Expertise

Research Areas

  • International Modernism
  • Translation Studies
  • Autobiography
  • Contemporary World Literature
  • Creative Nonfiction

My research and teaching interests include international modernism, the practice and theory of translation (with particular attention to modernism and translation), contemporary world literature, and life-writing (from antiquity to the present).


Expertise:

  • British Literature

The only comparatist in the department, Emily Wittman’s teaching and research interests include international modernism, translation studies, contemporary world literature, travel literature, and autobiography (from Augustine to the present).

Communities
English
Degrees
BA, Yale University, Philosophy
PhD, Princeton University, Comparative Literature