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Djelal Kadir | |
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| Born | 1946, Cyprus |
| Occupation | Professor Emeritus, Scholar Editor, Musician |
| Alma mater | Yale University (B.A.), University of New Mexico (Ph.D.) |
| Genre | World Literature, American literature, Latin American literature, Philosophy and literature, Literary Theory |
| Subject | Postcolonialism, Comparative Literature, Philosophy and literature,American Studies, Modernism/Postmodernism |
| Spouse | Juana Celia Djelal (m. 1969, d. 2019) |
Djelal Kadir (born 1946) is a Cypriot-born American academic and writer, currently the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Comparative Literature, Emeritus, at Pennsylvania State University. He is known for his work in the fields of world literature, literatures of the Americas, and literary theory.
Kadir taught at Pennsylvania State University from 1998 until his retirement in 2016. Previously, he was the editor of the literary journal World Literature Today from 1991 to 1997. He has published numerous articles and authored or edited over a dozen books. His scholarly works have been translated into Greek, Polish, Turkish, French, Arabic, Spanish, and Chinese.[1]
Since his academic retirement, he has served as the Founding Director and cellist for The MAC Chamber Ensemble in Portland, Oregon.[citation needed]
Education
[edit]Kadir earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in 1969 and his Ph.D. from the University of New Mexico in 1972.[2]
Career
[edit]Kadir began his teaching career as a Visiting Instructor of Portuguese at the University of Nevada, Reno for the 1971–1972 academic year.[3] From 1973 to 1991, he taught at Purdue University, where he progressed from Assistant Professor to Professor and Director of Comparative Literature.[4]
In 1991, Kadir moved to the University of Oklahoma as the Walter and Dolores K. Neustadt Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature. During his tenure there, which lasted until 1998, he served as the Editor of World Literature Today[5] and as the Jury Chair and Convener for the Neustadt International Prize for Literature.[6] As editor, he published numerous special issues on topics such as post-apartheid South African literature, contemporary American Indian literatures, and post-Soviet Central Asian literatures, often in collaboration with UNESCO.[7] He also received the State Governor’s “Marilyn Douglas Memorial Award” for his service as a member of the Oklahoma Arts Council from 1991 to 1996.[8]
In 1998, Kadir joined Pennsylvania State University as the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Comparative Literature. After a career of more than four decades, he retired in 2016.[9]
Kadir is the Founding President of the International American Studies Association[10] and has served on the boards of numerous professional organizations, including the American Comparative Literature Association and the International Comparative Literature Association, where he chaired its Standing Committee on Literary Theory.[11]
He is also a senior fellow and board member of international bodies such as the Stockholm Collegium of World Literary History and the Institute for World Literature at Harvard University.[12]
Publications
[edit]Kadir has authored, edited, and translated numerous volumes. The following is a selection of his works.
Books
[edit]Single-authored
[edit]- Solitude: Apocryphal Posts from Distant Archives (Ethics International Press, 2025)[13]
- Memos from the Besieged City: Lifelines for Cultural Sustainability (Stanford UP, 2011)
- The Other Writing: Postcolonial Essays in Latin America's Writing Culture (Purdue UP, 1993)
- Columbus and the Ends of the Earth: Europe's Prophetic Rhetoric As Conquering Ideology (Univ. of California Press, 1992)
- Questing Fictions: Latin America's Family Romance (University of Minnesota Press, 1986)
- Juan Carlos Onetti (Twayne, 1977)
Edited
[edit]- Literature: A World History (4 vols.) (Wiley-Blackwell, 2022)[14]
- Routledge Companion to World Literature (co-editor) (Routledge, 2012; 2nd ed. 2023)[15]
- How Far Is America From Here? (co-editor) (Rodopi, 2005)
- Comparative History of Latin American Literary Cultures (3 vols., co-editor) (Oxford University Press, 2004)
- Longman Anthology of World Literature (6 vols., co-editor) (Pearson/Longman, 2004; 2nd ed. 2008)[16]
- Other Modernisms in An Age of Globalization (co-editor) (Winter Verlag, 2002)
- Triple Espera: Novelas Cortas de Hispanoamérica (editor) (Harcourt Brace, 1976)
Translation and edition
[edit]- João Cabral de Melo Neto: Selected Poetry 1937-1990 (editor and translator) (Wesleyan UP, 1994)
Selected articles and book chapters
[edit]- "Plague, Pestilence, Pandemic: Keywords for a Cultural Epidemiology of the Present," Review of International American Studies (RIAS) (2023)[17]
- "Dissent in the Reign of Ignorance, or Parsing the Epistemology of Empire," in World Literature and Dissent (Routledge, 2019)[18]
- "The Empire of Liberty: Extractive Imperialism in a Globalization Era," in The Routledge Companion to Inter-American Studies (Routledge, 2017)[19]
- "World Literature: The Allophone, the Differential, and the Common," MLQ (Modern Language Quarterly) (2013)[20]
- "What Does It Mean to Write a World Literary History Now?" in A World History of Literature (Kloninklijke Vlaamse van Belgie Voor Wetenschapppen en Kunsten, 2012)[21]
