Sidney and Margaret Ancker Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature, Rhetoric, and Spanish
Email:
ajcascardi@berkeley.edu
Website:
ajcascardi.org
Phone:
510-642-5396
Office:
210A Durant Hall
Office Hours:
For an appointment please contact ajcascardi@berkeley.edu
Languages:
Spanish, French, English
Periods:
Early Modern - 20th Century
Academic Area:
Literature and Philosophy; Aesthetics; Early Modern European Literature
Research Areas
Biography
Anthony J. Cascardi works on literature and philosophy, aesthetic theory, and early modern literature, with an emphasis on Spanish, English, and French. He teaches courses on literature and philosophy, aesthetic theory and the early modern period. Most recently he published?Cervantes, Literature, and the Discourse of Politics?and the Cambridge Introduction to Literature and Philosophy. ?His new book is?Francisco de Goya: Art of Critique?(forthcoming from Zone Books).? (Ph.D., Harvard University).Professor Cascardi served for ten years as the Dean of Arts and Humanities and, before that, as the Director of the Townsend Center for the Humanities. received the Divisional Distinguished Service Award for Senate Faculty Members.??His book?Cervantes, Literature, and the Discourse of Politics?won the Renaissance Society’s Gordan prize for best book. ?
You can find more information at his?website.
Selected Publications
Courses
Please note that these are courses in the Department of Comparative Literature and do not include those in other departments.??
215 (F10), 221 (F08).