Dr. Imre Szeman

Biography

Imre Szeman holds a PhD in Literature from Duke University, an MA in Theory and Criticism from the University of Western Ontario, and a BA in Philosophy from Queen’s University. His main areas of research include energy studies, environmental studies, social and political philosophy, critical theory, and cultural studies. From 1999 to 2009, he taught at McMaster University and subsequently worked at the University of Alberta from 2009 to 2016. Szeman has received several accolades including the John Polanyi Prize in Literature in 2000, the Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award in 2003, and the Scotiabank-AUCC Award for Excellence in Internationalization in 2004. He held the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship from 2005 to 2007, the President's Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision at McMaster in 2008, and the Killam Research Professorship in 2013. In 2015, he was awarded the J. Gordin Kaplan Award for Excellence in Research from the University of Alberta, recognizing his exemplary contributions in the humanities and social sciences. He served as a Leverhulme Visiting Professor in Critical Studies at the University of Glasgow in 2020.

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