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Charlotte Sussman

@charlottesussman.bsky.social
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Chair, Duke English. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Migration Studies, Blue Humanities. Author of PEOPLING THE WORLD: REPRESENTING HUMAN MOBILITY FROM MILTON TO MALTHUS. Remembering the Middle Passage Project. Knitting, running, hopeful cook.

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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Excited for the kickoff event of the Sharing Ground seminar, a conversation between Michael Roth and Robert George on academic freedom and the humanities. Friday, September 18, 4pm in the Ruby theater. Please join us if you can! sites.duke.edu/sharinggroun...
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Events – Sharing Ground
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The lineup looks amazing! Really looking forward to chairing a keyword seminar on migration, and hearing all the amazing talks and seminars already scheduled!
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Aarthi Vadde @aarthivadde.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I'm sharing an extraordinary farewell letter from my colleague Vic Strandberg who taught in Duke's English Department for 60 years. He's touched the lives of over 10k students, which is unreal. Also, he shared Duke's salary for asst. prof in English in 1962: $9500 english.duke.edu/news/farewel...
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Farewell Letter from Vic Strandberg
You could call this my last will and testament. I will begin with the testament, based on my institutional memory going back sixty years. After earning my PhD at Brown in 1962, I taught at the Univers...
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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
“Applications are invited from well-qualified candidates with expertise in literature in English of the long eighteenth century (1660–1830).”
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
There’s still time to apply! Happy to answer any questions about the position or the seminar
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
POSTDOC ALERT: in 2026-27, James Mulholland (NCSU) and I are running a Mellon Sawyer Seminar on “Sharing Ground: Humanities, Academic Freedom, and the Future of the University.” The position is for a Humanist-in-Residence and the job is live on AJO: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31122
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Duke University, English Department
Job #AJO31122, Postdoctoral Associate, English Department, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, US
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Aarthi Vadde @aarthivadde.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Major conference on the legacy of Fredric Jameson happening at Duke April 10-12, 2026. Grad students should submit! CFP linked: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Submit your proposal: Fredric Jameson and the Future of Critical Theory
Due December 15, 2025 11:59 PM EST Notification of Decision January 10, 2026 Conference Information April 10–12, 2026 Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA Keynotes by Michael Denning, Jane G...
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
POSTDOC ALERT: in 2026-27, James Mulholland (NCSU) and I are running a Mellon Sawyer Seminar on “Sharing Ground: Humanities, Academic Freedom, and the Future of the University.” The position is for a Humanist-in-Residence and the job is live on AJO: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31122
academicjobsonline.org
Duke University, English Department
Job #AJO31122, Postdoctoral Associate, English Department, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, US
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
It was such a pleasure to put together this essay cluster for PMLA with Donna Landry and James Mulholland and all our brilliant contributors! Here’s our introduction, I’ll link the issue in comments www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Unfinished Business: Reckoning with Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture | PMLA | Cambridge Core
Unfinished Business: Reckoning with Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture - Volume 140 Issue 3
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Another amazing piece in our PMLA essay cluster on Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture!
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Another amazing piece in our PMLA essay cluster on the legacy of the 1983 conference, Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture!
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
It took a while, but our cluster of essays on Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture, 1983, is finally here. All the pieces are 🔥
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Another highlight of our time in London was the Do Ho Suh show at the Tate Modern
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Morning run on the Grand Union Canal between Little Venice and Kensal Town
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Just back from CDMX—trying to hold into this light as long as I can #cdmx #mexicocity #fridakahlo
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Oh show me the way to the next whiskey bar (Vinyl Record Bar, Ginza) #tokyo #tokyoginza #whiskeybar
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Octopus town #osaka
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
We came down from the mountain and it turns out we kinda love Osaka #osaka #vintagetee #neonoctopus
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Night and day in Okunoin cemetery, Koyasan
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
A little bit more from Kyoto
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Japanese light #imperialpalaceeastgardens
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Amazing conversations on day one, looking forward to days two and three!
