ProfessorNancy K. Ketcham Endowed Chair of English206-543-6045lhc3@uw.edu CV (316.24 KB)PDL B-401Office Hours: Mondays 3.30-5.30pm, Zoom (please advance email to schedule a slot)Fields of Interest 19th Century 20th Century African British Caribbean Diaspora Studies Nationalism Postcolonial Race and Ethnicity Transnational Black AtlanticSouth African LiteratureLiterature of EmpireBackground and ExperienceSummaryB.A. (Honors), University of Oxford, 1984D.Phil., University of Oxford, 1992Areas of Specialization African, Black Atlantic and African Diaspora Studies; Postcolonial Studies; South African Literature; late 19th and 20th Century British Literature of empire; black British literature Activities and Interests I’m of African-American, Ashkenazy Jewish and US Anglo origins, am from a Marxist, feminist and black nationalist political background, and grew up in the Highlands of Scotland; all this has influenced my research interests. I analyze the cultures of imperialism and of anti-colonialist resistance, and have a particular interest in South Africa. I am also very interested in black Atlantic and black diaspora studies. My current interdisciplinary book project is provisionally titled Nationalism, Modernity and Transnationalism in African Intellectuals. The book focuses on black South African nationalists, and their links with African-American intellectuals of the early 20th century. Research Publications, Books Laura Chrisman. Postcolonial Contraventions: Cultural Readings of Race, Imperialism and Transnationalism. Manchester University Press. 2003. Laura Chrisman. Editor. “The Rendez-Vous of Conquest”: Rethinking Race and Nation. Lawrence and Wishart. 2001. Laura Chrisman. Rereading the Imperial Romance: British Imperialism and South African Resistance in Haggard, Schreiner and Plaatje. Oxford University Press. 2000. Laura Chrisman. Ed. With Farah Jasmine Griffin and Tukufu Zuberi. Transcending Traditions: Afro-American, African Diaspora and African Studies. The Black Scholar. Journal of Black Studies and Research. 30, 3-4, 2000. Laura Chrisman. Ed. with Patrick Williams. Colonial Discourse and Post-Colonial Theory: A Reader. Harvester Wheatsheaf Press. 1993 / Columbia University Press. 1994. Laura Chrisman. Ed. with John Barrell. Colonial and Post-colonial History. Special issue of History Workshop Journal. 36, 1993. Research Advised: Graduate Dissertations Jaccard, Erik. Speculative Fiction, Catastrophe, and the Devolutionary Imagination in Postwar Britain. 2017. University of Washington, PhD dissertation. Wimberly, Meri. Zimbabwean Literature since 1980: Irrealist Style and Capitalist Modernization. 2017. University of Washington, PhD dissertation. Sohn, Ilsu. Ageing and Imperial Mobility in the British Novel, 1845-1945. 2016. University of Washington, PhD dissertation. Mukherjee, Sharmila. Shakespeare and the Colonial Encounter in India in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. 2016. University of Washington, PhD dissertation. Chetty, Raj. Race Fundamentalism: Caribbean Theater and the Challenge to Black Diaspora. 2013. University of Washington, PhD dissertation. Prasansak, Ram. Giving Ghana at the Edge of the Salt Water. 2011. University of Washington, PhD dissertation. Courses Taught Spring 2021 ENGL 213 A: Modern and Postmodern Literature ENGL 319 A: African Literatures Winter 2021 ENGL 556 A: Cultural Studies: Black Radicalism, Anti-Colonialism, Marxism, and Communism: literary and critical studies Spring 2020 ENGL 319 A: African Literatures Autumn 2019 ENGL 494 B: Honors Seminar Spring 2019 ENGL 242 C: Reading Prose Fiction ENGL 544 A: World Literature in English: Postcolonial Literature and Language (w/ ENGL 569) Winter 2019 ENGL 337 A: The Modern Novel Spring 2018 ENGL 498 B: Senior Seminar ENGL 556 A: Cultural Studies: Frantz Fanon’s Thought Winter 2018 ENGL 242 F: Reading Prose Fiction ENGL 319 A: African Literatures ENGL 590 A: Master of Arts Essay Autumn 2017 ENGL 337 A: The Modern Novel Spring 2017 ENGL 242 D: Reading Prose Fiction Winter 2017 ENGL 342 A: Contemporary Novel ENGL 556 A: Cultural Studies: Black Border Crossings (w/C. Lit 535A) Autumn 2016 ENGL 319 A: African Literatures Spring 2016 ENGL 319 A: African Literatures ENGL 496 B: Major Conference For Honors Winter 2016 ENGL 494 B: Honors Seminar: Revisiting History: Modern Black Narratives of Slavery and Resistance Spring 2015 ENGL 440 A: Special Studies In Literature: The Imperial Romance Autumn 2014 ENGL 319 A: African Literatures Spring 2014 ENGL 337 A: The Modern Novel Winter 2014 ENGL 319 A: African Literatures ENGL 544 A: World Literature In English: Intro to Post-Colonial Lit & Thought (w/C. Lit 535A) Share: Print PDF