Brian T. Edwards Explained

Brian T. Edwards
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:Yale University
Occupation:Dean, Professor
Organization:Tulane University

Brian T. Edwards is dean of the School of Liberal Arts and professor of English at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Prior to moving to Tulane in 2018, he was on the faculty of Northwestern University, where he was the Crown Professor in Middle East Studies, professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies, and the founding director of the Program in Middle East and North African Studies (MENA).[1] [2]

Edwards's research has two main focuses: the globalization of American studies[3] [4] and his theorization of "cultural circulation", especially vis-à-vis the Middle East and North Africa.[5] [6]

Edwards is also an advocate for language learning at both university and K-12 levels,[7] and has served on the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Commission on Language Learning.

Career

Education

In 1990, Edwards earned his bachelor's degree magna cum laude in English from Yale University. He then received his master's degree, his master of philosophy degree, and his PhD in American studies from Yale.

Work

Edwards's first book, Morocco Bound: Disorienting America's Maghreb, from Casablanca to the Marrakech Express (2005),[8] examines "the dynamics and select encounters between the Maghreb and the US from the early 1940s to the early 1970s", as Allen Hibbard writes in the journal Comparative Literature Studies.[9]

In the edited collection Globalizing American Studies (2010),[10] Edwards and his co-editor, Dilip P. Gaonkar, argue that the discipline of American studies "needs to allow space for alternative interpretations of the concept of 'America' as it is understood in different contexts outside the United States", as Meghan Warner Mettler says in The Journal of Asian Studies.[11]

Edwards's second book, After the American Century: The Ends of U.S. Culture in the Middle East (2015),[12] considers the reception of US popular culture in Cairo, Casablanca, and Tehran to argue that American cultural influence in the Middle East has waned, according to John Waterbury in Foreign Affairs.

Edwards has appeared in a number of public conversations in the media about US–MENA relations and cultural circulation, including on NPR,[13] [14] [15] PBS's WTTW,[16] NBC Chicago,[17] and Voice of America.[18] Edwards's podcast episode on Paul Bowles, "Baptism of Solitude",[19] which was produced with The Organist (McSweeney's and KCRW), was featured in Hyperallergic's "11 Great Art and Culture Podcast Episodes of 2017".[20]

Awards and honors

Edwards was named a 2005 Carnegie Scholar by the Carnegie Corporation of New York under its Islam Initiative,[21] a 2008 New Directions Fellow by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,[22] and a Class of 2015 Emerging Leader by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.[23] Edwards also received Fulbright Senior Specialists Awards in American studies in 2009 and 2011.[24]

From 2016 to 2017, Edwards served on the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Commission on Language Learning.[25] The Commission was charged by Congress to examine language education in the US and make recommendations for ways to meet future education needs, resulting in the report America’s Languages: Investing in Language Education for the 21st Century (2017).[26] The Commission's findings have been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle,[27] The Hill,[28] the Boston Herald,[29] Inside Higher Ed,[30] [31] and the Association for Psychological Science.[32]

Personal life

Edwards is married to Kate Baldwin,[33] who is Professor of English with joint appointments in the Department of Communication and the Gender and Sexuality Studies Program at Tulane University.[34] [35]

