Amanda Anderson is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities and English[1] and Director of the Cogut Institute for the Humanities at Brown University.[2] She is a literary scholar and theorist who has written on nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature and culture as well as on contemporary debates in literary and cultural theory.[3]
Anderson received her Ph.D. from Cornell University, specializing in Victorian literature and contemporary literary, cultural, and political theory. Her work on the Victorian period has focused on the relation between forms of modern thought and knowledge (across both literature and the human sciences) and understandings of selfhood, social life, and ethics.
She taught at the University of Illinois from 1989 until 1999 when she joined Johns Hopkins University. She was Caroline Donovan Professor of English Literature from 2002 to 2012 and the head of the English department from 2003 to 2009.[4] Her graduate teaching included courses on forms of argument in contemporary theory; Victorian internationalism; Victorian realism; and ethics and aesthetics in Victorian literature. She taught undergraduate courses on Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë, nineteenth-century British fiction, and Victorian poetry and nonfiction prose.
In 2012, she became Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities and English at Brown University.[1] In July 2015, she was appointed as the director of the Cogut Center for the Humanities at Brown University.[2] The Center became an Institute in July 2017.[6]
She delivered the Clarendon Lectures at the University of Oxford in November 2015 under the title "Psyche and Ethos".[7]
In 2020, she launched the podcast series “Meeting Street: Conversations in the Humanities.”[8]
In The Way We Argue Now, Anderson analyzes a number of influential theoretical debates over the past decade or so, with special attention to the forms of argument that shape work in pragmatism, feminism, cosmopolitanism, and proceduralism.
In her 2012 TedxBrownUniversity talk, Anderson reflects on the "distinctive value of the humanities" and argues that the humanities "open one up to an appreciation and an understanding of the centrality of the questions of value to the human experience."[10] After Max Weber, she describes the humanities as engaged in a labor of "clarification": "in assessing works in the humanities, one comes to a better understanding of what one values and how given what one values one can make any number of practical and ethical decisions."[11]
Bibliographyedit
Tainted Souls and Painted Faces: The Rhetoric of Fallenness in Victorian Culture Cornell University Press, 1993, ISBN978-0-8014-2781-7
The Powers of Distance: Cosmopolitanism and the Cultivation of Detachment. Princeton University Press. 2001. ISBN978-0-691-07497-9.
Amanda Anderson; Joseph Valente, eds. (2002). Disciplinarity at the Fin de Siècle. Princeton University Press. ISBN978-0-691-08962-1.
Amanda Anderson and Harry E. Shaw, eds. A Companion to George Eliot. Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. ISBN978-0-470-65599-3.
Bleak Liberalism. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016. ISBN978-0-226-92352-9.
Psyche and Ethos: Moral Life After Psychology. Oxford University Press, 2018. ISBN9780198755821
Amanda Anderson, Rita Felski, and Toril Moi. Character: Three Inquiries in Literary Studies. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2019. ISBN978-0-226-65866-7.
