
Alya Ansari
she/her/hers
Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature
235 Nicholson Hall
216 Pillsbury Dr SE
Minneapolis,
MN
55455
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Alya Ansari is a Ph.D. candidate in the program in Comparative Literature at the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities, with a graduate minor in Moving Image, Media, and Sound Studies. Her research conceptualizes the novel as an industrial and imperial form through the figuration of the colonial “emporium” in a comparative study of 19th century British industrial novels and 21st century South Asian gig-work/post-industrial novels. She is also an Assistant Editor at Cultural Critique.
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- B.A.: Media & Cultural Studies, Critical Theory, Macalester College, 2019
- M.A.: Comparative Literature, University of Minnesota, 2022
- Ph.D.: Comparative Literature, University of Minnesota, expected 2026
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