Publications

Books

Edited collections

Selected journal articles

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018-06-03. Brian Edwards named dean of Tulane School of Liberal Arts. 2021-07-23. The Seattle Times. en-US.
  2. News: 2018-06-03. Brian Edwards named dean of Tulane School of Liberal Arts. Associated Press. 2021-07-23.
  3. Giles. Paul. 2017-03-01. Between Two Fires: Transnationalism and Cold War Poetry: After the American Century: The Ends of U.S. Culture in the Middle East (review). American Literature. 89. 1. 194–196. 10.1215/00029831-3788801. 0002-9831.
  4. Hibbard. Allen. 2017-02-17. After the American century: The ends of US culture in the Middle East. Interventions. 19. 2. 298–300. 10.1080/1369801X.2016.1250485. 151341556. 1369-801X.
  5. Lubin. Alex. 2017. Brian Edwards, After the American Century: The Ends of U.S. Culture in the Middle East (Review). International Journal of Middle East Studies. en. 49. 1. 197–198. 10.1017/S0020743816001355. 164786608. 0020-7438.
  6. Schueller. Malini Johar. 2008. Orientalizing American Studies. American Quarterly. 60. 2. 481–489. 10.1353/aq.0.0013. 145168869. 1080-6490.
  7. Web site: Teach Arabic at Public Schools? Why One Professor Says 'Yes'. 2021-07-20. WTTW News. en.
  8. Book: Edwards, Brian. Morocco Bound: Disorienting America's Maghreb, from Casablanca to the Marrakech Express. 2005-10-28. Duke University Press. 978-0-8223-8712-1. en.
  9. Hibbard. Allen. 2007. Morocco Bound: Disorienting America's Maghreb, from Casablanca to the Marrakech Express (review). Comparative Literature Studies. 44. 1. 214–220. 10.1353/cls.2007.0033. 161807606 . 1528-4212.
  10. Book: Edwards. Brian T.. Globalizing American Studies. Gaonkar. Dilip Parameshwar. 2010-12-15. University of Chicago Press. 978-0-226-18507-1. en.
  11. Mettler. Meghan Warner. 2011. Globalizing American Studies. Edited by Brian T. Edwards and Dilip Parameshwar Gaonkar. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010. 785 pp. 27.50 (paper).. The Journal of Asian Studies. en. 70. 3. 785–786. 10.1017/S0021911811000933. 162393687. 1752-0401. free.
  12. Book: Edwards, Brian T.. After the American Century: The Ends of U.S. Culture in the Middle East. 2015-12-01. Columbia University Press. 978-0-231-54055-1. en.
  13. Web site: 2017-02-09. Lose yourself in Paul Bowles's 1959 Morocco tapes. 2021-07-26. KCRW. en.
  14. Web site: 2017-12-07. Reactions/Perceptions from Morocco of Trump Jerusalem Announcement. 2021-07-20. WBEZ Chicago. en.
  15. Web site: 2017-02-24. Weekend Passport: The Artist's Role in the Arab Spring. 2021-07-20. WBEZ Chicago. en.
  16. Web site: Times Are Changing: Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Prize in Literature. 2021-07-20. WTTW News. en.
  17. Web site: The Talk: Egypt Crisis. 2021-07-20. NBC Chicago. en-US.
  18. Web site: Chicago Activist Documents Egyptian Turmoil Online Voice of America – English. 2021-07-20. www.voanews.com. en.
  19. Web site: 2017-02-09. Episode 72: Baptism of Solitude: Paul Bowles's Morocco Tapes. 2021-07-23. KCRW. en.
  20. Web site: Meier. Allison. 2017-09-04. 11 Great Art and Culture Podcast Episodes of 2017. 2021-07-27. Hyperallergic. en-US.
  21. Web site: Carnegie Corporation of New York. Carnegie Corporation Announces 2005 Carnegie Scholars. 2021-07-20. Carnegie Corporation of New York. en.
  22. Web site: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. New Directions Fellowships Recipients. 2021-07-20. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. en.
  23. Web site: Emerging Leaders Class of 2015. 2021-07-20. Chicago Council on Urban Affairs. en.
  24. Web site: Fulbright Specialist Directory. 2021-07-20. Fulbright Specialist Program. en-US.
  25. Web site: Commission on Language Learning. 2021-07-20. American Academy of Arts & Sciences. en.
  26. Web site: America's Languages: Investing in Language Education for the 21st Century. 2021-07-20. American Academy of Arts & Sciences. en.
  27. Web site: Panetta. Leon. 2018-08-06. Americans are losing out because so few speak a second language. 2021-07-20. San Francisco Chronicle. en-US.
  28. Web site: Tolliver. Sandy. 2018-03-08. Monolingualism diminishes America's stature on the world stage. 2021-07-20. TheHill. en.
  29. Web site: 2018-02-17. As you were saying: Students' lack of language skills 'a national emergency'. 2021-07-20. Boston Herald. en-US.
  30. Web site: Cutting the federal budget for language programs threatens America's security (essay) . 2021-07-20. Inside Higher Ed. en.
  31. Web site: Flaherty. Colleen. 2017-02-28. Language Study as a National Imperative. live. 2021-07-23. www.insidehighered.com. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20170302230613/https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/02/28/academy-arts-and-sciences-makes-case-increasing-foreign-language-learning-capacity . 2017-03-02 .
  32. 2017-03-31. Psychological Science Informs American Academy of Arts and Sciences Recommendations on Language Learning. APS Observer. en-US. 30. 4.
  33. News: 1997-08-10. Kathryn Baldwin, Brian Edwards. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-07-23. 0362-4331.
  34. Web site: Kate Baldwin, School of Liberal Arts at Tulane University. 2021-07-23. School of Liberal Arts at Tulane University. en.
  35. Web site: Interdisciplinary scholar and program builder named new liberal arts dean at Tulane. 2021-07-23. Tulane News. en.
  36. Hibbard. Allen. 2007. Morocco Bound: Disorienting America's Maghreb, from Casablanca to the Marrakech Express (review). Comparative Literature Studies. 44. 1. 214–220. 10.1353/cls.2007.0033. 161807606 . 1528-4212.
  37. Breu. Christopher. 2007. Morocco Bound: Disorienting America's Maghreb, from Casablanca to the Marrakech Express (review). Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. 27. 2. 489–492. 10.1215/1089201x-2007-025. 145693489 . 1548-226X.
  38. News: Waterbury. John. 2016. Capsule Review: After the American Century: The Ends of U.S. Culture in the Middle East. en-US. Foreign Affairs. 2021-07-20. 0015-7120.
  39. Rugh. Andrea B.. 2016. After the American Century: The Ends of U.S. Culture in the Middle East by Brian T. Edwards (review). The Middle East Journal. 70. 2. 342–343. 1940-3461.
  40. Rhodes. Evan. 2012. Beyond the Exceptionalist Thesis, a Global American Studies 2.0. American Quarterly. 64. 4. 899–912. 10.1353/aq.2012.0055. 144622954. 1080-6490.
  41. Rothlisberger. Leisa. 2013. Globalizing American Studies Edited by Brian T. Edwards and Dilip Parameshwar Gaonkar (review). Comparative Literature Studies. 50. 4. 717–720. 10.5325/complitstudies.50.4.0717 . 1528-4212.
  42. Moraru. Christian. 2012. Cultural Mobility: A Manifesto, and: Global Matters: The Transnational Turn in Literary Studies, and: The Global Remapping of American Literature, and: Transnationalism in Practice: Essays on American Studies, Literature and Religion, and: Globalizing American Studies, and: Literature and Globalization: A Reader (review). The Comparatist. 36. 1. 300–311. 10.1353/com.2012.0014. 143673608. 1559-0887.
  43. Web site: On the Ground New directions in Middle East and Northern African studies . 2021-07-28. en-US.

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