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Faculty Expert

Experts & Speakers Faculty Profile

Matei Calinescu

Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature, Professor Emeritus of West European Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
IU Bloomington

Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature, Professor Emeritus of West European Studies

Interests:

Comparative literature, West European studies

Education:

• B.A. at I.L.Caragiale Lycee, Romania, 1952

Background:

• Also Adjunct Professor of English, IUB.
• Native of Romania.
• Specialties are 20th-century literature and politics, modern intellectual history, the history of the idea of revolution, and certain aspects of literary theory, particularly reader-based aspects.

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