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The Townsend Working Groups bring together faculty and graduate students from various fields and departments with shared research interests. For information about a specific group, please contact the Fellowships Coordinator at townsend_fellowships@berkeley.edu.

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Literature of African America Image

African American Literature

Coordinators:
Michael McGee, Jr. and Nilofar Gardezi

 

Ancient Philosophy Image

Ancient Philosophy

Coordinators:
Markus Kohl and Derin MCleod

 
 
 
 

Animal Studies Image

Animal Studies

Coordinator:
Rasheed Tazudeen

 

Asian Art and Visual Cultures Image

Asian Art and Visual Cultures

Coordinators:
William Ma and Sandra Sardjono

 
 
 
 

Asian Cultural Studies Image

Asian Cultural Studies

Coordinator:
Amy Lee

 

Bay Area Studies Image

Bay Area Studies

Coordinators:
Rachel Brahinsky and Sarah Knuth

 
 
 
 

Berkeley-Stanford British Studies Image

Berkeley-Stanford British Studies

Coordinators:
Tehila Sasson and
James Vernon

 

Berkeley-Stanford City Group Image

Berkeley-Stanford City Group

Coordinators:
Sergio Montero and
Ilaria Giglioli

 
 
 
 

BTWH Image

BTWH: The Emergence of German Modernity

Coordinators:
Erik Born and Nicholas Baer

 

California Studies Image

California Studies

Coordinators:
Richard Walker and Charles Wollenburg

 
 
 
 

Clio's Scroll Image

Clio's Scroll

Coordinators:
Chris Haugh and Caitlin Ellis

 

Consortium on the Novel Image

Consortium on the Novel

Coordinators:
Dan Clinton and Leila Mansouri

 
 
 
 

Contemporary Art Image

Contemporary Art

Coordinators:
Laura Richard,
James P. Smith
,
and Aglaya K. Glebova

 

Contemporary Poetry and Poetics Image

Contemporary Poetry and Poetics

Coordinators:
Gillian Osborne and Jane Gregory

 
 
 

Culture and History of East Central Europe Image

Culture and History of East Central Europe

Coordinators:
Mark Keck-Szajbel and Will Jenkins

 

Dance Studies Image

Dance Studies

Coordinators:
Naomi Bargin and Heather Rastovac

 
 
 
 

Digital Humanities  Image

Digital Humanities

Coordinator:
Aditi Shrikumar

 

Early Modern Studies Image

Early Modern Studies

Coordinators:
Rebecca Munson and Stephanie Bahr

 
 
 
 

Eighteenth Century Studies  Image

Eighteenth Century Studies

Coordinators:
Janet Sorensen and Charity Ketz

 

Emerging Technologies  Image

Emerging Technologies and Their Ramifications

Coordinator:
Marlee Tichenor

 
 
 
 

Folklore Roundtable Image

Folklore Roundtable

Coordinators:
Hector Beltran and Frances Bright

 

Formalism Working Group Image

Formalism

Coordinators:
Stephanie Bahr

 
 
 
 

Found in Translation Image

Found in Translation

Coordinators:
Jonathan Haddad and Usree Bhattacharya

 

Francophone Studies Image

Francophone Studies

Coordinators:
Karl Britto and Soraya Tlatli

 
 
 

Frankfurt School Image

Frankfurt School of Aesthetics and Political Theory

Coordinators:
Sookyoung Lee and Jill Richards

 

Graduate Film Image

Graduate Film

Coordinators:
Patrick Ellis and Rielle Navitski

 
 
 
 

Graduate Medievalists at Berkeley Image

Graduate Medievalists at Berkeley

Coordinators:
R.D. Perry and Marcos Garcia

 

History and Philosophy of Logic, Mathematics and Science Image

History and Philosophy of Logic, Mathematics, and Science

Coordinators:
Lara Buchak and John MacFarlane

 
 
 
 

History of the Book and Reading Image

History of the Book and Reading

Coordinators:
Lynn Huang and Jane Raisch

 

