جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

Sinan Antoonمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Arabic Literature
• Iraqi Culture
• Translation Studies
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Sinan Antoon is an Associate Professor at New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study. He holds a B.A. in English from the University of Baghdad (1990), an M.A.A.S. in Contemporary Arab Studies from Georgetown University (1995), and a Ph.D. in Arabic and Islamic Studies from Harvard University (2006). His interdisciplinary work spans poetry, fiction, translation, and scholarship, with a focus on Iraqi and Arab cultural production under conflict and displacement. Education: B.A., English, University of Baghdad (1990) M.A.A.S., Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University (1995) Ph.D., Arabic and Islamic Studies, Harvard University (2006) Antoon’s research explores Iraqi poetry, contemporary Arab culture, and the intersections of language, politics, and memory. His acclaimed novels include The Corpse Washer (2013) and Postcards from the Underworld (2023), while his translations of Mahmoud Darwish and Saadi Youssef have earned international recognition. He has been a fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (2009) and the American Academy in Berlin (2013). His articles analyze themes such as the impact of war on cultural heritage, diasporic identities, and the ethics of representation. Awards include the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Translation (2014) and the Arab American Book Prize (2013).

John Clabornمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس ارشد

• African American Studies
• American Literature
• Ecocriticism/Environmental Humanities
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John Claborn is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, part of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. His research focuses on intersections of race, environment, and literature, with a particular emphasis on African American Studies, Ecocriticism, and Film/Visual Culture. He earned his Ph.D. under supervisors Michael Rothberg and William J. Maxwell, with a dissertation exploring 'Race and Nature in American Literature, 1895–1941.' Claborn's work bridges African American literary traditions with ecological theory, examining themes such as double consciousness, environmental justice, and postmemory. His 2018 monograph Civil Rights and the Environment in African American Literature, 1895–1941 explores how ecological crises intersect with racial politics in early 20th-century texts. He has also published widely on figures like W.E.B. Du Bois, James Baldwin, and Thylias Moss, analyzing their engagement with nature, trauma, and memory. Research Highlights: Race and ecology in Harlem Renaissance texts, environmental justice in African American literature, and postmemory in Holocaust poetry. Awards: 2018 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award. Claborn teaches courses on technical writing, film studies, and African American literature. His recent work includes studies of Thylias Moss's poetic reimagining of Holocaust memory and W.E.B. Du Bois's ecological critiques in Darkwater .

Roberto Gigliucciمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Italian Literature
• Renaissance Literature
• Baroque Studies
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Roberto Gigliucci is a Full Professor of Contemporary Italian Literature at Sapienza University of Rome, holding a tenured position since November 2020. He earned his doctorate in Italian Studies from Sapienza (1998) and postdoctoral training at the University of Padua (1999-2001). His academic journey includes research grants at Tor Vergata University (2003-2004) and contractual teaching at Tuscia University (2002-2003). He served as President of the Degree Course in Literature, Music, and Entertainment (2019-2022). Specializing in Italian literature from medieval to modern periods, Gigliucci focuses on Petrarchism, Baroque studies, rhetorical categories, and intersections with music and cinema. He has edited major works by Pirandello, Tasso, and Camões, while pioneering research in Digital Humanities and Shoah literature. His recent publications include critical monographs on Montale, Croce, and Amelia Rosselli. With extensive international collaboration, he contributes to academic networks in Santiago de Compostela, Tours, and Coimbra. He has directed the 'Ardesie' and 'Manierismo e Barocco' editorial series, served on editorial boards for journals like Studi (e Testi) Italiani , and participated in comparative literature congresses across Europe and Africa.

