Erik S. Roraback

Erik S. Roraback

Erik S. Roraback is an accomplished academic who currently holds an Affiliate Associate Professor appointment in the English Department at the University of Washington. He previously served as a Visiting Scholar at the university from 2015-2019.467

Roraback's research and teaching interests span a wide range of topics, including:

• History of U.S. Literature, especially Henry James, Thomas Pynchon, and other major American authors1
• Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Occidental thought and culture, with a focus on influential philosophers and theorists from Plato to contemporary thinkers like Žižek and Agamben1
• Comparative cultural research across literature, theory and philosophy7

He has also held academic positions at other institutions, including:

• Docent of English and American Literature at Charles University in Prague34
• Visiting Researcher at the Universität Konstanz from 2004-20142

Roraback earned his D.Phil. (Doctor of Philosophy) degree from the University of Oxford.137 His LinkedIn profile username is erik-s-roraback-67b1181a.5