Charlotte Sussman
@charlottesussman.bsky.social
Chair, Duke English. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Migration Studies, Blue Humanities. Author of PEOPLING THE WORLD: REPRESENTING HUMAN MOBILITY FROM MILTON TO MALTHUS. Remembering the Middle Passage Project. Knitting, running, hopeful cook.
POSTDOC ALERT: in 2026-27, James Mulholland (NCSU) and I are running a Mellon Sawyer Seminar on “Sharing Ground: Humanities, Academic Freedom, and the Future of the University.” The position is for a Humanist-in-Residence and the job is live on AJO: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31122
Duke University, English Department
Job #AJO31122, Postdoctoral Associate, English Department, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, US
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November 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
POSTDOC ALERT: in 2026-27, James Mulholland (NCSU) and I are running a Mellon Sawyer Seminar on “Sharing Ground: Humanities, Academic Freedom, and the Future of the University.” The position is for a Humanist-in-Residence and the job is live on AJO: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31122
It was such a pleasure to put together this essay cluster for PMLA with Donna Landry and James Mulholland and all our brilliant contributors! Here’s our introduction, I’ll link the issue in comments www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Unfinished Business: Reckoning with Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture | PMLA | Cambridge Core
Unfinished Business: Reckoning with Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture - Volume 140 Issue 3
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October 30, 2025 at 11:49 AM
It was such a pleasure to put together this essay cluster for PMLA with Donna Landry and James Mulholland and all our brilliant contributors! Here’s our introduction, I’ll link the issue in comments www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Another amazing piece in our PMLA essay cluster on Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture!
Check out "Pearl Diving without Guarantees" by my colleague Ida Danewid. "While today [Stuart Hall and Cedric Robinson] are widely regarded as the two titans of the concept of racial capitalism, they often traveled in opposite directions." www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Pearl Diving without Guarantees: Heresy and Salvage Work in the Black Atlantic | PMLA | Cambridge Core
Pearl Diving without Guarantees: Heresy and Salvage Work in the Black Atlantic - Volume 140 Issue 3
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October 30, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Another amazing piece in our PMLA essay cluster on Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture!
Another amazing piece in our PMLA essay cluster on the legacy of the 1983 conference, Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture!
My piece out now in the new PMLA: Marxism, Cultural Studies, and the Rise of Indigenous Studies
Marxism, Cultural Studies, and the Rise of Indigenous Studies | PMLA | Cambridge Core
Marxism, Cultural Studies, and the Rise of Indigenous Studies - Volume 140 Issue 3
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October 30, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Another amazing piece in our PMLA essay cluster on the legacy of the 1983 conference, Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture!
It took a while, but our cluster of essays on Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture, 1983, is finally here. All the pieces are 🔥
Dont' miss our fantastic 18th-c colleagues in the newest PMLA!
Donna Landry, James Mulholland, Charlotte Sussman, Katarina O'Briain, Robbie Richardson, Lisa Lynne Moore, Lilth Todd
#C18L
@modernlanguage.bsky.social
Donna Landry, James Mulholland, Charlotte Sussman, Katarina O'Briain, Robbie Richardson, Lisa Lynne Moore, Lilth Todd
#C18L
@modernlanguage.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
It took a while, but our cluster of essays on Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture, 1983, is finally here. All the pieces are 🔥
Another highlight of our time in London was the Do Ho Suh show at the Tate Modern
June 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Another highlight of our time in London was the Do Ho Suh show at the Tate Modern
Morning run on the Grand Union Canal between Little Venice and Kensal Town
June 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Morning run on the Grand Union Canal between Little Venice and Kensal Town
March 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Reposted by Charlotte Sussman
I am very sad to say, David Lodge died on January 1st.
He was a wonderful man and hugely influential writer.
I was lucky to be his agent and he taught me so much.
His campus novels will be read for years to come.
A great loss.
www.penguin.co.uk/articles/202...
He was a wonderful man and hugely influential writer.
I was lucky to be his agent and he taught me so much.
His campus novels will be read for years to come.
A great loss.
www.penguin.co.uk/articles/202...
January 3, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I am very sad to say, David Lodge died on January 1st.
He was a wonderful man and hugely influential writer.
I was lucky to be his agent and he taught me so much.
His campus novels will be read for years to come.
A great loss.
www.penguin.co.uk/articles/202...
