Spectacles of Decline: A Symposium on the Waning British Empire

Keynote Speakers and Discussants

Keynote Speakers

Hazel Carby

Hazel Carby

Charles C and Dorothea S Dilley Professor of African American Studies and American Studies, Emerita, Yale University

Santanu Das

Santanu Das

Professor of Modern Literature and Culture, All Souls College, Oxford

Jed Esty

Jed Esty

Vartan Gregorian Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania

James Hevia

James Hevia

Director of Global Studies and Faculty Member, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Chicago

Tariq Jazeel

Tariq Jazeel

Professor of Geography, University College London

Peter Kalliney

Peter Kalliney

William J. Tuggle Chair in English, Social Theory, African American and Africana Studies, University of Kentucky

Nasser Mufti

Nasser Mufti

Associate Head and Associate Professor of English, University of Illlinois at Chicago

Elizabeth Outka

Elizabeth Outka

Professor of English, University of Richmond

Anjuli Fatima Raza Kolb

Anjuli Fatima Raza Kolb

Associate Professor of English, University of Toronto

Claire Seiler

Claire Seiler

Associate Professor of English, Dickinson College

Suman Seth

Suman Seth

Marie Underhill Noll Professor of the History of Science, Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University

Discussants

Maud Ellmann

Maud Ellmann

Interim Chair, Randy L. & Melvin R. Berlin Professor of the Development of the Novel in English, University of Chicago

Sarah Jessica Johnson

Sarah Jessica Johnson

Assistant Professor of English, University of Chicago

Josephine McDonagh

Josephine McDonagh

Professor of English, University of Chicago

Kaneesha Parsard

Kaneesha Parsard

Assistant Professor of English, University of Chicago

Zachary Samalin

Zachary Samalin

Assistant Professor of English, University of Chicago

Christopher Taylor

Christopher Taylor

Associate Professor of English, University of Chicago

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