Online via  Zoom. Registration Required. All are welcome!

Contact John James johnjames@berkeley.edu for registration and Zoom information.

A roundtable of international scholars considers the work of Sukanya Banerjee on the occasion of her recent addition to the UC Berkeley English Department. Professor Banerjee’s 2018 Victorian Literature and Culture essay “Transimperial” will serve as the touchstone for a discussion ranging across the various topics and fields addressed in her recent work.

Pdf of “Transimperial” will be provided. Attendees are invited to submit questions beforehand or to use the Chat/Q&A function during the colloquium.

Moderator: John James (UC Berkeley)

Speakers: Alicia Mireles Christoff (Amherst College)

Ian Duncan (UC Berkeley)

Elaine Freedgood (New York University)

Isabel Hofmeyr (University of the Witwatersrand)

Ruth Livesey (Royal Holloway, University of London)

Elizabeth Carolyn Miller (UC Davis)

Nasser Mufti (University of Illinois, Chicago)

James Vernon (UC Berkeley)