C19

S. Pearl Brilmyer

Assistant Professor of English brilmyer@upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Novel, Philosophical Texts & Intellectual History, Scientific Texts and Ideas, Africa & the Caribbean, Britain, Western Europe, C19, C20, including Modernism, Deconstruction, Ecocriticism/ Ecology, Formalism/ Structuralism, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Psychoanalysis, Race and Empire, Rhetoric, Hermeneutics

Vance Byrd

Presidential Associate Professor of German vbyrd@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Art/ Media, Western Europe, C19, Long Eighteenth Century, Ecocriticism/ Ecology, Material Texts, Manuscript Studies and Archival Studies, Media Studies, Race and Empire, Sociology of Literature

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

Andrea Goulet

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

Fields of Study: Novel, Scientific Texts and Ideas, Western Europe, C19, C20, including Modernism, Deconstruction, Spatial Theory

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

Ayako Kano

Professor of Japanese Literature, Performance, and Gender Studies akano@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Art/ Media, Drama, Film, Novel, Philosophical Texts & Intellectual History, Short Story, East Asia, Western Europe, World Literature, C19, C20, including Modernism, C21/ Contemporary, Film theory, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Post-colonial, Race and Empire, Translation

David Kazanjian

Professor of English and Comparative Literature kazanjia@english.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Historiography and Historical Writing, Philosophical Texts & Intellectual History, Africa & the Caribbean, Diaspora, Latin America, Middle East/North Africa, US, C19, Long Eighteenth Century, Deconstruction, Formalism/ Structuralism, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Marxism, Post-colonial, Psychoanalysis, Race and Empire, Rhetoric, Hermeneutics, Trauma

Sonal Khullar

W. Norman Brown Associate Professor of South Asian Studies in History of Art skhullar@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Art/ Media, Historiography and Historical Writing, Life Writing, Auto/biography, South Asia, C19, C20, including Modernism, C21/ Contemporary, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Museum/Object Studies, Post-colonial, Race and Empire, Spatial Theory

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

Hilah Kohen

Ph.D. Student Website

Fields of Study: Folk Tale & Oral Literature, Historiography and Historical Writing, Diaspora, Eastern Europe / Russia, Jewish Studies, Middle East/North Africa, World Literature, C19, C20, including Modernism, C21/ Contemporary, Digital Humanities, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Linguistic Theories and Culture, Marxism, Post-colonial, Race and Empire, Sociology of Literature, Translation

Hilah Kohen

Ph.D. Candidate Website

Fields of Study: Folk Tale & Oral Literature, Historiography and Historical Writing, Diaspora, Eastern Europe / Russia, Jewish Studies, Middle East/North Africa, World Literature, C19, C20, including Modernism, C21/ Contemporary, Digital Humanities, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Linguistic Theories and Culture, Marxism, Post-colonial, Race and Empire, Sociology of Literature, Translation

Benjamin Nathans

Associate Professor of History bnathans@history.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Historiography and Historical Writing, Life Writing, Auto/biography, Philosophical Texts & Intellectual History, Eastern Europe / Russia, Jewish Studies, C19, C20, including Modernism, Formalism/ Structuralism, Marxism, Museum/Object Studies

Kevin Platt

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

Fields of Study: Film, Historiography and Historical Writing, Philosophical Texts & Intellectual History, Poetry/ Poetics, Central Europe, Diaspora, Eastern Europe / Russia, World Literature, C19, C20, including Modernism, C21/ Contemporary, Digital Humanities, Film theory, Formalism/ Structuralism, Marxism, Post-colonial, Psychoanalysis, Sociology of Literature, Spatial Theory, Translation, Trauma

Gerald Prince

Professor of French and Francophone Studies gprince@babel.ling.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Novel, Short Story, Western Europe, C19, C20, including Modernism, C21/ Contemporary, Formalism/ Structuralism, Narratology

Donovan Schaefer

Assistant Professor of Religious Studies doschaef@upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Film, Historiography and Historical Writing, Philosophical Texts & Intellectual History, Religious Texts & Hagiography, Scientific Texts and Ideas, Britain, US, Western Europe, C19, C20, including Modernism, C21/ Contemporary, Deconstruction, Film theory, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Media Studies, Race and Empire

Emily Steinlight

Associate Professor of English emily.steinlight@english.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Novel, Scientific Texts and Ideas, Britain, Western Europe, C19, C20, including Modernism, Formalism/ Structuralism, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Marxism

Adelheid Voskuhl

Associate Professor avoskuhl@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Historiography and Historical Writing, Philosophical Texts & Intellectual History, Scientific Texts and Ideas, Central Europe, US, Western Europe, C19, C20, including Modernism, Long Eighteenth Century, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Psychoanalysis, Sociology of Literature