Pre-Modern Genres and Literary Forms

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

Eva Del Soldato

Associate Professor of Italian Studies (FIGS) Graduate Chair--Francophone, Italian and Germanic Studies (FIGS)evadel@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Historiography and Historical Writing, Pre-Modern Genres and Literary Forms, Western Europe, Early Modern (C14-C17), Medieval (C6-C14 C.E), Material Texts, Manuscript Studies and Archival Studies, Philology, Translation

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

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

Loomba Loomba

Catherine Bryson Professor of English loomba@english.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Drama, Life Writing, Auto/biography, Novel, Pre-Modern Genres and Literary Forms, Britain, Global Anglophone, South Asia, C20, including Modernism, C21/ Contemporary, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Post-colonial, Race and Empire

Sheila Murnaghan

Alfred Reginald Allen Memorial Professor of Greek smurnagh@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Drama, Historiography and Historical Writing, Pre-Modern Genres and Literary Forms, Western Europe, Ancient (pre-C6 C.E), Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Translation

Fatemeh Shams

Associate Professor of Persian Literature fshams@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Art/ Media, Film, Historiography and Historical Writing, Life Writing, Auto/biography, Novel, Poetry/ Poetics, Pre-Modern Genres and Literary Forms, Short Story, Diaspora, Middle East/North Africa, Near East, World Literature, C20, including Modernism, C21/ Contemporary, Medieval (C6-C14 C.E), Deconstruction, Formalism/ Structuralism, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Marxism, Narratology, Sociology of Literature, Spatial Theory, Translation, Trauma

Julia Verkholantsev

Associate Professor and Undergraduate Chair, Russian and East European Studies Director, Global Medieval and Renaissance Studies: Director, Undergraduate Humanities Forum, Wolf Humanities Centerjuliaver@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Historiography and Historical Writing, Pre-Modern Genres and Literary Forms, Central Europe, Eastern Europe / Russia, Early Modern (C14-C17), Medieval (C6-C14 C.E), Linguistic Theories and Culture, Material Texts, Manuscript Studies and Archival Studies, Narratology