- "To Compare, To World: Two Verbs, One Discipline," The Comparatist (2010)[22]
- "Comparative Literature in An Age of Terrorism," in Comparative Literature in An Age of Globalization (Johns Hopkins UP, 2006)
- "Defending America Against Its Devotees," Comparative American Studies (2004)
- "To World, To Globalize: Comparative Literature's Crossroads," Comparative Literature Studies (2004)
- "Introduction: America and its Studies," PMLA (2003)
Honors and awards
[edit]Kadir is the recipient of numerous awards and grants. A selection includes:
- Distinguished Visiting Professor, La Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy (2016)[23]
- Fellow, Rockefeller Foundation International Study Center, Bellagio, Italy (2014)[24]
- The Comparative Literature Faculty Teaching Award, Penn State University (2008)[25]
- College of Liberal Arts Distinguished Service Medal, Penn State University (2007)[26]
- "Marilyn Douglas Memorial Award," Governor's Arts Awards, Oklahoma (1996)[27]
- Multiple co-publication grants from UNESCO for special issues of World Literature Today (1995–1996)[28]
References
[edit]- ^ Academia.edu, "Djelal Kadir Resume/CV | Penn State University, Comparative Literature, Emeritus", https://psu-us.academia.edu/DjelalKadir/CurriculumVitae
- ^ Academia.edu, "Djelal Kadir Resume/CV | Penn State University, Comparative Literature, Emeritus", https://psu-us.academia.edu/DjelalKadir/CurriculumVitae
- ^ Academia.edu, "Djelal Kadir Resume/CV | Penn State University, Comparative Literature, Emeritus", https://psu-us.academia.edu/DjelalKadir/CurriculumVitae
- ^ Academia.edu, "Djelal Kadir Resume/CV | Penn State University, Comparative Literature, Emeritus", https://psu-us.academia.edu/DjelalKadir/CurriculumVitae
- ^ World Literature Today, "History", https://worldliteraturetoday.org/history
- ^ The Neustadt Prizes, "1992 – João Cabral de Melo Neto", https://www.neustadtprize.org/1992-neustadt-laureate-joao-cabral-de-melo-neto/
- ^ UNESCO-EOLSS, "Comparative Literature: Sharing Knowledges for Preserving Cultural Diversity", https://www.eolss.net/outlinecomponents/comparative-literature-sharing-knowledges-preserving-cultural-diversity.aspx
- ^ The Oklahoman,"1996 Arts Awards Recipients Named Presentation at Capitol",https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1996/10/20/1996-arts-awards-recipients-named-presentation-at-capitol/62339575007/
- ^ Academia.edu, "Djelal Kadir Resume/CV | Penn State University, Comparative Literature, Emeritus", https://psu-us.academia.edu/DjelalKadir/CurriculumVitae
- ^ International American Studies Association,"Home",https://iasa-world.org/
- ^ ICLA, "People (former Presidents)",https://iclatheory.org/members/
- ^ Harvard | Institute for World Literature, "Djelal Kadir",https://iwl.fas.harvard.edu/resource/djelal-kadir
- ^ Ethics Press, "Solitude",https://ethicspress.com/products/solitude
- ^ Academia.edu, "Djelal Kadir Resume/CV | Penn State University, Comparative Literature, Emeritus", https://psu-us.academia.edu/DjelalKadir/CurriculumVitae
- ^ Academia.edu, "Djelal Kadir Resume/CV | Penn State University, Comparative Literature, Emeritus", https://psu-us.academia.edu/DjelalKadir/CurriculumVitae
- ^ Academia.edu, "Djelal Kadir Resume/CV | Penn State University, Comparative Literature, Emeritus", https://psu-us.academia.edu/DjelalKadir/CurriculumVitae
- ^ Academia.edu, "Djelal Kadir Resume/CV | Penn State University, Comparative Literature, Emeritus", https://psu-us.academia.edu/DjelalKadir/CurriculumVitae
- ^ Academia.edu, "Djelal Kadir Resume/CV | Penn State University, Comparative Literature, Emeritus", https://psu-us.academia.edu/DjelalKadir/CurriculumVitae
- ^ Academia.edu, "Djelal Kadir Resume/CV | Penn State University, Comparative Literature, Emeritus", https://psu-us.academia.edu/DjelalKadir/CurriculumVitae
- ^ Academia.edu, "Djelal Kadir Resume/CV | Penn State University, Comparative Literature, Emeritus", https://psu-us.academia.edu/DjelalKadir/CurriculumVitae
- ^ Academia.edu, "Djelal Kadir Resume/CV | Penn State University, Comparative Literature, Emeritus", https://psu-us.academia.edu/DjelalKadir/CurriculumVitae
- ^ Academia.edu, "Djelal Kadir Resume/CV | Penn State University, Comparative Literature, Emeritus", https://psu-us.academia.edu/DjelalKadir/CurriculumVitae
- ^ Academia.edu, "Djelal Kadir Resume/CV | Penn State University, Comparative Literature, Emeritus", https://psu-us.academia.edu/DjelalKadir/CurriculumVitae
- ^ Academia.edu, "Djelal Kadir Resume/CV | Penn State University, Comparative Literature, Emeritus", https://psu-us.academia.edu/DjelalKadir/CurriculumVitae
- ^ Academia.edu, "Djelal Kadir Resume/CV | Penn State University, Comparative Literature, Emeritus", https://psu-us.academia.edu/DjelalKadir/CurriculumVitae
- ^ Academia.edu, "Djelal Kadir Resume/CV | Penn State University, Comparative Literature, Emeritus", https://psu-us.academia.edu/DjelalKadir/CurriculumVitae
- ^ The Oklahoman,"1996 Arts Awards Recipients Named Presentation at Capitol",https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1996/10/20/1996-arts-awards-recipients-named-presentation-at-capitol/62339575007/
- ^ UNESCO-EOLSS, "Comparative Literature: Sharing Knowledges for Preserving Cultural Diversity", https://www.eolss.net/outlinecomponents/comparative-literature-sharing-knowledges-preserving-cultural-diversity.aspx
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