Presented By: Institute for the Humanities
Hear, Here: Humanities Up Close
"History and the Passing Novel" with Aida Levy-Hussen
With the “Hear, Here” series, we aim to facilitate conversations around new research in the humanities. Faculty fellows at the Institute for the Humanities will discuss a part of their current project in a short talk followed by a Q & A session. Today: "History and the Passing Novel" with Aida Levy-Hussen.
About this talk:
Racial passing novels, in which African American characters attempt to live as white, have been a fixture of American literature from the nineteenth-century to the present. This talk turns a curious eye toward twenty-first century iterations of the form. The talk will include, as necessary context, a sketched history of the passing novel; but my deeper interest lies in how contemporary literature has grappled, both thematically and formally, with the subject of history.
About Aida Levy-Hussen:
Aida Levy-Hussen is a 2022-23 Hunting Family Faculty Fellow at the Institute for the Humanities and associate professor, English language and literature.
About this talk:
Racial passing novels, in which African American characters attempt to live as white, have been a fixture of American literature from the nineteenth-century to the present. This talk turns a curious eye toward twenty-first century iterations of the form. The talk will include, as necessary context, a sketched history of the passing novel; but my deeper interest lies in how contemporary literature has grappled, both thematically and formally, with the subject of history.
About Aida Levy-Hussen:
Aida Levy-Hussen is a 2022-23 Hunting Family Faculty Fellow at the Institute for the Humanities and associate professor, English language and literature.
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