Ph.D. Germanic languages and literature 1979, Princeton University

Avital Ronell
University Professor of German and Comparative Literature
Literary and other discourses; feminist and queer letters; philosophy; technology and media; psychoanalysis; deconstruction; performance art.
Chair, Division of Philosophy and Literature and Division of Comparative Literature; Modern Language Association, 1993-1996.
University of California President's Fellowship, 1995-1996; Research Fellow Award, 1993; American Cultures Fellowship, 1991; Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Fellowship, 1981-1983.
Loser Sons: Politics and Authority. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2012.
With Catherine Porter. Fighting theory: Avital Ronell in conversation with Anne Dufourmantelle. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2010.
Ed. Diane Davis. The ÜberReader: Selected Works of Avital Ronell. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2007.
The Test Drive. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2007. (French translation by Galilee Press, France.)
Stupidity. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2003.
Finitude's Score: Essays for the End of the Millenium. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1994.
Dictations: On Haunted Writing. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1986/1993.
Crack Wars: Literature, Addiction, Mania. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1992.
The Telephone Book: Technology, Schizophrenia, Electric Speech. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1989.
With Catherine Porter. Fighting theory: Avital Ronell in conversation with Anne Dufourmantelle. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2010.
Ed. Diane Davis. The ÜberReader: Selected Works of Avital Ronell. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2007.
The Test Drive. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2007. (French translation by Galilee Press, France.)
Stupidity. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2003.
Finitude's Score: Essays for the End of the Millenium. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1994.
Dictations: On Haunted Writing. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1986/1993.
Crack Wars: Literature, Addiction, Mania. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1992.
The Telephone Book: Technology, Schizophrenia, Electric Speech. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1989.
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Avital Ronell
University Professor of German and Comparative Literature avital.ronell@nyu.edu 19 University Place, Rm 319Phone: (212) 998-8658
Office Hours: Monday: 3:00pm - 4:00pm