جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

Ann-Charlotte Palmgrenمشاهده پروفایل

عضو هیئت علمی

• Feminist Urban Studies
• Girlhood Studies
• Youth Studies
• +۱۲ مورد دیگر

Ann-Charlotte Palmgren is a University Lecturer in Gender Studies at Åbo Akademi University, affiliated with the Faculty of Arts, Psychology and Theology and the Department of Culture, History and Philosophy. She holds a PhD in Gender Studies (2014) and the title of Docent (2021), equivalent to Associate Professor. Her academic work spans interdisciplinary research at the intersection of feminist urban studies, youth and girlhood studies, internet studies, and methodological innovation. Her research interests include: Feminist urban studies and spatial justice Girlhood and youth temporalities Critical autoethnography and poetic inquiry Qualitative methods and creative academic writing Ethics in ethnographic research Temporalities in literature and environmental crisis Her recent publications (2021–2025) reflect a strong thematic coherence centered on embodiment, temporality, and poetic expression in research. She frequently employs walking interviews, autoethnography, and interdisciplinary methods to explore how young people experience urban and digital spaces. Her work bridges scholarly rigor with poetic and narrative forms, contributing to evolving methodologies in the humanities. Scientific awards received include: Första pristagare i Solveig von Schoultz-tävlingen för dikter (2018) Utmärkt undervisningsförmåga in Gender Studies (2022) Honourable mention for 'Standing still: Walking interviews and poetic spatial inquiry' (2018 Wiley Area Prize) She is actively involved in academic mentoring and supervision, currently serving as main supervisor for three doctoral researchers. She has contributed to university pedagogy through workshops and seminars and plays a leadership role in research, including jury memberships, dissertation evaluations, and hosting academic visitors. Since 2023, she has been editor-in-chief of the journal Finsk Tidskrift , further amplifying her influence in Nordic humanities scholarship. Her research is supported by grants from The Turku Urban Research Programme and Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, focusing on girlhood in urban space and temporality in youth culture and environmental questions.

• Location-based games
• Augmented reality
• Urban studies
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Kyle Moore is a Lecturer in Digital Media at Swinburne University of Technology's School of Social Sciences, Media, Film and Education. He holds a PhD in media and communications from the University of Sydney, focusing on games in urban environments. Current research: Mobile gaming distributions, location-based technology, augmented reality, and digital play cultures Teaching areas: Social media networks, media industries, and data communication Supervision: Available for PhD/Master's candidates in mobile technology and digital cultures His research explores intersections between location-based games and urban environments, examining how digital play shapes public space representation and access. Recent publications include analyses of Pokémon GO's haptic effects and Fortnite's cultural impact. Current grant: Supporting resilient HIV-positive community connections on digital platforms and technologies (2025-2026) at Swinburne University. Previously published in top-tier journals like Games and Culture , Convergence , and Media International Australia .

• Textile History
• Art History
• Cultural Exchange
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Angela Sheng is an Associate Professor at the School of the Arts, McMaster University. Her research focuses on Textile History , Cultural Exchange , and Art Historical Methodology , with particular emphasis on Chinese textiles, Silk Road studies, and sociocultural transformations. Selected Publications: Writing with Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities (2009) Reading Textiles (2020) Research Interests: Dr. Sheng explores the intersection of textile technology, cultural symbolism, and historical narratives. Her work spans from ancient silk weaving techniques to gendered labor in imperial China. Teaching: Recent courses include Gender and the Textile Arts , Intercultural Arts Along the Silk Road , and Visual Literacy , covering topics such as textile conservation, historical fashion, and cross-cultural artistic exchange.