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^ abCoelho, Courtney (17 December 2014). "Anderson to direct Cogut Center for the Humanities". Brown University. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
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^TEDx Talks (2012-11-21), Practicing the Humanities: Amanda Anderson at TEDxBrownUniversity, retrieved 2018-03-10
^TEDx Talks (2012-11-21), Practicing the Humanities: Amanda Anderson at TEDxBrownUniversity, retrieved 2018-03-10
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Amanda Anderson is the Andrew W Mellon Professor of Humanities and English 1 and Director of the Cogut Institute for the Humanities at Brown University 2 She is a literary scholar and theorist who has written on nineteenth and twentieth century literature and culture as well as on contemporary debates in literary and cultural theory 3 Contents 1 Career 2 Awards 3 Work 4 Bibliography 5 ReferencesCareer editAnderson received her Ph D from Cornell University specializing in Victorian literature and contemporary literary cultural and political theory Her work on the Victorian period has focused on the relation between forms of modern thought and knowledge across both literature and the human sciences and understandings of selfhood social life and ethics She taught at the University of Illinois from 1989 until 1999 when she joined Johns Hopkins University She was Caroline Donovan Professor of English Literature from 2002 to 2012 and the head of the English department from 2003 to 2009 4 Her graduate teaching included courses on forms of argument in contemporary theory Victorian internationalism Victorian realism and ethics and aesthetics in Victorian literature She taught undergraduate courses on Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte nineteenth century British fiction and Victorian poetry and nonfiction prose She was Director of the School of Criticism and Theory at Cornell University from 2008 until 2014 when she was appointed Honorary Senior Fellow 5 In 2012 she became Andrew W Mellon Professor of Humanities and English at Brown University 1 In July 2015 she was appointed as the director of the Cogut Center for the Humanities at Brown University 2 The Center became an Institute in July 2017 6 She delivered the Clarendon Lectures at the University of Oxford in November 2015 under the title Psyche and Ethos 7 In 2020 she launched the podcast series Meeting Street Conversations in the Humanities 8 Awards edit2009 Guggenheim Fellowship 9 Work editIn The Way We Argue Now Anderson analyzes a number of influential theoretical debates over the past decade or so with special attention to the forms of argument that shape work in pragmatism feminism cosmopolitanism and proceduralism In her 2012 TedxBrownUniversity talk Anderson reflects on the distinctive value of the humanities and argues that the humanities open one up to an appreciation and an understanding of the centrality of the questions of value to the human experience 10 After Max Weber she describes the humanities as engaged in a labor of clarification in assessing works in the humanities one comes to a better understanding of what one values and how given what one values one can make any number of practical and ethical decisions 11 Bibliography editTainted Souls and Painted Faces The Rhetoric of Fallenness in Victorian Culture Cornell University Press 1993 ISBN 978 0 8014 2781 7 The Powers of Distance Cosmopolitanism and the Cultivation of Detachment Princeton University Press 2001 ISBN 978 0 691 07497 9 Amanda Anderson Joseph Valente eds 2002 Disciplinarity at the Fin de Siecle Princeton University Press ISBN 978 0 691 08962 1 The Way We Argue Now Princeton University Press 2006 ISBN 978 0 691 11404 0 Amanda Anderson and Harry E Shaw eds A Companion to George Eliot Wiley Blackwell 2013 ISBN 978 0 470 65599 3 Bleak Liberalism Chicago University of Chicago Press 2016 ISBN 978 0 226 92352 9 Psyche and Ethos Moral Life After Psychology Oxford University Press 2018 ISBN 9780198755821 Amanda Anderson Rita Felski and Toril Moi Character Three Inquiries in Literary Studies Chicago University of Chicago Press 2019 ISBN 978 0 226 65866 7 References edit a b New Faculty 2012 13 News from Brown Archived from the original on 2018 01 12 Retrieved 2012 09 16 a b Coelho Courtney 17 December 2014 Anderson to direct Cogut Center for the Humanities Brown University Retrieved 5 January 2016 Anderson Amanda vivo brown edu Retrieved 2018 01 11 JHU English People Directory Amanda Anderson Archived from the original on 2008 09 16 Retrieved 2010 02 14 Senior Fellows The School of Criticism and Theory sct cornell edu Retrieved 2018 01 11 Home Cogut Institute for the Humanities www brown edu Retrieved 2018 01 11 Clarendon Lectures Faculty of English www english ox ac uk Retrieved 2018 01 11 https vivo brown edu display asa1 Amanda Anderson John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Archived from the original on 2011 06 22 Retrieved 2010 02 14 TEDx Talks 2012 11 21 Practicing the Humanities Amanda Anderson at TEDxBrownUniversity retrieved 2018 03 10 TEDx Talks 2012 11 21 Practicing the Humanities Amanda Anderson at TEDxBrownUniversity retrieved 2018 03 10 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Amanda Anderson amp oldid 1216013411, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
