Biography
EDUCATION:
- 1992 BA Anthropology and Philosophy, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA
- 1994MA Religion, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA
- 1997MA Classics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
- 2005Ph.D. Comparative Literature, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
EMPLOYMENT:
- 2005-2010 Assistant Professor of English, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
- 2007-2008 Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, English, The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, RSA
- 2009- Lecturer in English, UL
Publications
Book Chapters
"Truth, Confession, and the Post-Apartheid Black Consciousness in Njabulo Ndebele's The Cry of Winnie Mandela'
Yianna Liatsos
(2006)
"Truth, Confession, and the Post-Apartheid Black Consciousness in Njabulo Ndebele's The Cry of Winnie Mandela'
In Modern Confessional Writing: New Critical Essays;
New York :
Routledge
'Historical Catharsis and the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission'
Yianna Liatsos
(2005)
'Historical Catharsis and the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission'
In Frontiers of Diversity: Essays in Contemporary Pluralism;
Netherlands :
Rodopi
Peer Reviewed Journals
"A New Bloodline: Antjie Krog's Autobiographical Prose and the Paradoxes of Belonging"
Liatsos, Y.
(2008)
"A New Bloodline: Antjie Krog's Autobiographical Prose and the Paradoxes of Belonging"
In Safundi;
Routledge Taylor and Francis :
pp. 127-153
DOI: 10.1080/17533170802012261
Guest Editor of double issue titled 'Revisions of Nationality and Cultural Identity in Contemporary Europe' and author of 'Introduction'
Yianna Liatsos
(2003)
Guest Editor of double issue titled 'Revisions of Nationality and Cultural Identity in Contemporary Europe' and author of 'Introduction'
In Dialectical Anthropology;
"An Artist's Choice, an Artist's Commitment: Reconciling Myth and Modern History in Nietzsche and Adorno"
Yianna Liatsos
(2001)
"An Artist's Choice, an Artist's Commitment: Reconciling Myth and Modern History in Nietzsche and Adorno"
In Dialectical Anthropology;
Book Reviews
J.M. Coetzee and the Idea of the Public Intellectual, ed. by Jane Poyner in English Academy Review Journal, pp 98-101.
Yianna Liatsos
(2009)
J.M. Coetzee and the Idea of the Public Intellectual, ed. by Jane Poyner in English Academy Review Journal, pp 98-101.
"The Politics of the New South Africa, by Heather Deegan" in Global Review of Ethnopolitics,pp. 90-92.
Yianna Liatsos
(2003)
"The Politics of the New South Africa, by Heather Deegan" in Global Review of Ethnopolitics,pp. 90-92.
"Myths and Memories of the Nation, by Anthony D. Smith" in Global Review of Ethnopolitics,pp 142-143.
Yianna Liatsos
(2002)
"Myths and Memories of the Nation, by Anthony D. Smith" in Global Review of Ethnopolitics,pp 142-143.
"Allegories of the Purge: How Literature Responded to the Postwar Trials of Writers and Intellectuals in France, by Philip Watts" in Canadian Journal of History/Annales Canadiennes d'histoire XXXV, pp 569-570.
Yianna Liatsos
(2000)
"Allegories of the Purge: How Literature Responded to the Postwar Trials of Writers and Intellectuals in France, by Philip Watts" in Canadian Journal of History/Annales Canadiennes d'histoire XXXV, pp 569-570.
Encyclopedia Entrys
'Albert Luthuli' The Encyclopedia of the Developing World. Ed. Thomas Leonard. (New York: Routledge)
Yianna Liatsos
(2005)
'Albert Luthuli' The Encyclopedia of the Developing World. Ed. Thomas Leonard. (New York: Routledge)
'Chinua Achebe' Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities. Ed. Carl Skutsch (New York: Routledge).
Yianna Liatsos
(2004)
'Chinua Achebe' Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities. Ed. Carl Skutsch (New York: Routledge).
Translations
"The Regards" by Alexandra Papadopoulou. Greece: A Traveler's Literary Companion. Ed. Artemis Leontis (San Francisco, CA: Whereabouts Press)
Yianna Liatsos
(1997)
"The Regards" by Alexandra Papadopoulou. Greece: A Traveler's Literary Companion. Ed. Artemis Leontis (San Francisco, CA: Whereabouts Press)