International Organizations in the Twentieth Century Image

International Organizations in the Twentieth Century

Coordinators:
Ti Ngo and James Lin

 
 
 

James Joyce Image

James Joyce

Coordinators:
Joyce Rodal and Rasheed Tazudeen

 

Kroeber Anthropological Society Round Table Series Image

Kroeber Anthropological Society Round Table Series

Coordinators:
Andrew Halley and Marlee Tichenor

 
 
 
 

Late Antique Religions et Society Image

Late Antique Religions et Societies

Coordinators:
Susanna Elm and Eli Weaverdyck

 

Latin American History Studies Image

Latin American History

Coordinators:
Andra Chastain and David Tamayo

 
 
 
 

Literature and Psychoanalysis Image

Literature and Psychoanalysis

Coordinators:
Simon Porzak and Alvin Henry

 

Making UC Futures Image

Making UC Futures

Coordinators:
Catherine Cole, Sara Beckman, and Clark Kellogg

 
 
 

Mediating Natures Image

Mediating Natures

Coordinators:
Juliana Chow and Maude Emerson

 

Medievalisms Image

Medievalisms

Coordinators:
Marcos Garcia and Kenneth Fockele

 
 
 
 

Memory and Identity  Image

Memory and Identity

Coordinators:
Benjamin Porter and Niek Veldhius

 

Muslim Identities and Cultures Image

Muslim Identities and Cultures

Coordinators:
Tala Khanmalek and Paola Bacchetta

 
 
 
 

New Media Image

New Media

Coordinators:
Ashley Ferro-Murray and Ivan Ramos

 

Nineteenth Century and Beyond British Cultural Studies Image

Nineteenth Century and Beyond British Cultural Studies

Coordinators:
Marisa Palacios Knox and Monica Soare

 
 
 
 

Non-Fiction Film Image

Non-Fiction Film

Coordinators:
Rosaria Carbotti and Marina Romani

 

Phenomenology and Language, Body, and Mind Image

Phenomenology and Language, Body, and Mind

Coordinators:
Bradford Taylor and Christopher Patrick Miller

 
 
 

Philosophy and Literature Image

Philosophy and Literature

Coordinators:
Ramona Naddaff and Ryan Roberts

 

Qui Parle Image

Qui Parle

Coordinators:
Marta Figlerowicz and Simon Porzak

 
 
 
 

Russian History "kruzhok" Image

Russian History "Kruzhok"

Coordinators:
Rhiannon Dowling and Jason Morton

 

Slavic Literature "kruzhok" Image

Slavic Languages & Literatures Kruzhok

Coordinators:
Cammeron Girvin,
Susanna Merrill
, and
Josefina Lundblad

 
 
 

Socialisms and Sexualities Image

Socialisms & Sexualities

Coordinators:
Anastasia Kayiatos and Nina Aron

 

Cultural Heritage, Arts and the Law Image

Society for Cultural Heritage, Arts, and the Law

Coordinators:
Bryan Cockrell and Aaron Weil

 
 
 
 

Sound Studies Image

Sound Studies

Coordinators:
Serena Le and Eric Falci

 

State of the Field: Pivotal Books in History Image

State of the Field: Pivotal Books in History

Coordinators:
Peiting C. Li and Katherine Eady

 
 
 
 

Subjectivity and Culture Image

Subjectivity and Culture

Coordinators:
Raphaelle Rabanes and Michael D'Arcy

 

Tourism Studies Image

Tourism Studies

Coordinators:
Jennifer Ann Devine and Nelson Graburn

 
 
 
 

Transit Image

TRANSIT

Coordinators:
Erik Born and Nicholas Baer

 

Transnational Ethnic American Studies Image

Transnational & Ethnic American Studies

Coordinators:
Katie Fleishman and Matt Langione

 
 
 

Urban Political Ecologies Image

Urban Political Ecologies

Coordinators:
Nancy Peluso and Jia Ching Chen

 

Visual Cultures Image

Visual Cultures

Coordinators:
Linda Williams and Anne Nesbet

 

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