Julian F. Henriquesمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Sound Studies
• Cultural Studies
• Caribbean Studies
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Dr. Julian F. Henriques is a Senior Research Fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London, and a leading scholar in sound studies, cultural studies, and Caribbean research. With a PhD thesis (2008) on Reggae Sound System Crews, his work bridges music, technology, and embodiment through practice-based research. He has authored the book Sonic Bodies (2011) and co-edited Rhythm, Movement, Embodiment (2014). Currently, he explores fetal auditory environments through the Sonic Womb Exhibition (2026) and contributes to obstetric research on noise exposure. Research Interests: His scholarship focuses on the Jamaican sound system as a cultural technology, analyzing rhythm, affect, and sonic embodiment. He investigates intersections between popular culture, Caribbean diasporic practices, and the materiality of sound through theoretical frameworks like Afrofuturism (2015) and cosmopolitan theory (2020). Recent work combines computational acoustic modeling with ethnographic insights into prenatal soundscapes. Key Publications: Includes articles on fetal noise exposure (2025), Jamaican knowledge systems (2023), and rhythm analysis (2014). His edited works span Stuart Hall's legacy (2018) and sound studies companions. Collaborations with acoustic engineers (2025) demonstrate interdisciplinary reach. Collaborations: Works with institutions like University College London (2025), Tate Modern (2011), and the University of Munich (2014). Leads the Sonic Womb project with Pierre Gélat and Atau Tanaka.

Chih-Ming Wangمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر ارشد

• Asian American Literature
• Inter-Asia Cultural Studies
• Taiwan and US Imperial History
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Chih-Ming Wang is a Research Fellow and Professor at Academia Sinica , serving as Deputy Director of the Institute of European and American Studies. He holds a joint appointment as Associate Professor in the International Program in Inter-Asia Cultural Studies at National Chiao-Tung University. Ph.D., Literature Department, University of California, Santa Cruz M.A., Department of Foreign Languages and Comparative Literature, National Taiwan University B.A., Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Tsing Hua University His research bridges American studies and Asian studies through a transborder problematic , examining how literary and cultural exchanges between Asia and the West interact with social change. Key questions include: How do international students' experiences challenge US-centric Asian American studies? How does Taiwan's foreign literature field transform Western theories for local contexts? Recent work focuses on globalization narratives , post-Cold War geopolitics , and imperialism , particularly in relation to China's contemporary global role. He leads a research cluster on 'Chinese Contemporary' at Yang Ming Chiao Tung University's International Center for Cultural Studies, aiming to deconstruct Cold War Orientalist narratives. His 15 most recent publications span moral philosophy anthologies , transnational migration studies , and critical theory translations . Topics include R.F. Kuang's race debates , Ha Jin's immigrant novels , and Cold War legacy analyses , reflecting his expertise in Asian American literature , Inter-Asia Cultural Studies , and postcolonial theory . Scientific Awards : Outstanding Scholar Award (2025-27) Outstanding Research Award (2022-23) Scholarly Monograph Award (2022) Harvard Yenching Fellowship (2020) ASA Yasuo Sakakibara Prize Through editorial roles at journals like Router and Reflexion , he fosters transnational academic collaboration . His work consistently merges knowledge production with social movement dimensions , embodying cultural studies' transformative potential.

• History of Photography
• Visual Culture
• Museum Studies
• +۱۲ مورد دیگر

Professor Christina Riggs is a leading historian of visual culture and photography at Durham University, affiliated with the Department of History. Her work critically explores the intersections of archaeology, colonialism, and museum practices, particularly in the context of ancient Egypt and North Africa. She is renowned for her research on the Tutankhamun excavation and its photographic archive. Professor of History of Visual Culture, Durham University Former Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford Author of Photographing Tutankhamun (2019) and Treasured: How Tutankhamun Shaped a Century (2021) Recipient of British Academy, Leverhulme Trust, and AHRC funding Trained as an archaeologist and Egyptologist, Riggs began her career curating Egyptian antiquities and later transitioned into art history and visual culture. Her research interests span the history of photography, museum studies, colonial and imperial history, and the materiality of photographic archives. She employs interdisciplinary approaches from anthropology and the history of science to interrogate how visual culture shapes historical understanding. Her recent publications reflect a critical engagement with digital heritage, including digital colorization and the ethics of archival representation. The 15 most recent articles show a consistent focus on photography in archaeology, colonial legacies, museum display, and the politics of visual knowledge production. Themes of erasure, affect, materiality, and decolonial re-evaluation recur across her work. Scientific Awards and Honors: Evans-Pritchard Lecturer, All Souls College, Oxford (2012) First runner-up, BKFS Book Prize for Unwrapping Ancient Egypt (2015) Riggs actively supervises postgraduate research students working on topics in photographic history, cultural heritage, and Egyptology. She has led research projects funded by the British Academy and the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Her current work includes developing a 'counterarchive' of archaeology in Luxor with Heba Abd el-Gawad and a new project on colonial photographic archives using the Sudan Archive at Durham University. She is also involved in collaborative work on the ethics and politics of heritage display and digital reconstruction.

