Cary Wolfe
Encyclopedia
Cary Wolfe currently teaches English at Rice University
, and is a published author. He was born and grew up in North Carolina
.
, where he received a B.A. with Highest Honors.
Received an M.A. from the Department of English at Chapel Hill in 1986.
Received his Ph.D. from the Department of English, at Duke University
in 1990.
University at Albany, State University of New York: Visiting Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, and Associate Chair, Department of English, ,1998–1999; Professor, 1999-2003.
Rice University, Bruce and Elizabeth Dunlevie Professor, Department of English, 2003–present.
Critical Environments: Postmodern Theory and the Pragmatics of the "Outside," Theory Out of Bounds Series, no. 13 (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1998).
Animal Rites: American Culture, the Discourse of Species, and the Posthumanist Theory (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003). Nominated for the James Russell Lowell Prize, Modern Language Association, 2004.
What is Posthumanism? (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2010)
Observing Complexity: Systems Theory and Postmodernity (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2000) (rpt. of the above in modified form with new introduction).
Critical Ecologies, special issue of EBR: Electronic Book Review 4 (Winter 1997), ed., with Joseph Tabbi. Online. World Wide Web: http://www.altx.com/ebr.
The MSN issue: Music/Sound/Noise, special issue of EBR: Electronic Book Review, ed. with Joseph Tabbi and Mark Amerika. Online. World Wide Web: http://www.altx.com/ebr.
Zoontologies: The Question of the Animal (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2003).
The Other Emerson, ed. with Branka Arsic (New York: Fordham University Press, forthcoming 2007).
Rice University
William Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University or Rice, is a private research university located on a heavily wooded campus in Houston, Texas, United States...
, and is a published author. He was born and grew up in North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
.
Education
In 1984 Wolfe read Interdisciplinary Studies in English, Philosophy, and Comparative Literature at UNC Chapel HillUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...
, where he received a B.A. with Highest Honors.
Received an M.A. from the Department of English at Chapel Hill in 1986.
Received his Ph.D. from the Department of English, at Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
in 1990.
Employment
At Indiana University, Bloomington:- Assistant Professor, Department of English, 1990–1996
- Associate Professor, Department of English, 1996–1998
- Assistant, Associate Professor of Cultural Studies, 1993-1998.
- Assistant, Associate Professor of American Studies, 1995-1998.
University at Albany, State University of New York: Visiting Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, and Associate Chair, Department of English, ,1998–1999; Professor, 1999-2003.
Rice University, Bruce and Elizabeth Dunlevie Professor, Department of English, 2003–present.
Books
The Limits of American Literary Ideology in Pound and Emerson, Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture, no. 69 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993).Critical Environments: Postmodern Theory and the Pragmatics of the "Outside," Theory Out of Bounds Series, no. 13 (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1998).
Animal Rites: American Culture, the Discourse of Species, and the Posthumanist Theory (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003). Nominated for the James Russell Lowell Prize, Modern Language Association, 2004.
What is Posthumanism? (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2010)
Edited collections
The Politics of Systems and Environments I and II, special issues of Cultural Critique 30 and 31 (Spring and Fall 1995), ed., with William Rasch (Oxford: Oxford University Press).Observing Complexity: Systems Theory and Postmodernity (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2000) (rpt. of the above in modified form with new introduction).
Critical Ecologies, special issue of EBR: Electronic Book Review 4 (Winter 1997), ed., with Joseph Tabbi. Online. World Wide Web: http://www.altx.com/ebr.
The MSN issue: Music/Sound/Noise, special issue of EBR: Electronic Book Review, ed. with Joseph Tabbi and Mark Amerika. Online. World Wide Web: http://www.altx.com/ebr.
Zoontologies: The Question of the Animal (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2003).
The Other Emerson, ed. with Branka Arsic (New York: Fordham University Press, forthcoming 2007).