Doris Sommer

Title

 Ira Jewell Williams Jr. Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures; Director of Graduate Studies in Spanish

Email

 dsommer@fas.harvard.edu

Telephone

 617-495-5273

Fax

 617-496-4682

Department

 Department of Romance Languages and Literatures

School

 Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Regions of Interest

  Caribbean Region

Countries of Interest

  United States (Latinos), Peru, Argentina

Areas of Expertise

  Romance Languages and Literatures

Mailing Address

 Department of Romance Languages and Literatures Boylston Hall 417 Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138

Office Location

 Boylston Hall 417

Research Interest

 Historical, political, and ethical dimensions of writing in Latin America; Latino communities in the United States

Web Page

 http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~rll/people/faculty/sommer.html

Courses

 Africa in the Americas; Bilingual Aesthetics; Literature & Arts "Foundational Fictions"

Publications

 

Bilingual Aesthetics: A New Sentimental Education (Duke UP, 2004)

Bilingual Games: Some Literary Investigations ed.(Palgrave, 2003)

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