Collegiate Affiliation
Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature
Moving Image Studies Graduate Minor
Links
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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.

Educational Background
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Educational Background

  • 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