Dr. Timothy Bewes

Professor

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Biography

Timothy Bewes is the Owen F. Walker Professor of Humanities and a Professor of English at Brown University, where he has been since 2004. He has previously held teaching and research positions at institutions including the University of Sussex, University of North London, Liverpool John Moores University, and Brandeis University. Bewes conducted a post-doctoral fellowship at the Pembroke Center at Brown. His scholarly work includes notable authorship of several influential books, such as "Cynicism and Postmodernity" and "Reification and Anxiety in Late Capitalism," as well as editing significant collections regarding contemporary literature. He has contributed articles to various prestigious journals, solidifying his presence in literary criticism and theory, particularly emphasizing contemporary British and American fiction, postmodernism, and poststructuralist literary theory. Bewes' dedication to academia is exemplified through his multiple faculty fellowships and research awards, such as the National Book Critics Circle award for criticism in 2022. He is actively involved in teaching courses that explore critical theory and contemporary literature at Brown University and serves on editorial boards for significant academic publications.

Research Interests

Courses

ENGL 0150U - Terrible Century ENGL 0710L - Ishiguro ENGL 1710R - Recent Experiments in American Fiction ENGL 1711P - 'We heard enough, anything, female gaze': Contemporary Writing by Men ENGL 1711R - Kazuo Ishiguro ENGL 1760I - Terrible Beauty: Literature and the Terrorist Imaginary ENGL 1761Q - W. G. Sebald: Interlocutors ENGL 2700A - Capitalism and Metamorphoses ENGL 2901G - Ultimate Dialogicality: Thinking Bakhtin ENGL 2901M - Bakhtin, Political Present: Literature, Anthropology, Dialogue ENGL 2940 - Scholarly Writing Journal HMAN 1000B - Cogut Institute Humanities Research Seminar HMAN 2401R - Capitalism and Metamorphoses HMAN 2500 - Project Development Workshop

Requirements for Brown University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Undergraduate degree in Economics or related field
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Specialization Notes

Department: Department of Economics