Hermione de Almeida

Pauline McFarlin Walter Professor of English and Comparative Literature Research Professor in the History of ScienceZink Hall 316
(918)631-2557
Hermione-de-almeida@utulsa.edu

Research and Teaching Fields: British and European Romanticism, 19th Century Literature, Modern British Literature, History of Science and Medicine, Art and Visual Culture. Publications: Byron and Joyce Through Homer: “Don Juan” and “Ulysses” (Columbia, 1981); Editor, Critical Essays on John Keats (G. K. Hall, 1990); Romantic Medicine and John Keats (Oxford, 1991); Co-editor, Patricia Avis, “Playing the Harlot; or, Mostly Coffee” (Little Brown/Virago, 1996); Guest editor, Romanticism and the Sciences of Life (Studies in Romanticism, 2004); Co-author, Indian Renaissance: British Romantic Art and the Prospect of India (Ashgate/Lund Humphries, 2006); essays on Keats, Byron, Joyce, and the history of science. Fellowships and Grants: American Council of Learned Societies, National Humanities Center, National Endowment for the Humanities, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Paul Mellon Foundation.

Education and Degrees Earned

  • A.B. 1972, Vassar College
  • Ph.D. 1978, Columbia University

Previous Teaching Experience

  • Columbia University
  • University of Miami

Professional Affiliations

  • International Byron Society
  • Keats-Shelley Association of America
  • Modern Language Association
  • College Art Association
  • International Association of Professors of English

Courses Taught at TU

  • Reading Major British Writers II (ENGL 2523)

Awards & Recognition

  • 2007 Book Prize from the Historians of British Art for Indian Renaissance: British Romantic Art and the Prospect of India.
  • Fellowships and Grants: American Council of Learned Societies, National Humanities Center, National Endowment for the Humanities, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Paul Mellon Foundation

Publications

  • Indian Renaissance: British Romantic Art and the Prospect of India
    Co-author, (Ashgate/Lund Humphries, 2006)
  • Romanticism and the Sciences of Life
    Guest editor, (Studies in Romanticism, 2004)
  • Playing the Harlot; or, Mostly Coffee
    Co-editor, Patricia Avis, (Little Brown/Virago, 1996)
  • Romantic Medicine and John Keats
    Editor, (Oxford, 1991)
  • Critical Essays on John Keats
    Editor, (G. K. Hall, 1990)
  • Byron and Joyce Through Homer: “Don Juan” and “Ulysses”
    Publication, (Columbia, 1981)