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Karl T. Steel
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Asst Professor Department: English Location: 2157 Boylan Hall Phone: 718-951-5000 x6224 Fax: 718-951-4612 Email:
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Ph.d. Columbia University 2007, English and Comparative Literature
M.A. Western Washington University 1999, English Literature B.A. The Evergreen State College 1993 Education: Doctor of Philosophy, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - 2007 (LITERATURE, COMPARATIVE) Areas of Expertise: Medieval literature, intellectual history, and social practice; critical animal theory Books and Publications "How Delicious We Must Be / Symphytic Gowther," in Fragments for a History of a Vanishing Humanism, eds, Eileen A. Joy, Betsy McCormick, and Myra J. Seaman (Ohio UP). (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2009 "Number There in Love Was Slain," in Shakesqueer, ed. Madhavi Menon (Duke UP). (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2009 "Woofing and Weeping with Animals in the Last Days," postmedieval 1 (2010). (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2009 Co-editor, with Peggy McCracken, postmedieval 3 (2010), "The Animal Turn." (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2009 REVIEW of Engaging With Nature: Essays on the Natural World in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, eds. Lisa Kiser and Barbara Hanawalt, for The Journal of English and Germanic Philology. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2009 "An Unfinished Conversation about Glowing Green Bunnies" (book Foreword, authored by Jeffrey J. Cohen with incorporated dialog between Cohen, Eileen Joy, Holly Crocker, and Karl Steel, in Queering the Non/Human, ed. Noreen Giffney and Myra J. Hird; Ashgate, 2008). (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2008 "How to Make a Human," Exemplaria 20.1 (2008): 3-27. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008 Edition and translation. Robert of Greatham, "Prologue to Évangiles des domnées." In The French of England: Vernacular Literary Theory and Practice, c. 1130 - c. 1450, ed. Thelma Fenster, Delbert Russell, and Jocelyn Wogan-Browne (forthcoming, Penn State Press). (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2008 Translation, with Christopher Wise. El Hadjj Sekou Tall. "Wanderings: Bamako, Moscow, Delhi." Journal of African Travel Writing 8-9 (2000-2001): 77-94. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2001 Awards, Honors and Fellowships New Faculty Fund, $542.00 (Grants and Fellowships) 2009 PSC-CUNY Research Award, $3750.00 (Awards and Honors) 2009 Travel Grant, $450.00 (Grants and Fellowships) 2009 New Faculty Fund, $410.10 (Grants and Fellowships) 2008 PSC-CUNY Research Award, $3767.50 (Grants and Fellowships) 2008 Travel Grant, $475.00 (Grants and Fellowships) 2008 Research Activities How to Make a Human: Animals and Violence in the Middle Ages (book manuscript, submitted for consideration). 2009 Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums "Will Wonders Never Cease: St. Erkenwald with Claustrophilia" George Washington University Medieval and Early Modern Studies Institute, Claustrophilia Seminar (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009 "Woofing and Weeping: Mourning with Animals in the Last Days." International Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, MI, 2009. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009 "Losing Anthropocentrism," Brooklyn College Faculty Day (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008 "Number There in Love was Slain." Shakesqueer Symposium, Cornell, Ithaca, NY, 2008 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008 "Reason, Death and, Passion in Shakespeare's The Phoenix and the Turtle," Works in Progress Seminar, Brooklyn College, CUNY, March 11, 2008. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2008 "Symphytic Gowther and Other Worldly Animals," 43rd International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, 2008. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008 "Talking Animals," Robert. L. Hess Scholar-in-Residence Talk with Marc Shell, April 16, 2008. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2008 "The Return of the Pig." Violence and Meat in Resurrection Doctrine." Southeast Medieval Association Conference, St. Louis, MO, 2008 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008 "Hunting in Chrétien's Yvain: A Reassessment of Le Goff." International Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, MI, 2006. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006 "Meat and the Violence of Reason in the Middle Ages." Animal Studies Group, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2005 "The Child Christ and Pigs in the Oven." International Medieval Conference, Leeds, UK, 2005. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2005 "Incest, Aristocratic Origins, and Monstrous Identity in Des Grantz Geanz." Medieval Academy of America Conference, Seattle, WA, 2004. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2004 Professional Leadership (English) Departmental Representative for Brooklyn College Professional Staff Congress-CUNY (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2009 Course and Standing (second year) (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009 Editorial board, postmedieval: a journal of medieval cultural studies (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2009 Editorial board: Glossator: Practice and Theory of the Commentary. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2009 English Departmental Secretary (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009 Humanities divisional delegate for Faculty Council (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009 Other Professional Activities "Glossing is a Glorious Thing: The Past, Present, and Future of Commentary." CUNY Graduate Center. April 9-10. Co-Organizer. 2009 Chair, Wolfe Institute Interdisciplinary Study Group on Critical Animal Theory (Fall 2009) 2009 From 2006, writer (with Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, Eileen Joy, and Mary Kate Hurley) for medieval studies blog, In the Middle. 2006 |
