Sociology of Literature

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

Max Cavitch

Associate Professor of English cavitch@english.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Film, Historiography and Historical Writing, Life Writing, Auto/biography, Philosophical Texts & Intellectual History, Poetry/ Poetics, Britain, Global Anglophone, US, Western Europe, World Literature, Deconstruction, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Narratology, Psychoanalysis, Sociology of Literature, Translation, Trauma

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

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

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

Kevin Platt

Interim Graduate Chair of Comparative Literature and Literary Theory, Professor of Russian and East European Studies kmfplatt@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

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

Apurva Prasad

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

Fields of Study: Novel, Short Story, South Asia, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Law, Media Studies, Post-colonial, Sociology of Literature

Apurva Prasad

apurvap@sas.upenn.edu

Fields of Study: Novel, Short Story, South Asia, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Law, Media Studies, Post-colonial, Sociology of Literature

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

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

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