature and Classical Studies, University of Cape Town (2012)

Research Interests: Global Anglophone literature, history/theory of the novel, postcolonial studies, comparative modernisms, urban studies, and political economy's intersection with literary forms. Current projects explore Dublin, Lagos, Johannesburg, and Hong Kong as postcolonial urban spaces.

Publications: Recent articles include analysis of urban space in postcolonial novels (e.g., No Longer at Ease), transnational adaptations of The Dead, and disability studies in African literature. Upcoming works address global Anglophone literary prizes and Marxist literary theory.

Awards: 2023 Horst Frenz Prize Honorable Mention, 2019 Chair’s Doctoral Prize, and multiple fellowships including the Mellon-Morgridge Fellowship.

Teaching: Courses include Postcolonial Literature & Theory, Global Novel Surveys, and seminars on memes and circulation studies. Advises undergraduate honors theses at Notre Dame.

Service: Organized conferences like 'Memetics and Mimesis' and 'Feeling the Body Politic.' Serves on Notre Dame's Undergraduate Studies Committee and boards for Irish Literature and resistance literatures initiatives.