Caroline Seymour Jorn
- Professor, Comparative Literature & Global Studies Programs
Education
- PhD, Anthropology, University of Chicago, 1995
- MA, Anthropology, University of Chicago, 1990
- BA, Modern Standard Arabic & Modern Greek (with distinction), Summa Cum Laude with Honors, 1987
Courses Taught
- COMPLIT 133 - Contemporary Imagination in Literature and the Arts
- COMPLIT 135 - Experiencing Literature in the 21st Century: YouthCulture inthe Middle East
- COMPLIT 208 - World Literature in Translation: The 17th to the 21st Century
- COMPLIT 230 - Literature and Society: Utopias
- COMPLIT 231 - Literature and Religion: The Qur'an as Literature
- COMPLIT 350 - Topics in Comparative Literature: Arab Women Writers
- COMPLIT 360 - Seminar in Literature and Cultural Experience: Arabic WomenWritersTranslation
- COMPLIT 463 - Literary Criticism: Major Authors
- COMPLIT 533 - Seminar in Trends in Modern Literature: Development, the Arabic Novel
- COMPLIT 704 - Seminar in Cultural Studies: Literature and Anthropology
- HIST 497 - Morocco History: Infant and Maternal Health
- INTLST 550 - Senior Seminar in International Studies: Youth and Revolution
- L&S HUM 296 - UROP Apprenticeship
- MAFLL 704 - Seminar in Cultural Studies: Literature and Anthropology
- TRNSLTN 704 - Introduction to Translation: Arabic to English,
- TRNSLTN 714 - Advanced Translation: Arabic to English
Teaching Interests
- Arabic Language and Literature
- Anthropology of the Middle East
Research Interests
- Arabic Literature
- Egyptian culture and arts
- Youth in the Middle East
- American Muslims
Selected Publications
Seymour-Jorn, Caroline, Sziarto, Kristin M., and Mansson McGinty, Anna M. (2018).
Sziarto, Kristin M., Mansson McGinty, Anna, and Seymour-Jorn, Caroline. 34.1 (2014): 1-21.
Sziarto, Kristin M., Mansson McGinty, Anna, and Seymour-Jorn, Caroline. 34.1 (2014): 1-21.
Mansson Mcginty, A. M., Sziarto, K. M., and Seymour-Jorn, Caroline. 14.1 (2013): 1-22.
Sziarto, Kristin M., Mansson McGinty, Anna, and Seymour-Jorn, Caroline. 25. (2013): 67-94.
Seymour-Jorn, Caroline. “Teaching Arab Women's Literature: Radwa Ashour's Gharnata” Al-`Arabiyya: Journal of the American Association of Teachers of Arabic 38-39.2007-2008 Ed. Burt, Clarissa. (2011): 137-162.
Seymour-Jorn, Caroline. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. 2011.
Seymour-Jorn, Caroline. 2.1 Ed. Inhorn, Marcia C. (2006): 95-121.
Seymour-Jorn, Caroline. 'The Arab Apocalypse' as a Critique of Global Imperialism Ed. Suhair Majaj , Lisa, and Amireh, Amal. London: McFarland Publishers. 2002: 37-49