Dr. Karen Grumberg

Biography

Karen Grumberg is a Professor in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies and an Associate Professor in both the Center for Jewish Studies and the Program in Comparative Literature at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests include contemporary Hebrew literature and comparative Jewish literatures, incorporating texts in Hebrew, French, and English. She is the author of 'Place Ideology Contemporary Hebrew Literature' and is currently working on a monograph titled 'Hebrew Gothic: Narrative, Nation, Aesthetic.' Grumberg has published several articles and book chapters in her field. She completed her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2004, following an M.A. in the same field and a B.A. in History and English from the University of Texas at Austin. Her accolades include a Research Grant from the Norway-America Foundation in 2012, participation in the Fulbright Scholar Program in 2012, and the Humanities Research Award from the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Austin from 2009 to 2012.

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