Tojana Račiūnaitėمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Visual Culture (16–18th century)
• Sacral Art in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
• Methodology of Art History
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Tojana Račiūnaitė is a senior researcher and director of the Institute of Art Research at Vilnius Academy of Arts (VAA), where she has worked since 1996. Her research focuses on visual culture in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (16–18th century), sacral art history , iconography , and anthropology of the image . She earned her PhD in art criticism from VAA in 1999 with a thesis on Baroque art and architecture of the Discalced Carmelites . Education: PhD in Art Criticism (VAA, 1999); MA in Art History and Theory (VAA, 1990) Academic Roles: Senior Researcher at VAA Institute of Art Research; Director (2008–present) Her work bridges iconological analysis and visual anthropology , examining the interplay between image and text in historical and modern contexts. She has curated exhibitions like Vaclovas Ratas. Beyond the Equator (2021) and co-authored guidebooks on Lithuanian Baroque art . Her recent research projects include Mimetic and Symbolic Representations of Jonas Karolis Chodkevičius (2021–present), funded by the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. Her publications—spanning monographs like Atvaizdo gyvastis (2014) and articles in Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis —explore themes such as miraculous Marian images , relic iconography , and visual pragmatics . She received the 2019 Lithuanian Academy of Sciences Award for her contributions to understanding religious art heritage in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Scientific Awards: 2019: Science Award from Lithuanian Academy of Sciences Memberships: Lithuanian Association of Art Historians (1995–present) International Association of Art Critics (AICA, 1996–present) Račiūnaitė has lectured at VAA since 1990 on topics including Lithuanian art history , 17–19th-century Western art , and visual-textual analysis . Her methodological approach integrates art history with anthropology , emphasizing the symbolic and mimetic functions of images across cultural contexts.

Steph Cerasoمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Composition Pedagogy
• Composition Theory
• Digital Rhetoric
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Steph Ceraso is an Associate Professor of Digital Writing & Rhetoric at the University of Virginia in the Department of English within the College of Arts and Sciences. She maintains an active research agenda at the intersection of sound studies, digital rhetoric, and composition pedagogy, with a particular focus on sensory and multimodal approaches to writing instruction. Ph.D. in English from University of Pittsburgh (2013) M.A. in English from University of Vermont (2006) B.A. in English from Washington and Jefferson College (2004) Her research interests span Composition Pedagogy and Theory, Digital Rhetoric, Sound Studies, Multimodality, and Sensory Studies. Ceraso's work explores how embodied listening practices can transform writing instruction and composition theory, arguing for more sensory-rich approaches to multimodal composition. Her scholarship demonstrates how sound and sensory experiences can enhance rhetorical awareness and writing development. Her publications reveal a consistent trajectory exploring the relationship between sound, writing, and embodied experience. Recent work examines the rhetoric of academic labor ('Ticking Clocks: Rhetorics of Tenure and (In)Fertility', 2023) while earlier scholarship established foundational work in sensory composition pedagogy, including her award-winning article '(Re)Educating the Senses' (2014) and her book 'Sounding Composition' (2018). NEH Mayo Distinguished Teaching Professorship (2022-2025) Richard Ohmann Award for Outstanding Article in College English (2015) Andrew Mellon Dissertation Fellowship (2012-2013) English Department's Distinguished Teaching Award (2012) Elizabeth Baranger Excellence in Teaching Award (2011) Ceraso maintains an active presence in the scholarly community through conference presentations at venues like the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Her work bridges theoretical scholarship with practical pedagogy, developing innovative approaches to writing instruction that incorporate sensory and multimodal elements. She has secured significant funding for her teaching through the NEH Mayo Professorship and has demonstrated excellence in both research and teaching throughout her career.

