Christi Merrill

Name: Christi Merrill

Title(s):

• Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
• Assistant Professor of South Asian Literature

Contact Information: 734.763.3235 , merrillc@umich.edu

International Institute Affiliation(s):

• CSAS
• CICS

Department Affiliation(s):

• Comparative Literature
• Asian Languages & Cultures

Education Background: PhD University of Iowa, 1999

World Area(s) of Study/Interest:

• South Asian Studies

Research/Teaching Specialization: Gender Studies; History of the Essay; History of Hindi Literature; Intersection of Oral and Written Traditions; Postcolonial Theory: Humor Theory; Theory and Practice of Translation

Area/Int'l Course(s) Taught: Contemporary Theory: Decolonizing the Tongue; Grad Seminar: Comparative Literature; History and Literature of Partition; Introduction to the Study of Asian Cultures; Language, Nation and Narration; Undergraduate Courses: South Asian Travels: Narrative Identity in Displacement; South Asian Literary Humor; Writing World Literatures

Publications:

• The Riddle and Other Stories. 2007. (Authored Book)
• Seeds of Discontent: Re-creation and the Bounds of Ownership. 2004. (Book Chapter)
• Playing the Double Agent: An Indian Story. 2002. (Non-Refereed Journal Article)
• Are we the Folk in this Lok?. 2002. (Book Chapter)
• Writing from Below: Ironic Distance and the Location of Translation. 2001. (Non-Refereed Journal Article)
• The Death of the Authors a.k.a. Twilight of the Translators. 2004. (Non-Refereed Journal Article)
• Translation from Indian/South Asian Languages (Modern). 2000. (Book Chapter)
• To be or not to be a Gutter Flea: Writing from Beyond the Edge. 2006. (Book Chapter)
• Seeds of Discontent: Re-creation and the Bounds of Ownership. 2007. (Book Chapter)
• The Play of Translation: Indian Literature and Other Riddles of Community. 2008. (Authored Book)