Tibor Gintliمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Hungarian Literature
• Narrative Theory
• Modernism
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Tibor Gintli is a Professor at the Faculty of Humanities , Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. He serves as Director of the Institute of Hungarian Literature and Cultural Studies and Head of the Department of Modern Hungarian Literature. His academic career focuses on Hungarian literary studies, particularly narrative theory and modernist prose. Education: Doctor of Science (DSc) Research Focus: Gintli specializes in anecdotal narrative forms, Hungarian modernism, comparative literature analysis, and textual criticism. His work explores intersections between Czech and Hungarian literary traditions, violence depiction in fiction, and canon formation. Notable Contributions: With 15+ articles on narrative theory between 2003-2023, his research traces modernist experimentation in Hungarian prose. Key publications examine authors like Krúdy Gyula, Tamási Áron, and Lesznai Anna, alongside comparative studies of Central European literary forms. Contact: Email: gintli.tibor@btk.elte.hu Address: 310 Room, 1088 Budapest, Múzeum körút 4/A

Eric Pankeyمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Poetry
• Modern Poetry
• Contemporary Poetry
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Eric Pankey is a Professor of English and the Heritage Chair in Writing at George Mason University. As both a poet and visual artist, his interdisciplinary practice bridges literary and artistic traditions. Education: MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Iowa (1983) His research focuses on modern and contemporary poetry , prose poetry , and interdisciplinary artistic expression . His creative nonfiction and critical essays explore intersections of spirituality, materiality, and memory. Recent publications include The History of the Siege (Codhill Press 2024) and Vanishments (Slant Books 2024), continuing his investigation into ephemeral themes , ritualistic imagery , and existential abstraction . Scientific Awards & Fellowships: Guggenheim Fellowship National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Ingram Merrill Foundation Fellowship Brown Foundation Fellowship Walt Whitman Award New Measures Prize Snowbound Chapbook Award Pankey teaches poetry workshops and courses on modern and contemporary poetry , with his visual art appearing in national exhibitions and literary journals.

• European Film Studies
• German Cinema
• 20th Century German Literature
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Dr. Simon Ward is an Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Education in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at Durham University. He previously held roles as Senior Lecturer in German and Film & Visual Culture at Aberdeen University and Programme Director of the BA in Visual Arts and Film at Durham (2021-2024). His academic career focuses on European film studies, particularly German cinema of the past 50 years, and 20th-century German literature with an emphasis on Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka, and W.G. Sebald. His research explores intersections between modernity, urban space, and visual culture, notably through projects on Berlin's post-war visual memory and the cultural impact of petroculture in West Germany. Education: D.Phil. in modernist writing of Wolfgang Koeppen (Oxford University). His major publications include Urban Memory and Visual Culture in Berlin: Framing the Asynchronous City 1957-2012 (2016) and Negotiating Positions: Literature, Identity and Social Critique in the Works of Wolfgang Koeppen (2001). Research specialties include petrocultural studies, travel writing, and the socio-political dimensions of urban visual narratives. Teaching: Coordinates undergraduate programs in German, Film & Visual Culture, and Comparative Literature. Current research investigates petroleum's cultural legacy in West Germany post-1945, exploring its influence on societal structures and cultural expression through literature and visual media. Supervision: Advised PhDs on topics including Austrian memory politics, surveillance cinema, and European film production around 1990. Open to supervising projects in urban studies, visual culture, and German literature.

• Environmental Anthropology
• Anthropology of Religion
• Geological Temporality
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Dr Richard Irvine is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of St Andrews, within the School of Philosophical and Anthropological Studies. His research bridges environmental anthropology and the anthropology of religion, focusing on geological temporality, environmental risk perception, and monastic practices. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge (2011) and has conducted fieldwork in the UK and Mongolia. Irvine chairs a sub-honours curriculum review and teaches modules including Anthropology of Catastrophe and Research Methods . His work explores how human temporalities intersect with Earth’s deep time, as detailed in his book An Anthropology of Deep Time (2020). He also investigates contemporary secular and religious phenomena, including monastic responses to lockdown and the cultural memory of pilgrimage sites like Our Lady of Ipswich. Education: PhD in Anthropology, University of Cambridge (2011) Research interests include the disjunction between human timescales and geological processes, the role of religious practice in secular contexts, and environmental communication through literature and music. His fieldwork in Mongolian communities and East Anglian fenlands highlights ecological and cultural adaptations to environmental change. Irvine’s recent publications address topics like climate change perception in children, the anthropology of boredom during lockdown, and the social life of inexpressible spiritual experiences in Benedictine monasteries. His advising includes PhD candidates Bimbo Omopo and Sharonne Specker. Grants and research projects have explored energy transitions, peatland ecosystems, and the intersection of art with environmental anthropology. Irvine is affiliated with the university’s environmental humanities initiatives and contributes to interdisciplinary dialogues on the Anthropocene.

