Branka Arsić

Branka Arsić is the Charles and Lynn Zhang Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.

Branka Arsić
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship (2019)
James Russell Lowell Prize (2016)
Academic background
Education
Academic work
DisciplineAmerican Literature
Institutions

Biography

Arsić was born in Serbia and received her PhD from the University of Belgrade.[1][2] She taught at Central European University in Budapest and the State University of New York at Albany before joining the Columbia University faculty in 2012.[2] She also taught at the Center for Women's Studies in Belgrade.[3][4] Her scholarship specializes in the literature of the 19th century Americas and its scientific, philosophical and religious contexts.[5][6] She was praised for "sharing insights that enable students to see canonical literature in a new light, helping them connect those works to contemporary issues and experiences."[2]

Her book on Henry David Thoreau, Bird Relics: Grief and Vitalism in Thoreau, won the MLA's James Russell Lowell prize for the outstanding book of 2016.[7] She was named a named a Great Immigrant by Carnegie Corporation of New York in 2018.[8] She received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2019 in the field of American literature.[9][10]

Arsić was a visiting professor at Brown University.[1] She is married to Brown professor David Wills.[11][12]

References
  1. "Branka Arsić | English Department". www.brown.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  2. York, Carnegie Corporation of New. "Branka Arsić". Carnegie Corporation of New York. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  3. "Feminism and Yu: Feminist Magazines in Yugoslavia - Ms. Magazine". msmagazine.com. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  4. Belgrade, Computing Centre, School of Electrical Engineering, University of. ""Women's Movements Are Active and Growing Stronger" | Knjizenstvo". www.knjizenstvo.rs. Retrieved 2022-05-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. "Branka Arsić | The Department of English and Comparative Literature". english.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  6. Laux, Cameron. "The best early novels you've never heard of". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  7. "Branka Arsić to Receive MLA's James Russell Lowell Prize". Columbia News. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  8. "English Professor Redefines Literature of the American Renaissance". Columbia News. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  9. "Branka Arsić". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  10. "Branka Arsic wins Guggenheim Fellowship for American Literature | ICLS | Columbia University". Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  11. "Branka Arsić: Druga Srbija u Americi - Ljudi - Dnevni list Danas" (in Serbian). 2017-12-20. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  12. "Wills, David". vivo.brown.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
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