Dr. Bassam Sidiki

Biography

Bassam Sidiki is an Assistant Professor and Core Faculty member in Asian American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and focuses his research on the intersections of postcolonial studies, medical humanities, and disability studies. His scholarly work has been published in notable journals such as Victorian Studies, The Journal of Medical Humanities, Literature and Medicine, and The Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies. His creative writing has been featured in diverse platforms including Hyphen, Bangalore Review, Wordgathering, Counterclock, and Aleph Review. He is currently working on an academic book titled 'Parasitic Empires: Infection, Insularity, Inter-Imperiality, 1880-2020,' which examines the cultural history of infectious disease in British and US imperial relations throughout the long twentieth century. In addition to his research, he teaches courses such as Postcolonial Literature and Victorian Literature, fostering critical discourse on literary texts and their socio-political contexts.

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