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Louise Hornby is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is an interdisciplinary scholar whose work bridges literary criticism and art history. Her teaching focuses on modernist and contemporary literature, photography, film, and visual culture. Hornby is the author of 'Modernism: Photography, Literature, Film' (Oxford, 2017), in which she examines the photographic signature of stillness in novels and films from the early twentieth century. Her current book project, titled 'Bad Walks,' explores the postural, moral, and political implications of simply putting one foot in front of the other, reflecting on moments when something goes awry—such as missteps or stumbles—and challenging the postural ethics that rely on a steady continuity of uprightness as a moral and aesthetic principle. Hornby's research includes essays on weather, elements, and non-possessive ecologies in contemporary visual art and literature, and she is involved in ongoing projects that connect 20th- and 21st-century art with literary studies, philosophy, and disability studies. She has published widely, with work appearing in journals such as 'Representations,' 'OCTOBER,' and 'Modernism/modernity.'
University of California, Los Angeles • Los Angeles, CA
Teaching modernist and contemporary literature, photography, and film.
Tulane University • New Orleans, LA
Taught courses related to modernist and contemporary literature.
Department of Economics admits primarily for the PhD program.