Dr. Usha Wilbers

Biography

Usha Wilbers is an Associate Professor at Radboud University Nijmegen, specializing in English Literature. She has written a dissertation on the American literary magazine Paris Review and is a co-founder and board member of the European Society Periodical Research (ESPRit). Furthermore, she co-coordinates the RICH research programme and is involved in the Metamodernism Network, which is funded by the British Arts & Humanities Research Council. Wilbers' research primarily focuses on 21st-century English-language fiction and literary criticism with a notable emphasis on literary Metamodernism. In 2015, she became a Co-Principal Investigator for the Metamodernism Network, enhancing scholarly understanding of contemporary English-language literature. Her work in the SCARAB research group centers on the cultural infrastructure and reception dynamics within literary contexts.

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