Profile: Simon During came to Hopkins in 2002 from the University of Melbourne. His most recent book is Cultural Studies: a Critical Introduction (Routledge 2005). He is also author of Modern Enchantments: the cultural power of secular magic (Harvard 2002) which examines the broad cultural effects of entertainment magic. His previous books are Foucault and Literature (Routledge 1993), and Patrick White (Oxford 1998). He is the editor of the Cultural Studies Reader (Routledge 1993 and 1998) and has also written on postcolonial/globalisation theory and British literature in the period 1760-1900. Currently he is pursuing research projects on the literature of settler colonialism and on the history of literary subjectivity in Britain 1750-1950. Curriculum Vitae |
