D. Phil. 1979, M.A. 1977, B.A. 1972, Exeter College, Oxford.

Robert J. C. Young
Silver Professor; Professor of English
Postcolonial literatures and cultures; the history of colonialism and anti-colonialism; cultural history of the 19th and 20th centuries; literary and cultural theory; language and translation.
Department of Social & Cultural Analysis, Department of Comparative Comparative Literature, Hagop Kevorkian Center, NYU Abu Dhabi
Publications
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Alienation and FreedomEnglish translation, revised edition, trans. Steve CorcoranLondon: Bloomsbury, 2018
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Frantz Fanon. Écrits sur l’aliénation et la liberté, Œuvres IIParis: La Découverte, 2016
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Empire, Colony, PostcolonyOxford and Malden, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2015
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The Idea of English Ethnicity.Oxford and Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2008.
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Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction.Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
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Postcolonialism: An Historical Introduction.Oxford and Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishers; Chennai, India: T.R. Publications, 2001.
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Torn Halves: Political Conflict in Literary and Cultural Theory.Manchester: Manchester University Press, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996.
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Colonial Desire: Hybridity in Culture, Theory and Race.London and New York: Routledge, 1995.
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White Mythologies:Writing History and the West.London and New York: Routledge, 1990.
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Editor, Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies
Contact Information
Robert J. C. Young
Silver Professor; Professor of English rjy2@nyu.edu 244 Greene StreetRm 813
New York, NY
Phone: (212) 992-9591
Office Hours: Spring 2020: English 101 Tuesdays 2.00-3.15 and by appointment