Johan Alfredssonمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس ارشد

• Nordic Poetry
• Contemporary Literature
• Children's Literature
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Johan Alfredsson is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Literature, History of Ideas, and Religion at the University of Gothenburg. He maintains an active research profile with numerous publications spanning from 2008 to the present, including several works scheduled for 2025 publication. His work demonstrates interdisciplinary engagement across literary studies, cultural analysis, and educational theory. Alfredsson's research focuses primarily on Nordic poetry, with particular emphasis on contemporary Swedish and Scandinavian poetic traditions. His scholarly interests include the political dimensions of poetic language, children's literature and poetry, gender studies in literature, multilingual poetry, and the relationship between poetry and environmental concerns. He frequently explores how poetic language functions in educational contexts, particularly in relation to children's development and literacy. His recent publications (2021-2025) reveal a trajectory toward increasingly interdisciplinary work that connects poetry with broader social, political, and environmental concerns. Alfredsson demonstrates particular interest in ecopoetry, the role of poetry in addressing contemporary social polarization, and the performative potential of poetic language in children's literature. His scholarship often examines specific poets including Kristina Lugn, Ursula Andkjær Olsen, Ida Börjel, and Cia Rinne. Alfredsson frequently collaborates with other scholars, as evidenced by co-authored publications including "Poesins platser" with Julia Pennlert and "Kjønnskrift/Kønskrift/Könskrift" with Hadle Oftedal Andersen and Susanne Kemp. His work appears in both Swedish and international academic venues, reflecting his engagement with both national and global scholarly conversations.

Bruce FUDGEمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Arabic Literature
• Qur'anic Studies
• Islamic Civilization
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Prof. Bruce FUDGE is a Full Professor at the University of Geneva within the Department of Mediterranean, Slavic and Oriental Languages and Literatures . His academic work bridges Qur'anic studies and Arabic literature , with a particular focus on the Arabian Nights tradition. He has made significant contributions to understanding scriptural hermeneutics, Islamic identity formation, and cultural symbolism through works like Qur'anic Hermeneutics: al-Tabrisi and the Craft of Commentary (2011) and A Hundred and One Nights (2016). Research Focus : Qur'anic exegesis, medieval Islamic storytelling, and sociocultural symbolism in Middle Eastern traditions Key Publications : The Turban and the Hat (2022) Non Sola Scriptura: Essays on the Qur'an and Islam (2022) Barbe et barbus (2019) His 2025 BSOAS article critiques Stephen J. Shoemaker's historical-critical approach to Quranic origins, while his 2022 Routledge publication explores mimetic representation theories. FUDGE's analysis of beard symbolism (2019) connects ancient Mesopotamian practices to modern ISIS propaganda. He has extensively reviewed works on Islamic civilization, including Robert Irwin's Ibn Khaldun biography (2018) and Shahab Ahmed's Before Orthodoxy (2017). Recent 2023 MLA publication examines teaching methodologies for the Thousand and One Nights , and his 2018 Die Welt des Islams article compares Qur'anic theocentrism with Western tragic traditions. FUDGE's 2008 Brill publication deconstructs al-Rummānī's taḍmīn concept, influencing modern Arabic literary theory.

Susan C. Levineمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Spatial Cognition
• Numerical Development
• Cognitive Development
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Susan C. Levine is the Rebecca Anne Boylan Distinguished Service Professor of Education and Society in the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago. Her research explores the interplay between early spatial and numerical thinking, focusing on how adult-child interactions shape mathematical development in home and school settings. Her work examines children's understanding of natural numbers and fractions, evaluates interventions to improve math skills, and investigates how parental and teacher math attitudes influence child outcomes. Key areas include math anxiety, gesture-based learning, and socioeconomic impacts on numeracy. Recent publications highlight gesture interventions for spatial misconceptions, math anxiety in college calculus, and the role of parental interactions in shaping children's mathematical beliefs. The Distinguished Service Professor award recognizes her contributions to educational psychology.

• Ontology
• Philosophy of Art
• Political Philosophy
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Boyan Manchev is a Professor at the Department of Art Studies and Cultural History at New Bulgarian University and a Guest Professor at the Berlin University of the Arts and Hollins University . His work spans Ontology, Philosophy of Art, and Political Philosophy , with a focus on Modal Ontology and Philosophical Fantastic . He has held academic positions since 2002 and received his Doctor of Sciences degree in 2022. Books: Over 20 monographs including World and Freedom (2023), What is Ontology? (2023), and The End of Contemporary Art? (2023). Research: Explores intersections of Philosophy, Art, and Politics , with emphasis on Metamorphosis, Super-Critique, and Radical Aesthetics . Projects: Co-founder of Meteor association, organizing conferences, artistic installations, and collaborative ventures in Performance, Visual Arts, and Theater .

