Joseph Slaughter

Joseph Slaughter

Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University
I’m Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. My research is in post-colonial studies, the literature and cultures of the global south— or what used to be called ‘the Third World’— in relation especially to questions of international law, human rights and decolonisation.
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Joseph Slaughter
Joseph Slaughter, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, examines how literature and human rights overlap.
Joseph Slaughter
Joseph Slaughter, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, explains the bond between literature and law.
Joseph Slaughter
Joseph Slaughter, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, discusses literature and decolonization.
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