Keynote Speakers and Discussants
Keynote Speakers
![Hazel Carby](https://www.spectaclesofdecline.humanities.uchicago.edu/files/2021/03/1a5d9a_0abb2b22f10a4661926be191c15df464mv2.jpeg)
Hazel Carby
Charles C and Dorothea S Dilley Professor of African American Studies and American Studies, Emerita, Yale University
![Santanu Das](https://www.spectaclesofdecline.humanities.uchicago.edu/files/2021/03/1a5d9a_b7dbe7b992db48c7b03ce1e0faf89bc0mv2.jpg)
Santanu Das
Professor of Modern Literature and Culture, All Souls College, Oxford
![Jed Esty](https://www.spectaclesofdecline.humanities.uchicago.edu/files/2021/03/1a5d9a_2bc28a44e0ae4d9596ef9512702c3832mv2.jpg)
Jed Esty
Vartan Gregorian Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania
![James Hevia](https://www.spectaclesofdecline.humanities.uchicago.edu/files/2021/03/1a5d9a_b6b3c5c437444318b48f294e2a9abd3fmv2.jpg)
James Hevia
Director of Global Studies and Faculty Member, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Chicago
![Tariq Jazeel](https://www.spectaclesofdecline.humanities.uchicago.edu/files/2021/03/1a5d9a_dbaaa905ba4a426bb2648259822807fdmv2.jpg)
Tariq Jazeel
Professor of Geography, University College London
![Peter Kalliney](https://www.spectaclesofdecline.humanities.uchicago.edu/files/2021/03/1a5d9a_c8cacc0dadfa4c2390f7af96d8a16602mv2.jpg)
Peter Kalliney
William J. Tuggle Chair in English, Social Theory, African American and Africana Studies, University of Kentucky
![Nasser Mufti](https://www.spectaclesofdecline.humanities.uchicago.edu/files/2021/03/mufti-cintron-levine_big-e1566323109664-1090x533-1.jpg)
Nasser Mufti
Associate Head and Associate Professor of English, University of Illlinois at Chicago
![Elizabeth Outka](https://www.spectaclesofdecline.humanities.uchicago.edu/files/2021/03/Evvod_BXMAMRHYs-1.jpeg)
Elizabeth Outka
Professor of English, University of Richmond
![Anjuli Fatima Raza Kolb](https://www.spectaclesofdecline.humanities.uchicago.edu/files/2021/03/1a5d9a_3e737b0aee4a46fc9de2d8cf9f367fb5mv2.jpeg)
Anjuli Fatima Raza Kolb
Associate Professor of English, University of Toronto
![Claire Seiler](https://www.spectaclesofdecline.humanities.uchicago.edu/files/2021/03/1a5d9a_34cb5a3641a14509bdd606064092a895mv2.jpeg)
Claire Seiler
Associate Professor of English, Dickinson College
![Suman Seth](https://www.spectaclesofdecline.humanities.uchicago.edu/files/2021/03/1a5d9a_e229a2c6deaa4509a6ce927f5d218127mv2.jpg)
Suman Seth
Marie Underhill Noll Professor of the History of Science, Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University
Discussants
![Maud Ellmann](https://www.spectaclesofdecline.humanities.uchicago.edu/files/2021/03/1a5d9a_22eaae9b6e45416cb531b694a8bb3e1fmv2.jpg)
Maud Ellmann
Interim Chair, Randy L. & Melvin R. Berlin Professor of the Development of the Novel in English, University of Chicago
![Sarah Jessica Johnson](https://www.spectaclesofdecline.humanities.uchicago.edu/files/2021/03/1a5d9a_4fb3842341744864a8be849fecb99114mv2.jpg)
Sarah Jessica Johnson
Assistant Professor of English, University of Chicago
![Josephine McDonagh](https://www.spectaclesofdecline.humanities.uchicago.edu/files/2021/03/1a5d9a_51d3b5064aa040a9bcad8842468203f1mv2.jpg)
Josephine McDonagh
Professor of English, University of Chicago
![Kaneesha Parsard](https://www.spectaclesofdecline.humanities.uchicago.edu/files/2021/03/1a5d9a_69993e39ad8a4cadb21c2193ea705e58mv2.jpg)
Kaneesha Parsard
Assistant Professor of English, University of Chicago
![Zachary Samalin](https://www.spectaclesofdecline.humanities.uchicago.edu/files/2021/03/1a5d9a_bd3033637111489d9a2deb9b61c41ff5mv2.jpg)
Zachary Samalin
Assistant Professor of English, University of Chicago
![Christopher Taylor](https://www.spectaclesofdecline.humanities.uchicago.edu/files/2021/03/1a5d9a_321c3573b032457ab16b1f4d86f76cf0mv2.jpg)
Christopher Taylor
Associate Professor of English, University of Chicago