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
These workshops have been a joy to organize with my co-editors Jo McDonagh and Hadji Bakara, with the amazing support of the Neubauer Collegium. neubauercollegium.uchicago.edu/events/migra...
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The Neubauer Collegium - The Neubauer Collegium
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Happy Turkey Trot Day to those who observe 🍻
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
The North Carolina coast. It does not disappoint.
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
The sign we all need now. (Courtesy of the Ocracoke ferry)
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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
On Friday afternoon, Kathy Psomiades brought home the hardware for *Primitive Marriage: Victorian Anthropology, the Novel, and Sexual Modernity,* awarded best second book by NAVSA. One judge, @mmvty.bsky.social, said (paraphrased): "Literally, though, how did you do this?" 🏆🔥💜
screen grab from Zoom showing Kathy Psomiades, Leah Price, and Meredith Martin celebrating Psomiades' prize winning book Primitive MarriageCover of Kathy Psomiades Primitive Marriage: Victorian Anthropology, the Novel, and Sexual Modernity (Oxford) / https://global.oup.com/academic/product/primitive-marriage-9780192863720?cc=us&lang=en&#
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 05/11/2024
I don’t really believe in the pathetic fallacy, because, you know, it’s a fallacy, but it’s hard not to interpret the dense fog this morning along those lines.
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 29/10/2024
Exciting conference here in Durham this spring!
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Aarthi Vadde @aarthivadde.bsky.social · 01/08/2024
Tagging plenary speakers, seminar leaders, and NOVEL journal folks! Please help spread the word about SNS 2025: Novel Languages hosted by Duke University @stephaniedegooyer.bsky.social, @isanchezprado.bsky.social, @nicolerizzuto.bsky.social, @charlottesussman.bsky.social, @jackquirk.bsky.social
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 07/09/2024
We’re hiring! As department chair I’m not on the search committee, but I’m happy to answer any questions about Duke English, Duke or Durham. Please circulate widely! english.duke.edu/18thcentury
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Assistant Professor of 18th Century Literature
Duke University’s Department of English seeks a dynamic scholar with expertise in 18th Century Literature for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor. We seek a colleague who specia...
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 14/08/2024
So excited to be part of this, and looking forward to seeing all these amazing scholars in Durham next year—please spread the word and submit something!
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 06/08/2024
Reading about Tim Walz while going through Minnesota on the train. Saw a bald eagle while we were crossing the Mississippi. Not saying it’s a sign, but maybe it’s a sign?
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 21/07/2024
Turning that upside down cake right side up makes me happy every time #apricots #summerbaking
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 02/01/2024
And two more books I really enjoyed, both a bit more conventional than my top 3, but very much worth reading! The House of Doors, Tan Twan Eng Absolution, Alice McDermott
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 02/01/2024
One good thing about 2023 was some great reading experiences. My top 3, none of them perfect but all really inventive and thought-provoking. Our Share of Night, Mariana Enriquez The World and All That It Holds, Aleksandar Hemon Biography of X, Catherine Lacey
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 25/12/2023
Behold the Yule Bagel! Baked fresh this morning. Peace and Joy to all!
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Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · 29/11/2023
Beautiful jacket proof for our forthcoming paperback 'Cultures of London', which 'expresses and celebrates the plurality of the capital’s cultures and affirms the importance of migration in the making of the modern city'. Grab an advance copy here: bit.ly/3CWZjAz Pub. Jan 2024
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 24/11/2023
A wonderful experience to co-edit this collection with Corina Stan—grateful for the amazing work of our contributing editors and contributors link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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The Palgrave Handbook of European Migration in Literature and Culture
This book engages with migration to, within, and from Europe, foregrounding migration through the lenses of historical migratory movement.
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 02/11/2023
We’re hiring! english.duke.edu/AADSSearch Happy to answer any questions about the job or the department!
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Charlotte Sussman @charlottesussman.bsky.social · 26/08/2023
Dog days or International Dog Day, it’s all the same to Baxter.
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