Dr. Kenneth Jackson

Biography

Kenneth David Jackson is a Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies for Portuguese at Yale University. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, awarded in 1973. His research interests encompass Portuguese Brazilian Literatures, focusing on key literary figures such as Camões, Machado de Assis, and Fernando Pessoa. Jackson's work delves into modernist and vanguardist literature, as well as inter-arts literature, and he has a keen interest in Portuguese culture in Asia and ethnomusicology. He has authored several significant publications, including 'Goa: Post-Colonial Society Cultures' (2018), 'Machado de Assis: Literary Life' (2015), and 'Adverse Genres Fernando Pessoa' (2010). His editorial contributions include the 'Oxford Anthology Brazilian Short Story' (2006) and he has organized numerous symposia on topics such as Brazilian Concrete Poetry and contemporary Brazilian theater. Jackson is an active member of the International Advisory Board at the Centro Interuniversitário de Estudos Camonianos at the Universidade de Coimbra in Portugal.

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