Greg Cohenمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر ارشد

• Experimental cinema
• Appropriation art
• Landscape theory
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Greg Cohen is an artist, curator, and scholar based at the University of California, Los Angeles within the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and School of Theater, Film and Television . His work bridges experimental cinema , speculative archives , and critical cultural theory through both academic and artistic lenses. Education: Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures from Harvard University (2008) A.M. in Romance Languages and Literatures from Harvard University (2003) M.A. in Spanish from Middlebury College (2001) B.A. in German from University of Wisconsin-Madison (1993) Research Interests span experimental film and media appropriation , landscape theory and urban speculative archives , with particular attention to post-war Argentine and Brazilian cinema . His creative projects like Onirogramas and Valaco Archive interrogate the intersections of political activism , architectural history , and media self-reflexivity . Recent publications analyze advertising discourse in 1960s Latin American cinema , speculative archive methodologies , and artistic research frameworks . His Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship and ongoing curatorial work with the Festival of (In)appropriation highlight his dual role in academic and artistic communities.

Toby Altmanمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Poetry
• Literary Criticism
• Renaissance Literature
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Toby Altman is an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University’s Residential College of Arts and Humanities (RCAH) and Director of the RCAH Center for Poetry. He holds an MFA in Poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and a PhD in English from Northwestern University, where his dissertation The Shock of the Old: Periodization, Poetics, and Diachronic Exchange between the Renaissance and the Avant-Garde won the Jean H. Hagstrum Prize. His interdisciplinary work bridges poetry, literary criticism, and architecture, focusing on connections between Renaissance and avant-garde poetries and the cultural politics of midwestern architecture. Altman has received fellowships from the Graham Foundation, MacDowell, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Altman’s research and creative work explore themes of temporal disjunction, spatial poetics, and institutional critique. His monograph-in-progress, The Diachronic Renaissance , examines subterranean links between historical and modernist poetics. He also writes a poetic trilogy on midwestern architecture, engaging figures like Bertrand Goldberg and Louis Sullivan. His poetry collections include Jewel Box (2025), Discipline Park (2023), and Arcadia, Indiana (2017), with works published in journals like Contemporary Literature , Gulf Coast , and jacket2 . Altman’s teaching and mentorship emphasize creative and critical intersections. He has organized literary events such as the RCAH Poetry Center’s reading series and contributed to initiatives like the Midwestern Miscellany . His awards reflect recognition for both scholarly and creative contributions, including the Hagstrum Prize and NEA Fellowships. Current projects include collaborations on architecture’s role in capitalist systems and a series on Bertrand Goldberg’s designs. Education: PhD in English (Northwestern University), MFA in Poetry (Iowa Writers’ Workshop) Awards: Graham Foundation Fellowship, MacDowell Residency, NEA Poetry Fellowship Publications: Over 20 peer-reviewed articles and 10 poetry collections/chapbooks

