Current Member
Joshua B Bennett
Funding provided by the Herodotus Fund
Affiliation
Historical Studies
Field of study
African American Literature
Home institution
MIT
During my time at IAS, I will be writing a book on "the art of opacity" in African American literature and life.
Visits
Member
School of Historical Studies
–
Fall
Degrees
Princeton University
Ph.D.
2016
University of Warwick
M.A.
2011
University of Pennsylvania
B.A.
2010
Honors
2021
Guggenheim Fellowship
2021
Whiting Award for Nonfiction
2021
Whiting Award for Poetry
2021
William Sanders Scarborough Prize
2017
NEA Fellowship
2015
National Poetry Series
Appointments
MIT
2023
Distinguished Chair of the Humanities and Professor of Literature