Ira Jewell Williams, Jr., Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and in African and African American Studies
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- Boylston Hall 417
- Phone: 617-495-5273
- Office hours fall 2008: to be announced
- E-mail: dsommer@fas.harvard.edu
Academic degrees: A.B., Douglas College, NJ; M.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Ph.D., Rutgers University
Interests: 19th-Century Narrative in Latin American Women's Literature; Ethnic Literature; Bilingual Aesthetics.
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Prof. Sommer is Director of the
Cultural
Agents Initiative. Click here to view Professor Sommer's
curriculum vitae.
Recent
books:
Cultural Agency in the Americas, edited by Doris Sommer. Duke University Press, 2005.
Abrazos Y Rechazos Como Leer En Clave Menor. Fondo De Cultura Económica , 2005.
Bilingual
Games: Some Literary Investigations,
edited by Doris Sommer. Palgrave, 2004.
Bilingual
Aesthetics: A New Sentimental Education. Duke University Press,
2004.
Ficciones Fundacionales. Fondo De Cultura Económica , 2004.
Ficções de fundação: os romances nacionais da América Latina. Editora UFMG, 2004.
Proceed with Caution, When Engaged by Minority Writing in the Americas. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999.
In the News:
"How I'll Spend my Summer Vacation " The Harvard Gazette, June 9, 2005
Courses
taught 2008-2009:
Romance Studies 202. Ethics and Aesthetics (Graduate Seminar in General Education) (co-taught with Francesco Erspamer) (fall)
Spanish 65. Bilingual Arts (spring)
Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 13 (formerly Spanish 180). Cultural Agents
(under General Education)Spanish 186. Tobacco and Sugar (fall)
Other
courses taught:
[Spanish 243. Foundational Fiction and Film
STAR E-130. Youth Arts for Social Change (Extension School)
For
more information, go to the
Romance Languages and Literatures course catalogue.
Last
updated on
July 9, 2008
