Vanderbilt University English and American studies Prof. Teresa Goddu gave a talk about the intersection of the environment, race and Gothic literature Monday. Goddu’s talk was part of the English department’s American Cultures Colloquium, which brings scholars to Northwestern to examine American history through shared artifacts. Through a deep dive into Jesmyn Ward’s newest novel,.
English and Asian American studies Prof. Michelle Huang discussed at a Monday event how Asian American dystopian fiction provides a case study through which healthcare inequities could be analyzed. “Reading contemporary Asian American literature chiefly through proximity to or exclusion from whiteness fails to grasp how it fits into a broader racial formation,” Huang said. .