Alexander Fyfe Assistant Professor Dr. Alexander Fyfe received his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and African Studies from the Pennsylvania State University in 2019. Prior to joining UGA, he taught at the American University of Beirut and the University of Edinburgh. While his primary focus is modern African literatures, he also teaches in the areas of postcolonial literatures, world literature, and critical theory. Dr. Fyfe's research is concerned with the relations between politics and literary form in modern African literatures. His current book project argues that African writers have consistently used literature as a kind of decolonial practice. Writers such as diverse as Gabriel Okara, Bessie Head, Susan Kiguli, and Chwayita Ngamlana use a wide variety of literary forms to articulate new and politically expedient modes of existence, beyond the constraints of coloniality. In addition to his published articles, he has edited special issues of African identities and, with Rosemary Jolly, The Cambridge Journal of Postcolonial Literary Inquiry. An essay volume entitled African Literatures as World Literatures, co-edited with Madhu Krishnan, will appear in October 2022 with Bloomsbury Academic Publishing. Selected Publications Selected Publications: African Literatures as World Literature, co-edited with Madhu Krishnan. Bloomsbury Academic Publishing. 2022. "Infrastructure and the Valences of the Literary in Fiston Mwanza Mujila's Tram 83." Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction. Pre-published online, print forthcoming 2022. “‘Reading and Writing... Loudly’: Ikhide R. Ikheloa, Online Criticism, and African Literary Studies.” Social Dynamics. 47.1, 2021, 154-171. “Marxism and African Literary Studies Today.” African Identities 18.1-2, 2020, 1-17. “The Archival Politics of the Postcolonial Special Collection: A Case Study in Literary Value and Amos Tutuola.” ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature 50.2-3, 2019, 137-161. “Wealth in Fiction: Animism, Capitalism, and Ben Okri’s The Famished Road Trilogy.” The Cambridge Journal of Postcolonial Literary Inquiry 5.3, 2018, 318-337. “The Textual Politics of the Land in the Writings of Ken Saro-Wiwa.” Research in African Literatures 48.4, 2017, 78-93. “Universalism and the Specificity of the Literary in Frantz Fanon’s ‘On National Culture’”. Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies 19.6, 2017, 764-780 Read more about Alexander Fyfe
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards The Comparative Literature and Intercultural Studies Department is proud to announce three recipients of the Outstanding Teacher Assistant Award. These recipients are Zhiwen Hu, Amanda Tipton, and Subhraleena Deka. The Center for Teaching and Learning administers this award, sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Instruction, and it recognizes teaching assistants who demonstrate superior teaching skills while serving in the classroom. Congratulations to Zhiwen, Amanda and Subhraleena. Read more about Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards
Departmental Statement On The Current Situation Surrounding People Of Asian Descent In The USA The Department of Comparative Literature and Intercultural Studies extends support to members of our student body and community who have been impacted by the recent wave of hate crimes against people of Asian descent in the United States. Over the past year, we have seen how the country's long history of xenophobia against Asian and Asian Americans was given new guise under false perceptions and rhetoric regarding the COVID-19 pandemic as well as how racism could easily become coupled with misogyny and classism. Read more about Departmental Statement On The Current Situation Surrounding People Of Asian Descent In The USA
Comparative Literature Student Awarded 2021 Presidential Award of Excellence The Comparative Literature Department is pleased to announce that Benjamin A. Houser has been selected to receive the 2021 Presidential Award of Excellence. This award is given to undergraduate students in their final year of study who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement, strong extracurricular involvement, and/or service to and involvement in their respective school or college. Students selected for this award exemplify the best of UGA's undergraduate student body. Congratulations to Benjamin Houser!!! Read more about Comparative Literature Student Awarded 2021 Presidential Award of Excellence
Comparative Literature Faculty/Staff Recognized By Class of 2020 Graduates The UGA Career Center surveys students, asking to identify faculty and staff who have made a significant, positive impact on their career-making process. As a result, four Comparative Literature individuals have been recognized by Class of 2020 graduates. These faculty/staff include Dr. Mi-Ryong Shim, Dr. Hyangsoon Yi, Dr. Karin Myhre and Mr. Willy C. Du. It is with great pleasure that we take this opportunity to acknowledge the impact these individuals have had on the career success of UGA students. Read more about Comparative Literature Faculty/Staff Recognized By Class of 2020 Graduates
PhD Graduate Joins Kennesaw State University We are delighted to announce that our recent PhD graduate Sabnam Ghosh has just joined Kennesaw State University as a Limited Term Assistant Professor in English. Sabnam graduated with her PhD in Comparative Literature from University of Georgia in May 2020. Along with her major degree she also completed a certificate in Women's Studies, Portfolio in Service Learning and Portfolio in Teaching at UGA. Read more about PhD Graduate Joins Kennesaw State University
Ayoola Accepts Position At University of Michigan Congratulations to Gabriel Ayoola, a PhD graduate and Graduate Teaching Assistant in Comparative Literature, who has accepted a position at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He will be responsible for building their Yoruba Program and teaching African Literature and other content courses. Read more about Ayoola Accepts Position At University of Michigan
Restless Minds In Covid Times Submitted by Andrew Simmons Read more about Restless Minds In Covid Times
"Nouning, March 2020" “Nouning, March 2020” by Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor Comments by Wei-Yi Lee https://districtlit.com/2020/05/21/cahnmann-taylor/ N. The process of turning verbs and adjectives into nouns, also called nominalization. What an awesome Read more about "Nouning, March 2020"