Kelly McDonoughمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Colonial Literary and Cultural Studies
• Critical Indigenous Studies
• Ethnohistory (Nahuatl Studies)
• +۲ مورد دیگر

Kelly McDonough is a Tomás Rivera Regents Professor and Graduate Adviser at the University of Texas at Austin, affiliated with the College of Liberal Arts. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota and specializes in interdisciplinary research bridging Colonial Literary and Cultural Studies, Critical Indigenous Studies, Ethnohistory (Nahuatl Studies), Science and Technology Studies, and Digital Humanities. Ph.D., University of Minnesota Her research focuses on Nahua intellectual production in Mexico over the past 500 years, challenging racialized discourses that exclude Nahuas from intellectual history. Her books The Learned Ones: Nahua Intellectuals in Postconquest Mexico and Indigenous Science and Technology: Nahuas and the World Around Them (2024) explore Nahua theoretical and practical inquiries into their environments across pre-invasion, colonial, and contemporary periods. McDonough leads collaborative digital humanities projects, including the digitization of the Fondo Real de Cholula judicial archive and the Co-PI role in the Unlocking the Colonial Archive initiative, which harnesses AI for Indigenous and Spanish American historical collections. She teaches courses covering global Indigenous media, critical Indigenous studies, and Nahuatl language. Key Research Themes: Indigenous knowledge systems, colonial archives, environmental inquiry, digital humanities methodologies, ethnohistory.

Georgia Tsouniمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Ancient Philosophy
• Hellenistic Philosophy
• Roman Philosophy
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Georgia Tsouni is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philology and Department of Classical Studies at the University of Crete, where she maintains an office in room 005 and can be contacted via gtsouni@uoc.gr. Her academic foundation includes a PhD in Ancient Philosophy from the University of Cambridge (Newnham College) supervised by Professor David Sedley, following undergraduate studies in Philology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Her educational trajectory features: Doctoral research at Cambridge focused on Ancient Philosophy under David Sedley Graduate training in Philology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Dr. Tsouni's research centers on Cicero's philosophical dialogues and Hellenistic-Roman philosophical movements, particularly Aristotelian and Stoic traditions, examining their influence across literary genres. Her methodological approach integrates philological rigor with philosophical analysis to trace intellectual developments from the late Hellenistic period through Roman reception, with special attention to ethical frameworks and textual transmission. This dual focus enables innovative interpretations of how philosophical concepts permeated broader cultural discourse. Analysis of her 2019-2025 publications reveals sustained engagement with Cicero's ethical theories, Stoic conceptions of duty, and Platonic-Aristotelian political thought. Her work consistently bridges textual criticism with conceptual analysis, producing significant contributions on Antiochus of Ascalon's eclecticism, Peripatetic ethics in Stobaeus, and the intersection of philosophical doctrine with literary form. The corpus demonstrates increasing attention to democratic theory in Aristotle and the reception of Homer in philosophical contexts, reflecting both depth in specialized areas and breadth across classical subfields. Scientific awards are not documented in available sources. While specific details about student supervision remain unreported, her academic positions at Bern and Basel involved teaching responsibilities, suggesting ongoing mentorship activities at the University of Crete. No grant funding information appears in current documentation. Research infrastructure details including laboratories or dedicated teams are not specified in the provided materials.

• Computational Neuroscience
• Neurobiology
• Visual Cortex
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Mario Dipoppa is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurobiology at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research focuses on computational neuroscience, cortical adaptation, and neural circuit dynamics. Position: Assistant Professor, Neurobiology Email: mdipoppa@g.ucla.edu Research Interests: Mario's work explores how neural populations in the visual cortex adapt to sensory input, with a particular emphasis on the interplay between neural oscillations, synchrony, and cognitive functions like working memory. His recent studies investigate optimal coding strategies in visual adaptation, contextual modulation mechanisms, and the role of transcriptomic diversity in cortical interneuron function. Publications Trends: His research spans computational modeling of cortical networks, visual neuroscience, and neurogenetic analyses of brain circuits. Early work (2013-2016) focused on working memory mechanisms and neural oscillations, while recent studies (2022-2025) emphasize visual cortex adaptation, population coding, and cross-species circuit comparisons.