Kenneth Seigneurie, Simon Fraser University

Research

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Ken Seigneurie’s research and teaching explore how worlds -- liberal-humanistic religious and postcolonial -- accrete in literary texts. His work spans English Arabic and French literatures in comparative contexts world literature Levantine and Sub-Saharan West African cultures

Latest papers

Sarah R. Bin Tyeer and Claire Gallien, eds., Islam and New Directions in World Literature, XIX + 362 pp. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, 2022. ISBN 978 1 4744 8408 4. https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474484053.003.0001
Al-Abhath · 2025 · first author
Sarah R. Bin Tyeer and Claire Gallien, eds., Islam and New Directions in World Literature
Al-Abhath · 2025 · first author
Ways of Seeking: The Arabic Novel and the Poetics of Investigation. Emily Drumsta (Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2024). Pp. 240. $34.95 paper. ISBN: 9780520390195
International Journal Middle East Studies · 2024 · first author

All 23 publications

23 publications.

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Sarah R. Bin Tyeer and Claire Gallien, eds., Islam and New Directions in World Literature, XIX + 362 pp. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, 2022. ISBN 978 1 4744 8408 4. https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474484053.003.0001

Ken Seigneurie

Al-Abhath2025First author

DOI: 10.1163/2589997x-00730109

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Sarah R. Bin Tyeer and Claire Gallien, eds., Islam and New Directions in World Literature

Ken Seigneurie

Al-Abhath2025First author

DOI: 10.1163/2589997x-0730102010

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Ways of Seeking: The Arabic Novel and the Poetics of Investigation. Emily Drumsta (Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2024). Pp. 240. $34.95 paper. ISBN: 9780520390195

Ken Seigneurie

International Journal Middle East Studies2024First author

DOI: 10.1017/s0020743824000904

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Stefan Helgesson, Birgit Neumann and Gabriele Rippl (eds.). 2020. Handbook of Anglophone World Literatures. Handbooks of English and American Studies 13. Berlin/Boston, MA: De Gruyter, ix + 580 pp., 2 fig., € 240.00/£ 211.00/$ 241.99.

Ken Seigneurie

Anglia - Zeitschrift für englische Philologie2023First author

DOI: 10.1515/ang-2023-0012

05

Modern nihilism and Naguib Mahfouz’s faith in liberalism

Ken Seigneurie

Middle Eastern Literatures20214 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1080/1475262x.2022.2147415

06

Hagop Der Balian, Mémoires d’un survivant du génocide des Arméniens: d’Adana à Mossoul

Ken Seigneurie

Études arméniennes contemporaines2021First authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.4000/eac.2723

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Afropolitan Literature as World Literature

Eduardo Faria Coutinho, Delia Ungureanu, Hsinya Huang, Meg Samuelson, Ken Seigneurie, Mads Thomsen Rosendahl

Bloomsbury Academic eBooks20209 citations

DOI: 10.5040/9781501342615

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Posthumous Images: Contemporary Art and Memory Politics in Post-Civil War Lebanon, written by Chad Elias

Ken Seigneurie

Journal of Arabic Literature20201 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1163/1570064x-12341406

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2. “Speak, Ruins!”: The Work of Nostalgia in Feature Film

Ken Seigneurie

Fordham University Press eBooks2020First author

DOI: 10.1515/9780823244362-006

10

General Introduction: The Companion to World Literature … For Those Who Yearn

Ken Seigneurie

A Companion to World Literature20191 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1002/9781118635193.ctwl0322

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Ken Seigneurie

Department of World Languages and Literatures

23 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Ken Seigneurie’s research and teaching explore how worlds -- liberal-humanistic Dear Professor Seigneurie, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Sarah R. Bin Tyeer and Claire Gallien, eds., Islam and New Directions in World Literature, XIX + 362 pp. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, 2022. ISBN 978 1 4744 8408 4. https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474484053.003.0001" (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]