معرفی
Yasser Elhariry is an Associate Professor at Dartmouth College, holding appointments in the Department of French & Italian Studies and affiliations with Comparative Literature, Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies, and Middle Eastern Studies. His academic work challenges the notion of language as a fixed category through the lens of Moroccan intellectual Abdelkébir Khatibi, advocating for intellectual liberation and creative pedagogy.
- Education: PhD in French from New York University, MA in French from Purdue University, BSc in Computer Engineering (Purdue University).
Research Interests: Elhariry's scholarship spans Environmental Humanities, Sound Studies, Mediterranean Studies, and Postlingual Theory, with a focus on intersections between Arabic and Francophone literatures. His work explores ecocriticism, postcolonialism, mysticism, and transnational poetics, often bridging disciplines like gender theory and translation studies.
Publication Trends: His recent works, such as Water Logics (2026) and Literature as Sound Studies (2025), emphasize materialist epistemologies and sonic experimentation. Earlier projects like The Postlingual Turn (2021) and Critically Mediterranean (2018) interrogate postlanguage theories and Mediterranean crisis narratives.
Scientific Awards:
- Recipient of the 53rd William Riley Parker Prize from the Modern Language Association (2016) for his article on Abdelwahab Meddeb.
Advising & Grants: While specific advisees are not listed, Elhariry has convened international symposia like Water Logics (2019) and Abdelkébir Khatibi: Literature & Theory (2019), securing collaborative grants. His projects often involve interdisciplinary teams, including co-editing Re-Membering Hospitality in the Mediterranean (2025) with Edwige Talbayev and Isabelle Keller-Privat.
Labs & Teams: Elhariry collaborates with global scholars, organizing events like Poetry & Pandemic (2021) and The Between-ness of Lyric (2019). He co-founded the Materialist Epistemologies collective and contributes to the International Network for Lyric Studies, focusing on Mediterranean literary cultures and environmental humanities.
