Join UT Profs Frederick Luis Aldama (English), Domino Perez (English), and Steven Mintz (History) as they discuss and deliberate the current state of literary studies and the humanities generally within and outside the university.
Literature
Into the COLAverse – Episode 14: Adela Pineda
Adela Pineda is an award-winning scholar and Lozano Long Endowed Professor in Latin American Literary and Cultural Studies. In this episode, Frederick talks with Adela about her origin story and what events led her to her field. They discuss visual technologies, literature, film, and the Mexican Revolution.
Into the COLAverse – Episode 9: Janine Barchas
Janine Barchas, professor in English and Regent’s Council Centennial Professor in the Book Arts, shares how she became fascinated with the literature and all things (eyeglasses, donkey carriage, and pianos) to do with Jane Austen, including for instance how cheap reprints grew working class readerships.
Into the COLAverse – Episode 3: Deborah Beck
Deborah Beck, professor in the department of Classics, shares her journey from her childhood filled with reading Greek myths to her studies of speech and aesthetics in Greek poetry today, especially enriching understanding about how different storytelling devices that shape say the Homeric epic cue and trigger different emotion and thought processes in specifically directed ways.
Into the COLAverse – Episode 2: Heather Houser
Heather Houser, professor in English, shares insights into her journey to become a scholar of literature and what environmental fiction and nonfiction can shed light on our climate crisis and open new pathways implementing solutions.