Poetry/ Poetics

Francesco Aresu

Assistant Professor of Italian Studies faresu@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Poetry/ Poetics, Pre-Modern Genres and Literary Forms, Western Europe, Ancient (pre-C6 C.E), Early Modern (C14-C17), Medieval (C6-C14 C.E), Digital Humanities, Material Texts, Manuscript Studies and Archival Studies, Narratology, Philology, Rhetoric, Hermeneutics

Herman Beavers

Julie Beren Platt & Marc E. Platt President's Distinguished Professor of English and Africana Studies hbeavers@upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Drama, Novel, Poetry/ Poetics, Scientific Texts and Ideas, Short Story, US, C20, including Modernism, C21/ Contemporary, Narratology, Spatial Theory

Estep

Assistant Professor Modern Chinese and Sinophone Literatures cestep@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Poetry/ Poetics, Pre-Modern Genres and Literary Forms, East Asia, C19, C20, including Modernism, C21/ Contemporary, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Media Studies, Translation

Scott Francis

Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies Undergraduate Chair, FIGSfranciss@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Drama, Philosophical Texts & Intellectual History, Poetry/ Poetics, Pre-Modern Genres and Literary Forms, Religious Texts & Hagiography, Short Story, Western Europe, Early Modern (C14-C17), Medieval (C6-C14 C.E), Digital Humanities, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Material Texts, Manuscript Studies and Archival Studies, Religion, Rhetoric, Hermeneutics

Gregory Goulding

Assistant Professor of South Asia Studies Chair of Graduate Studies, Department of South Asia Studiesggouldin@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Poetry/ Poetics, South Asia, World Literature, C20, including Modernism, Marxism, Post-colonial

Kathryn Hellerstein

Professor of Germanic Languages Ruth Meltzer Director of Jewish Studies Programkhellers@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Film, Life Writing, Auto/biography, Novel, Poetry/ Poetics, Short Story, Central Europe, Diaspora, East Asia, Jewish Studies, Near East, US, Western Europe, World Literature, C19, C20, including Modernism, C21/ Contemporary, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Religion, Translation

Suvir Kaul

A. M. Rosenthal Professor of English kaul@english.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Poetry/ Poetics, South Asia, Long Eighteenth Century, Post-colonial, Race and Empire

Sara Kazmi

Assistant Professor of English kazmi@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Folk Tale & Oral Literature, Historiography and Historical Writing, Philosophical Texts & Intellectual History, Poetry/ Poetics, Pre-Modern Genres and Literary Forms, Diaspora, Global Anglophone, South Asia, World Literature, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Linguistic Theories and Culture, Material Texts, Manuscript Studies and Archival Studies, Post-colonial, Race and Empire

D. Kim

Assistant Professor of Russian and East European Studies dbkim@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Drama, Novel, Philosophical Texts & Intellectual History, Poetry/ Poetics, Scientific Texts and Ideas, Short Story, East Asia, Eastern Europe / Russia, Western Europe, World Literature, C19, C20, including Modernism, Long Eighteenth Century, Digital Humanities, Linguistic Theories and Culture, Sociology of Literature, Translation

Kevin Platt

Professor of Russian and East European Studies kmfplatt@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Rose Poku

Ph.D. Candidate rosepoku@sas.upenn.edu

Fields of Study: Novel, Poetry/ Poetics, Africa & the Caribbean, Diaspora, Latin America, US, Deconstruction, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Linguistic Theories and Culture, Post-colonial, Race and Empire, Translation

Jennifer Ponce de León

Associate Professor of English poncej@english.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Art/ Media, Drama, Film, Novel, Poetry/ Poetics, Short Story, Latin America, US, C20, including Modernism, C21/ Contemporary, Marxism, Post-colonial, Race and Empire, Spatial Theory

Jorge Tellez

Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese jtellez@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Novel, Poetry/ Poetics, Latin America, C21/ Contemporary, Early Modern (C14-C17), Museum/Object Studies, Sociology of Literature

Whitney Trettien

Assistant Professor of English trettien@english.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Film, Poetry/ Poetics, Digital Humanities, Media Studies

Dagmawi Woubshet

Ahuja Family Presidential Associate Professor of English dagw@upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Poetry/ Poetics, Post-colonial