• Experimental Poetry
• Feminist Avant-Garde
• Documentary Poetics
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Jennifer Firestone is an Associate Professor of Writing and Co-Chair of Literary Studies at the Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, The New School. She also serves as Director of Academic Fellows and teaches courses emphasizing experimental poetics, feminist avant-garde, and collaborative writing. Her work interrogates subjectivity, language performance, and ambiguity through serial poetry and fragmented aesthetics. Holds an MFA in Poetry from San Francisco State University. Professional affiliations include the Belladonna* Collaborative, a leading avant-garde poetry collective. Research focuses on 20th/21st-century experimental poetry, feminist avant-garde practices, documentary poetics, and small press publishing. Recent publications include Story (2019) and the co-edited anthology Other Influences (MIT Press, 2024). Recipient of notable awards: Gates & Fields (2017) was named a top poetry book by The Brooklyn Rail and LitHub; 2014 Robert Creeley Memorial Prize; multiple residencies including Eugene Lang’s Civic Arts fellowship. Active in NYC literary scenes via performances at venues like The Poetry Project and Dixon Place. Teaching emphasizes process over product, with courses like Feminist Avant-Garde Poetics (LLSW 3100) and Advanced Fellows (LNGC 3965). Grants include New School’s Mutual Mentoring initiative.

• Cultural Studies
• Literary Criticism
• Poetry
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Stephen Paul Miller is a Professor of English at St. John’s University, where he has been faculty since 1991. His academic journey includes teaching roles at Columbia University, New York University, Jagiellonian University (Poland as a Fulbright Scholar), and Tel Aviv University (nominated for a second Fulbright). He holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from NYU (1990), an M.A. in American Studies from CCNY (1983), and a B.A. in English from CCNY (1972). Dr. Miller’s research explores intersections of cultural studies, literary criticism, and poetry. His seminal work The Seventies Now: Culture as Surveillance (Duke UP, 1999) redefined 1970s cultural analysis, while his poetry collections— Art Is Boring... , The Bee Flies in May , and Skinny Eighth Avenue —blend experimental forms with socio-political inquiry. His interdisciplinary projects include studies on post-WWII “liquid totems” (Holocaust, suburbs, technology) and secular Jewish poetic practice. Education: B.A. in English, CCNY, 1972 M.A. in American Studies, CCNY, 1983 Ph.D. in American Studies, NYU, 1990 His awards include the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Grant (1995), multiple Fulbright opportunities, and editorial roles at Cultural and Poetic Inquiry and the Transformations journal. He has presented globally, including at Harvard, Columbia, and institutions in Poland and Wales. Awards & Grants: Senior Fulbright Scholar (Poland, 1997) Nomination for Tel Aviv University Fulbright (2005) Columbia University Seminar Grant (2002) Miller’s work bridges poetry and criticism, with innovative methodologies influencing historical and cultural scholarship. His plays and poetry readings further emphasize his commitment to public intellectualism and artistic collaboration.

Natanya Ann Pulleyمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Creative Writing
• Native American Literature
• Experimental Fiction
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Natanya Ann Pulley is an associate professor of English at Colorado College, specializing in Native American literature, experimental fiction, and creative writing pedagogy. She holds a PhD from the University of Utah (fiction writing, novel forms evolution). Her Diné heritage (Kinyaa’áani and Táchii’nii clans) deeply informs her work, which explores Indigenous identity, societal fears, and narrative form innovation. Publications include the award-winning short story collection With Teeth (2019) and essays in McSweeney’s , Phantom Drift , and The Massachusetts Review . She is founding editor of Hairstreak Butterfly Review and co-editor of Black Candies: Gross and Unlikeable , a landmark horror anthology by women-identifying writers. Current projects include a Diné craft-focused Hairstreak issue and a Native American flash fiction anthology (UNM Press). She also writes a nonfiction collection The First Narcissism and a Peter Pan reimagining. Awards: 2022 NEA Fellowship in Creative Writing, 2018 Many Voices Project Competition (New Rivers Press).

