Claire Colebrook
| Claire Colebrook | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Claire Mary Colebrook 25 October 1965 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Known for | Cultural theorist |
Claire Colebrook (or Claire Mary Colebrook) (born 25 October 1965),[1] is an Australian cultural theorist, currently appointed Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English at Pennsylvania State University.[2] She has published numerous works on Gilles Deleuze, visual art, poetry, queer theory, film studies, contemporary literature, theory, cultural studies and visual culture. She is the editor (with Tom Cohen) of the Critical Climate Change Book Series at Open Humanities Press.[3]
Biography
Colebrook's education consists of a Bachelor of Arts taken at the University of Melbourne (1987), a Bachelor of Letters at Australian National University (1989) and a Doctor of Philosophy earned at the University of Edinburgh (1993).[2]
Book publications
She is the author of:
- New Literary Histories (1997)
- Ethics and Representation (1999)
- Deleuze: A Guide for the Perplexed (1997)
- Gilles Deleuze (2002)
- Understanding Deleuze (2002)
- Irony in the Work of Philosophy (2002)
- Gender (2003)
- Irony (2004)
- Milton, Evil and Literary History (2008)
- Deleuze and the Meaning of Life (2010)
- William Blake and Digital Aesthetics (2011)
Collaborative work
- She has co-authored:
- Theory and the Disappearing Future with Tom Cohen and J. Hillis Miller (2011)
- She has co-edited:
- Deleuze and Feminist Theory with Ian Buchanan (2000)
- Deleuze and History with Jeff Bell (2008)
- Deleuze and Gender with Jami Weinstein (2009)
- Deleuze and Law with Rosi Braidotti and Patrick Hanafin (2009)
Grants and awards
- British Academy Overseas Conference Award (2004)
- British Academy/Australian Academy Joint Award (with Dr David Bennett) (2006)
- Carnegie Trust Fund (2006)
- British Academy Small Grant (2006)
- Huntington Library Fellowship (2007)
- Arts and Humanities Research Council Leave Scheme (2007)
- Goldsmiths College (2008)
- Archive and Knowledge Transfer (2008)
- Distinguished Visiting Professor, Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School, Free University, Berlin (2010)
References
External links
- Claire Colebrook's e-book: Death of the PostHuman: Essays on Extinction, Vol. 1 at Open Humanities Press
- Claire Colebrook's e-book: Sex After Life: Essays on Extinction, Vol. 2 at Open Humanities Press
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