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Doris Sommer

Ira Jewell Williams, Jr., Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and in African and African American Studies

 
  • Office: Boylston Hall 417
  • Phone: (617) 495-5273
  • Fax: (617) 496-4682
  • E-mail: dsommer@fas.harvard.edu
  • Office hours: Tuesday 11-1



Academic degrees: A.B., Douglas College, NJ; M.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Ph.D., Rutgers University
Research 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.
  • Foundational Fictions: The National Romances of Latin America. University of California Press, 1993.
    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 April 22, 2009