Digital Humanities

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

James English

John Welsh Centennial Professor of English Faculty Director, Price Lab for Digital Humanitiesjenglish@english.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Film, Novel, Britain, Global Anglophone, C20, including Modernism, C21/ Contemporary, Digital Humanities, Marxism, Sociology of Literature

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

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. 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

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

Corine Labridy

Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies labridy@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Film, Africa & the Caribbean, Diaspora, World Literature, C21/ Contemporary, Digital Humanities, Media Studies, Post-colonial, Translation

Olga Nechaeva

Ph.D. Candidate nechaeva@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Eastern Europe / Russia, World Literature, C20, including Modernism, Digital Humanities, Post-colonial, Sociology of Literature

Zita Nunes

Associate Professor of English znunes@upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Global Anglophone, Digital Humanities, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Post-colonial, Psychoanalysis, Race and Empire

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

Liz Rose

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

Fields of Study: Africa & the Caribbean, Diaspora, Latin America, US, C21/ Contemporary, Digital Humanities, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Race and Empire, Translation

Whitney Trettien

Assistant Professor of English trettien@english.upenn.eduWebsite

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