Dr. Eduardo Cadava

Biography

Eduardo Cadava is the Philip Mayhew Professor of English at Princeton University. He is also an Associate Member of the Department of Comparative Literature and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Cadava serves on several Executive Committees including the Program in Media Modernity, Program in European Cultural Studies, Program in Latin American Studies, and Program in Jazz Studies. His expertise lies in American literature and culture, comparative literature, media technologies, literary political theory, translation, and citizenship issues. He has authored significant works such as 'Words of Light: Theses on Photography,' 'History (Princeton),' and 'Emerson and the Climates of History (Stanford).' His recent publication, 'Paper Graveyards,' was released by MIT Press in 2021. Cadava has received numerous accolades including the 2023 Frank Jewett Mather Award for art criticism and an Honorable Mention for the 2024 René Wellek Prize from the American Comparative Literature Association. He has been involved in various projects that address the intersections of political conflict and climate change, working in places like the Amazon and the Arctic. His teaching and research interests encompass American Literature, Contemporary Literature, Media Studies, Literary Theory, and the relationship between Literature and Ethnicity.

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