Emily Ogden
Professor
Specialties
19th C American, American
Office Address/Hours
212 Bryan Hall / TR 11-12:30
Class Schedule
TR 12:30-1:45, T 2:00-4:30
Please see www.emilyogden.net for updated information.
Degrees
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2010
A.B., Harvard University, 2002
A.B., Harvard University, 2002
Books
- Darkness Becomes Bright: On the Brief Life and Immortal Art of Edgar Allan Poe (forthcoming 2026 from Viking Books, US, and Picador, UK)
- On Not Knowing: How to Love and Other Essays (University of Chicago Press, US and Peninsula Press, UK)
- Credulity: A Cultural History of US Mesmerism (University of Chicago Press, 2018)
Emily Ogden specializes in nineteenth-century American literature and culture, secularity studies, and the history of criticism. Her latest book, On Not Knowing: How to Love and Other Essays, is a product of her recent interest in alternative critical forms. She publishes both in scholarly and public venues, including the New York Times, Critical Inquiry, The Yale Review, The Point, and The LA Review of Books. Professor Ogden is interested in advising dissertations and theses on topics in nineteenth-century American literature, secularity studies, and the history of criticism.
Selected Awards
Guggenheim Fellow, class of 2026
Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant, 2024
Mellon Fellowship at the Society of Fellows in the Humanities, Columbia University, 2010-2013