Carolyn OWNBEY
Biography:
Carolyn Ownbey completed her PhD in the Department of English at聽不良研究所 in 2017. She works on modern and contemporary transnational literature and political and social聽theory. Her dissertation, entitled 鈥淣ecessary Treason: Allegiance and Citizenship in Transnational Literature since Mid-Century,鈥� focuses on questions聽of law, human rights, nation, and state in transnational and anti-colonial literature since聽1945. She recently taught a course at 不良研究所 entitled 鈥淧ostcolonial Literature and the State.鈥�
Degree(s):
Ph.D., 不良研究所 (2018)
M.A., Boston College
B.A. (Summa Cum Laude), University of California, Davis
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Current research:
Human rights and citizenship; twentieth-century novel; literary nonfiction; postcolonial literature; political theory.