Dr. Robert Mitchell

Biography

Robert Edward Mitchell is a Professor of English at Duke University, where he has been a faculty member since 2013. His research focuses on the long history of relationships between the sciences and the arts, with a special emphasis on the eighteenth century and the Romantic era. Mitchell is the author of four single-author monographs: 'Sympathy and the State in the Romantic Era: Systems, State Finance, and the Shadows of Futurity' (Routledge, 2007), 'Bioart: Vitality and Media' (University of Washington Press, 2010), 'Experimental Life: Vitalism, Romantic Science, and Literature' (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013), and 'Infectious Liberty: Biopolitics, Romanticism, and Liberalism' (2021). He has held various affiliations, including being an affiliate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society since 2014. His recent work includes examining the interconnections between biopolitics and Romantic literature, striving to recontextualize historical themes within contemporary academic discourse.

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