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Timothy Hampton is Aldo Scaglione and Marie M. Burns Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and French at the University of California at Berkeley, where he also directs the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities. Hampton has written widely about literature, politics, and culture across several languages and centuries. Among his publications are Fictions of Embassy: Literature and Diplomacy in Early Modern Europe (Cornell University Press, 2010), Bob Dylan: How the Songs Work (Zone Books, 2019), and Cheerfulness: A Literary and Cultural History (Zone Books, 2022). In 2013, he was recognized with the Distinguished Teaching Award, Berkeley's highest award for teaching excellence. He writes about poetry, music, and education at https://www.timothyhampton.org.
Since 1912, the Academic Senate has selected faculty members who are exceptionally distinguished for their scholarly research to serve as the Faculty Research Lecturers. These public events provide a unique opportunity for the campus community to hear from the very people who are transforming knowledge at Berkeley and in our world.
Timothy Hampton is Aldo Scaglione and Marie M. Burns Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and French at the University of California at Berkeley, where he also directs the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities. Hampton has written widely about literature, politics, and culture across several languages and centuries. Among his publications are Fictions of Embassy: Literature and Diplomacy in Early Modern Europe (Cornell University Press, 2010), Bob Dylan: How the Songs Work (Zone Books, 2019), and Cheerfulness: A Literary and Cultural History (Zone Books, 2022). In 2013, he was recognized with the Distinguished Teaching Award, Berkeley's highest award for teaching excellence. He writes about poetry, music, and education at https://www.timothyhampton.org.
Since 1912, the Academic Senate has selected faculty members who are exceptionally distinguished for their scholarly research to serve as the Faculty Research Lecturers. These public events provide a unique opportunity for the campus community to hear from the very people who are transforming knowledge at Berkeley and in our world.
