Dr. Corey Byrnes

Associate Professor

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Biography

Corey Byrnes is an Associate Professor in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at Northwestern University, with a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley (2013). His research and teaching interests encompass environmental humanities, 19th-21st century Sinophone literature, film, visual culture, animal studies, and landscape spatial studies. Byrnes is a core faculty member and Director of Graduate Studies in Northwestern's Comparative Literary Studies Program, and he co-directs the Kaplan Institute Humanities’ Environmental Humanities Workshop. His book, "Fixing Landscape: Techno-Poetic History of China's Gorges" (Columbia University Press, 2019), received the Weatherhead Book Award from Columbia University in 2018 and was an honorable mention for the American Comparative Literature Association’s 2020 Harry Levin Prize. His ongoing research includes the project “Cultures Threat,” which theorizes the mechanisms of cultural representation and environmental futures related to the perceptions of

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Professor

2019-09-01 — Present

Northwestern University • Evanston, IL

Teaching and researching in the field of Asian languages and cultures.

Awards

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Harry Levin Prize

2020-01-01
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Weatherhead Book Award

2018-01-01

Requirements for Northwestern University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
U.S. Bachelor's degree or equivalent
Application Checklist
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  • Letters of recommendation
  • Statement of purpose
  • Resume/CV
  • TOEFL/IELTS scores (if applicable)
Specialization Notes

Standard PhD requirements for TGS departments including Chemistry, Physics, and Sociology.