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Thomas Keenan
Director, Human Rights Project; Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Academic Program Affiliation(s): Human Rights Program, Literature
Academic Expertise: Human Rights Program
Area of Specialization: literature, media, human rights, political theory
Biography:
B.A., Amherst College; M. Phil., Ph.D., Yale University. Author, Fables of Responsibility (1997); articles in PMLA, New York Times, Wired, Aperture, Bidoun, Political Theory, others. Editor, The End(s) of the Museum (1996); coeditor, New Media, Old Media (2005); Responses (1989); Paul de Man, Wartime Journalism, 1939–1943 (1988). Editorial and advisory board member, Journal of Human Rights, Grey Room, Crimes of War Project, Scholars at Risk Network, others. (1999– ) Director, Human Rights Project; Associate Professor of Comparative Literature.
Interests:
Research Interests: media and conflict; literary and political theory; humanitarianism; violence and politics
Teaching Interests: human right practice and theory; close reading of literary texts; media and new media theory; literary theory
Other Interests: testimony and witness; post-structuralism
Phone: 845-758-7387
E-mail: keenan@bard.edu
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