Emily Ogden
Associate Professor
212 Bryan Hall
Office Hours: By appointment only.
Specialties:
19th C American, American
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:
- 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.
