Dr. Chana Morgenstern

Biography

Chana Morgenstern is an Associate Professor of Postcolonial Middle Eastern Literature at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow at Newnham College. As a scholar, writer, and translator, she specializes in Middle Eastern literatures, including Arabic literature, Palestinian literature, and Hebrew Jewish literatures. Her research interests encompass comparative literature, anticolonial literatures and cultures, and the intellectual histories of the Middle East. Morgenstern is co-director of Revolutionary Papers, an international research collaboration examining 20th-century anticolonial and postcolonial periodicals' impact on literature, politics, and society in the Global South. She also co-convenes the Archives Disappeared initiative, which focuses on documenting communities and movements affected by political repression and violence. Her expertise extends to feminist and queer theory, as well as archival theory, making her a significant contributor to the study and understanding of the complex dynamics in contemporary Middle Eastern literature. Among her selected publications is the monograph "Cultural Co-Resistance Palestine/Israel: Collaboration Colonialism," which was published by Edinburgh University Press in 2023. Morgenstern's work is characterized by a commitment to exploring the intersection of literature and social movements, emphasizing the importance of inclusivity in literary study and translation.

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