Narin Hassan is Associate Professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC). She received her Ph.D. in English from the University of Rochester. Her research and teaching interests include Victorian literature and culture, gender studies, postcolonial/decolonial studies, health humanities, and critical yoga studies. Her book, Diagnosing Empire: Women, Medical Knowledge and Colonial Mobility (Routledge) traces the figure of the woman doctor in the context of Victorian colonial and scientific expansion. She has published in journals including Women's Studies Quarterly,Nineteenth-Century Gender Studies, Mosaic,Nineteenth-Century Contexts, Race and Yoga, and in a number of book collections. She is currently working on a book manuscript that examines the gendered cultures of yoga within a historical context. She has co-edited (with Eileen Cleere and George Robb) a special issue of Nineteenth Century Contexts entitled "Unprecedented Disruptions: Nineteenth-Century Scholars Reflect on 2020" (December 2021) and (with Jessica Howell) a special issue of the journal Medical Humanities on "Global Health Humanitiies" (June 2022). She has also co-edited (with Nicole Lobdell) a special issue of Nineteenth-Century Contexts on the topic of "Nineteenth-Century Mobilities." She is currently co-editing a special issue (with Farha Ternikar) of Race and Yoga on "Yoga in Global Muslim Contexts: Cultural Representations and Spiritual Practices." She has served as Vice President and then President of INCS (Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies) from 2017-2024 and continues on the board in an ex-officio Past President role.
Interests
Research Fields:
Literary and Cultural Studies
Geographic Focuses:
Asia (South)
Europe
Middle East
Issues:
Environment
Gender
Health
Race/Ethnicity
Feminism
Intercultural Issues
Literary Theory
Literature
Migration
Post-Colonialism
Courses
ENGL-1102: English Composition II
HTS-3803: Special Topics
LCC-2100: Intro-Sci,Tech & Culture
LCC-2813: Special Topics in STAC
LCC-3112: Evolution&Industrial Age
LCC-3202: Studies in Fiction
LCC-3212: Women, Lit & Culture
LCC-3219: Literature and Medicine
LCC-3316: Postcolonialism
LCC-3318: Biomedicine & Culture
LCC-3514: Victorian Lit & Culture
LCC-3823: Special Topics Lit/Cult
LCC-3833: Special Topics in STAC
LCC-4100: Seminar in STAC
LCC-4102: Senior Thesis
LMC-2000: Intro-Lit, Media, & Comm
LMC-2200: Intro to Gender Studies
LMC-3202: Studies in Fiction
LMC-3212: Women, Lit & Culture
LMC-3219: Literature & Medicine
LMC-3226: Major Authors
LMC-3304: Science, Technology, and Gender
LMC-3316: Postcolonialism
LMC-3318: Biomedicine & Culture
LMC-3514: Victorian Lit & Culture
LMC-4000: Senior Seminar in Literature, Media, and Communication