Personal profile
Office Address
3032 Foreign Languages Building
Research Interests
North African Literature and Film
Al-Andalus (Medieval Muslim Iberia)
Modern Spanish Literature and Film
Arabic Literature
Mediterranean Studies
Postcolonial Studies
Travel Writing
Education
Ph.D., Harvard University, 2011
B.A., Brown University, 2003
Honors & Awards
- LAS Dean’s Distinguished Professorial Scholar, 2024-25
- Finalist for 2024 Sheikh Zayed Book Award
- Honorable Mention for 2024 Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Comparative Literary Studies from the Modern Language Association
- Conrad Humanities Scholar, 2018-2023
- 2019 L. Carl Brown AIMS Book Prize in North African Studies
- Lincoln Excellence for Assistant Professors (LEAP) Award, 2017-18
- National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, 2016-2017
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Rethinking translating cultures
Al-Ghadeer, M., Forsdick, C., Al-Sudairi, M., Karatsolis, A., Calderwood, E. & Allwaish, M., Oct 2025, In: Babel. 71, 6, p. 725-739 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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On Earth or in Poems: The Many Lives of al-Andalus
Calderwood, E. S., May 16 2023, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 360 p.Research output: Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book
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Strait Flow
Calderwood, E., Oct 2022, In: PMLA. 137, 5, p. 871-877 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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What Is Moroccan Literature? History of an Object in Motion
Calderwood, E. S. & Fernández Parrilla, G., 2021, In: Journal of Arabic Literature. 52, 1-2, p. 97-123 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Moroccan Jews and the Spanish colonial imaginary, 1903–1951
Calderwood, E., 2019, In: Journal of North African Studies. 24, 1, p. 86-110 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Honors & Recognition
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HRI Prize for Research in the Humanities - Faculty (Honorable Mention)
Calderwood, E. S. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Prize/Award
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L. Carl Brown AIMS Book Prize in North African Studies
Calderwood, E. S. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize/Award
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Laura Shannon Prize in Contemporary European Studies - Humanities - Silver Medal
Calderwood, E. S. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize/Award
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