He was a wonderful man and hugely influential writer.
I was lucky to be his agent and he taught me so much.
His campus novels will be read for years to come.
A great loss.
www.penguin.co.uk/articles/202...
December 30, 2024 at 8:44 PM
December 28, 2024 at 7:12 AM
Night and day in Okunoin cemetery, Koyasan
December 27, 2024 at 7:46 AM
Night and day in Okunoin cemetery, Koyasan
A little bit more from Kyoto
December 24, 2024 at 8:22 AM
A little bit more from Kyoto
Japanese light #imperialpalaceeastgardens
December 22, 2024 at 7:13 AM
Japanese light #imperialpalaceeastgardens
Amazing conversations on day one, looking forward to days two and three!
December 6, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Amazing conversations on day one, looking forward to days two and three!
These workshops have been a joy to organize with my co-editors Jo McDonagh and Hadji Bakara, with the amazing support of the Neubauer Collegium. neubauercollegium.uchicago.edu/events/migra...
The Neubauer Collegium - The Neubauer Collegium
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December 4, 2024 at 12:20 PM
These workshops have been a joy to organize with my co-editors Jo McDonagh and Hadji Bakara, with the amazing support of the Neubauer Collegium. neubauercollegium.uchicago.edu/events/migra...
Happy Turkey Trot Day to those who observe 🍻
November 28, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Happy Turkey Trot Day to those who observe 🍻
The North Carolina coast. It does not disappoint.
November 28, 2024 at 1:59 AM
The North Carolina coast. It does not disappoint.
The sign we all need now. (Courtesy of the Ocracoke ferry)
November 26, 2024 at 7:44 PM
The sign we all need now. (Courtesy of the Ocracoke ferry)
Reposted by Charlotte Sussman
On Friday afternoon, Kathy Psomiades brought home the hardware for *Primitive Marriage: Victorian Anthropology, the Novel, and Sexual Modernity,* awarded best second book by NAVSA. One judge, @mmvty.bsky.social, said (paraphrased): "Literally, though, how did you do this?" 🏆🔥💜
November 11, 2024 at 6:44 PM
On Friday afternoon, Kathy Psomiades brought home the hardware for *Primitive Marriage: Victorian Anthropology, the Novel, and Sexual Modernity,* awarded best second book by NAVSA. One judge, @mmvty.bsky.social, said (paraphrased): "Literally, though, how did you do this?" 🏆🔥💜
I don’t really believe in the pathetic fallacy, because, you know, it’s a fallacy, but it’s hard not to interpret the dense fog this morning along those lines.
November 5, 2024 at 12:50 PM
I don’t really believe in the pathetic fallacy, because, you know, it’s a fallacy, but it’s hard not to interpret the dense fog this morning along those lines.
Exciting conference here in Durham this spring!
Yes! sites.duke.edu/sns2025/ I had it in a previous skeet that I couldn't thread to the tagged folks. Thanks for helping with my less than expert blue sky roll out 😅
2025 Biennial Conference of the Society for Novel Studies – “NOVEL LANGUAGES”
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October 29, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Exciting conference here in Durham this spring!
Reposted by Charlotte Sussman
Tagging plenary speakers, seminar leaders, and NOVEL journal folks! Please help spread the word about SNS 2025: Novel Languages hosted by Duke University @stephaniedegooyer.bsky.social, @isanchezprado.bsky.social, @nicolerizzuto.bsky.social, @charlottesussman.bsky.social, @jackquirk.bsky.social
August 1, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Tagging plenary speakers, seminar leaders, and NOVEL journal folks! Please help spread the word about SNS 2025: Novel Languages hosted by Duke University @stephaniedegooyer.bsky.social, @isanchezprado.bsky.social, @nicolerizzuto.bsky.social, @charlottesussman.bsky.social, @jackquirk.bsky.social
We’re hiring! As department chair I’m not on the search committee, but I’m happy to answer any questions about Duke English, Duke or Durham. Please circulate widely! english.duke.edu/18thcentury
Assistant Professor of 18th Century Literature
Duke University’s Department of English seeks a dynamic scholar with expertise in 18th Century Literature for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor. We seek a colleague who specia...
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September 7, 2024 at 11:42 AM
We’re hiring! As department chair I’m not on the search committee, but I’m happy to answer any questions about Duke English, Duke or Durham. Please circulate widely! english.duke.edu/18thcentury