ProfessorAndrew R. Hilen Professor of American Literature and CultureDirector of Graduate Studies206-543-6077ec22@uw.eduPDL A-103Office Hours: Weekly Thurs 2-4 and by appointment. Please email me to set a time and receive a link.Fields of Interest 18th Century 19th Century 20th Century American Feminism and Feminist Theory Film/Cinema Literature Postcolonial TelevisionBackground and ExperienceSummaryA.B., Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley, 1982Ph.D., English, University of California, Berkeley, 1990Areas of Specialization American studies, post-colonial studies, feminism, 18th, 19th, and 20th C. U.S.literatures; film and television Activities and Interest My current research extends a line of inquiry begun in my 2017 monograph, Neocitizenship: Political Culture after Democracy. This book argues, in part, for the value of thinking transformations in political economy through the lens of popular culture. It has become commonplace to suggest that our present (neoliberal) moment is marked by the erosion or collapse of modern political institutions, Yet the political theory by which we apprehend this collapse emerges from precisely the modern historical synthesis that we is now, to all appearances, unraveling. When we take the measure of the present by deploying analytical categories forged in a prior epoch, it becomes difficult to read our own moment as anything but a ruined or degraded version of the past. Hence my turn in Neocitizenship to forms of popular culture (SF, television, manifestos, gonzo journalism) less closely bound to the normative categories and imaginative horizons of modern political economy. My new research extends my focus on the relays between political and popular culture. In particular, I am interested in the narratives of zombie apocalypse (in film, television, print fiction, and comics) and alternative ways to imagine mass politics. Research Publications, Essays and Articles “Keyword: #Me,Too,” differences: a journal of feminist cultural studies, 30:1, special issue on “Sex Panics,” editor Robyn Wiegman (May 2019): 15-23 “Palestine and the Public Sphere” (with Tom Foster, Amy Hagopian, Caitlin Palo, Shon Meckfessel, Michael V. Perez, and Sandra Silberstein), South Atlantic Quarterly 117:1 (January 2018): 190-2342 Eva Cherniavsky. “Neocitizenship and Critique.” Social Text 99 (Summer 2009): 1-23. Eva Cherniavsky. “The Romance of the Subaltern in the Twilight of Citizenship.” Global South 1:1 Eva Cherniavsky. “Visionary Politics: Feminist Interventions in the Culture of Images.” (review essay) Feminist Studies 26:3 (Summer 2000). Eva Cherniavsky. “Real Again: Melodrama and the Subject of HIV/AIDS.” GLQ 4:3 (Summer 1998). Eva Cherniavsky. “Subaltern Studies in a U.S. Frame.” boundary 2 23:2 (Summer 1996). Publications, Books Neocitizenship: Political Culture afer Democracy (New York University Press, 2017) Eva Cherniavsky. Incorporations: Race, Nation, and the Body Politics of Capital. University of Minnesota Press. 2006. Eva Cherniavsky. That Pale Mother Rising: Sentimental Discourses and the Imitation of Motherhood in 19th C. America. Indiana University Press. 1995. Publications, Book Chapters Eva Cherniavsky. “The Canny Subaltern.” Theory After Theory. Eds. Jane Elliot and Derek Attridge. Routledge, Taylor, and Francis. Eva Cherniavsky. “Race.” Blackwell Encylopedia of the Novel. Eds. Susan Hegeman and Peter Logan. (Basel Blackwell Publishers). 2010. Research Advised: Graduate Dissertations Alzaroo, Lubna. Settler Colonial Infrastructure: Necropolitics and Ecology in the U.S. and Palestine. 2020. University of Washington, PhD dissertation. Kumler, David Ryan. Into the Seething Vortex: Occult Horror and the Subversion of the Realistic. 2020. University of Washington, PhD dissertation. Murr, Jed. The Unquiet Dead: Race and Violence in the "Post-Racial" United States. 