Erin G. Carlston

Erin G. Carlston received her Ph.D. (1995) in Modern Thought and Literature from Stanford, and her A.B. (1985) in English from Harvard. In 1999 she joined the Department of English, where she teaches a wide range of courses in twentieth century literature.

Professor Carlston's research concentrates on the intersections of comparative modernisms, sexuality studies, and Jewish studies. She is the author of Thinking Fascism (1998), which examines the relationship of 1930s women intellectuals to fascism, and has also written articles on Marcel Proust, Paul Celan, Mary Renault, and Audre Lorde, among others. She is currently working on a book manuscript called Double Agents, on literary responses to espionage trials involving Jews, homosexual men, and/or communists.

Ph. D., Stanford University, 1995
(Modern Thought and Literature)
A.B., magna cum laude, Radcliffe College, Harvard University, 1985
(English and American Literature and Language)
(Hire Date: 1999)

carlston@email.unc.edu
(919) 962-4037

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