Prof. Winfried Siemerling
Fellow
Current Employer
University of Waterloo
Election Year
2019
Academy
Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Discipline
Literature
Department
English Language & Literature
Keywords
North American transnational literatures; Canadian literature; literary theory
SIEMERLING, Winfried – Department of English Language & Literature, University of Waterloo
Winfried Siemerling is internationally recognized for his pioneering work on Canadian and other North American literatures and cultures in comparative and transnational perspectives. Critically acclaimed for his incisive theorization of English, French and black Canadian writing, Siemerling has influentially repositioned Canadian cultural achievement within broader North American, hemispheric, and transatlantic contexts, breaking new ground with prize-winning works like The New North American Studies (2005) and The Black Atlantic Reconsidered (2015).
Winfried Siemerling is internationally recognized for his pioneering work on Canadian and other North American literatures and cultures in comparative and transnational perspectives. Critically acclaimed for his incisive theorization of English, French and black Canadian writing, Siemerling has influentially repositioned Canadian cultural achievement within broader North American, hemispheric, and transatlantic contexts, breaking new ground with prize-winning works like The New North American Studies (2005) and The Black Atlantic Reconsidered (2015).
Winfried Siemerling est reconnu mondialement pour son analyse novatrice de la littérature canadienne et des autres littératures nord-américaines dans une perspective comparative et transnationale. Salué par la critique pour sa théorisation éclairante des ouvrages en anglais et en français, de même que ceux issus de la communauté noire au Canada, Siemerling a joué un rôle majeur dans le repositionnement des contributions culturelles canadiennes dans le contexte plus vaste nord-américain, hémisphérique et transatlantique, en innovant avec des ouvrages primés tels The New North American Studies (2005) et The Black Atlantic Reconsidered (2015).