2014. University of Washington, PhD dissertation. Schmidt, Suzanne. "Crafting" the Race House of the Domestic Individual: Political Subjectivities, Hierarchy, and Value in the Crafting and Do-It-Yourself Labors of Domestic Fiction, 1850 - Present. 2014. University of Washington, PhD dissertation. Hisayasu, Curtis Toyo. Strangers in the City: U.S. Liberalism, Literary Realism, and the Politics of Illegibility. 2013. University of Washington, PhD dissertation. Morse, Jason H. Promiscuous Contextualities: Race, Sex, Gender, and the Problem of the Stereotype in the Politics of Representation. 2013. University of Washington, PhD dissertation. Ravela, Christian. States of Dispossession: US Political Culture, State Form, and Race from 1930 to the Present. 2013. University of Washington, PhD dissertation. Rose, Andrew M. Towards a Postnatural Environmental Politics: Distributed Agency and Political Subjectivity in U.S. Literature and Culture. 2013. University of Washington, PhD dissertation. Trujillo, Simon Ventura. Forgotten Pueblos: La Alianza Federal de Mercedes and the Cultural Politics of Indo-Hispano. 2013. University of Washington, PhD dissertation. Boyd, Kathleen E. 'Thoughts that Burn but Cannot be Spoken': Re-imagining the Political within Histories of Feminist Activism. 2013. University of Washington, PhD dissertation. Research Advised: Undergraduate Symposia John ("Jack") Chelgren, "The Anxious Lyric: Subjectivity and Politics in American Experimental Writing during the 1970s," 2015. Samuel Pizelo, "Born Dying:' Cultural Futures, Social Space, and Reproductive Economy in Southern African AIDS Narratives," 2014. Courses Taught Autumn 2021 ENGL 506 A: Modern and Contemporary Critical Theory Spring 2021 ENGL 204 A: Popular Fiction and Media Autumn 2020 ENGL 506 A: Modern and Contemporary Critical Theory: (Un)thinking the Discipline Spring 2020 ENGL 537 A: Topics In American Studies: American Studies in a Moment of Danger Autumn 2019 ENGL 202 A: Introduction to the Study of English Language and Literature Autumn 2018 ENGL 202 A: Introduction to the Study of English Language and Literature ENGL 452 A: Topics in American Literature Spring 2018 ENGL 351 A: American Literature: The Colonial Period Winter 2018 ENGL 440 A: Special Studies in Literature ENGL 555 A: Feminist Theories Autumn 2017 ENGL 202 A: Introduction To The Study Of English Language And Literature Spring 2017 ENGL 204 A: Popular Fiction And Media: The Zombie Apocalypse Autumn 2016 ENGL 440 A: Special Studies In Literature: Hardboiled, Noir and the Politics of Style ENGL 506 A: Modern And Contemporary Critical Theory: Intro to Graduate Studies: (Un)thinking the Discipline Autumn 2015 ENGL 440 A: Special Studies In Literature: Hardboiled, Noir and the Politics of Style ENGL 506 A: Modern And Contemporary Critical Theory: Introduction to Graduate Studies: (Un)thinking the Discipline Spring 2015 ENGL 537 A: Topics In American Studies: American Studies and the Nation Form Winter 2015 ENGL 352 A: American Literature: The Early Nation: The Early Nation Autumn 2014 ENGL 207 A: Introduction To Cultural Studies: Vampire Romance ENGL 494 B: Honors Seminar: Hardboiled, Noir and the Politics of Style Spring 2014 ENGL 555 A: Feminist Theories: Feminist Theory Winter 2014 ENGL 207 A: Introduction To Cultural Studies: Vampire Romance ENGL 207 AB: Introduction To Cultural Studies Autumn 2013 ENGL 352 A: American Literature: The Early Nation News Related News Alumni Updates Jan 6, 2020 Faculty Notes May 15, 2019 Faculty Publications May 30, 2017 Faculty Publish New Books Jan 18, 2017 Emerging Directions and Continuing Traditions in the English Department May 6, 2015 Endowed Research : Hilen Endows Literary and Cultural Studies Dec 13, 2013 Share: Print PDF