Dr. Chris Bongie

Biography

Chris Bongie specializes in Comparative Literature with a focus on late-nineteenth to early-twentieth century British, French, and Italian literature. His research over the past decades has been largely devoted to postcolonial writing, particularly centering on Anglophone and Francophone Caribbean literature and theory. He is currently working on a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council funded project titled 'Phoenix Rising: Race, Literacy, and the Emergence of Early Haitian Literature.' Bongie's recent publications include articles on early Haitian literature and its intersections with race, and he has contributed to the edited volume 'Haiti’s Literary Legacies: Romanticism and the Unthinkable Revolution.' His research time has focused particularly on the Haitian Revolution and its immediate aftermath (1791-1825), which fits within the frameworks of Transatlantic Romanticism and Global Nineteenth-Century Studies. Bongie's teaching interests encompass a wide array of topics and time periods, including undergraduate courses on Cultural Studies, Transatlantic Literature, and Popular Culture, and he has taught various graduate courses covering Romantic, Victorian, Modernist, and Postcolonial Literatures. He is slated for retirement in 2026-2027 and will no longer take graduate supervisions.

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