Karla Kelseyمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Poetry
• Poetics
• Women’s Experimental Writing
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Karla Kelsey is a Professor of English and Creative Writing at Susquehanna University’s Writers Institute, where she has taught since 2005. A prolific author of five poetry collections, an essay book (Of Sphere), and an experimental novel (Transcendental Factory: For Mina Loy), she also edits Mina Loy’s Lost Writings (Yale UP, 2024). As co-founder of SplitLevel Texts with Aaron McCollough, she publishes avant-garde hybrid works. Her research spans women’s experimental writing, ecopoetics, image-text composition, and critical theory. Her recent publications include On Certainty (Omnidawn, 2023), a dystopian meditation on power and ecology, and Blood Feather (Tupelo Press, 2020), which reimagines feminist art-making through historical figures. She has held a Fulbright Lectureship in Budapest and an H.D. Fellowship at Yale. Awards include the Essay Press Prize (2016), multiple Susquehanna University research grants, and the Poetry Society of America’s Cecil Hemley Award. Her critical prose appears in Bomb , Hyperallergic , and Los Angeles Review of Books , often interrogating intersections of trauma, artifice, and ecological crisis. She co-edited The Constant Critic , Fence Books’ online review journal (2010–2017), and has presented at AWP conferences on ethics, poetics, and Claudia Rankine’s Citizen .

László Bengiمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Comparative Literature
• Narrative Theory
• Digital Humanities
• +۵ مورد دیگر

László Bengi is a Habil. Associate Professor at the Department of Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest. Holding a PhD and Habilitation in literary and cultural studies alongside an MSc in chemistry from ELTE, his research bridges modern fiction and its intersections with natural sciences since the late 19th century. He has authored three Hungarian monographs on 20th-century literature and edited the "Ráció - Tudomány" book series, focusing on literary history and philological evolution. Education: PhD in Literary and Cultural Studies, ELTE Habilitation in Literary and Cultural Studies, ELTE MSc in Chemistry, ELTE His work examines narrative structures, Holocaust literature, and the cultural implications of calculation in modern societies. Articles analyze Hungarian modernism through authors like Kosztolányi, Kertész, and Musil, stressing fragmented storytelling, epistemological limits, and the hybridity of human/nonhuman actors. He explores how quantitative methodologies reshape literary analysis and how digital humanities redefine interpretive practices. The 15 most recent articles reveal trends in spatial theory, narrative ambiguity, and the sociocultural role of technology. His studies span from intertextual influences in Eastern European writers to the paradoxes of memory in post-Holocaust fiction. He investigates how turn-of-the-century texts negotiate boundaries between life and machinery, and how publication practices problematize authorial control. Scientific Awards: Bolyai János Research Fellowship As a co-editor of the "Ráció - Tudomány" series, Bengi contributes to redefining comparative literature's theoretical foundations, emphasizing philology's shifting role. His grants include OTKA research funding for studies on textual variants and cultural matrices.

Gary McDowellمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Creative Writing
• Contemporary American Poetics
• Prose Poetry
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Gary McDowell is an Associate Professor of English in the College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences at Belmont University. His academic work centers on Creative Writing and contemporary American poetics, with a strong focus on innovative literary forms. His research interests include the prose poem, the lyric essay, disjunctive poetics, and creative writing pedagogy, with secondary interests in composition, hybrid literature, and creative nonfiction. He is passionate about inspiring students to engage with writing through diverse and accessible approaches. The trends in his publications reveal a deep commitment to experimental and lyrical forms, particularly the lyric essay and prose poetry. His works span both creative and pedagogical domains, contributing significantly to contemporary literary discourse and writing education. Scientific Awards: Winner of the 2014 Burnside Review Press Book Award Winner of the 2009 Orphic Prize in Poetry Awards from Green Mountains Review Awards from Burnside Review Books Awards from Grist: The Journal for Writers Awards from Zone 3 Awards from Minnetonka Review Awards from the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Foundation Awards from Dream Horse Press Awards from The National Poetry Review Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2015 As a widely published poet and critic, Dr. McDowell has contributed to major literary journals such as American Poetry Review , The Nation , Gulf Coast , New England Review , Prairie Schooner , and Colorado Review . He has authored multiple books and co-edited a best-selling anthology, though no formal advising or grant information is available. His work plays a significant role in shaping contemporary creative writing practice and scholarship.