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Camille F. FORBES - Ph.D. (Harvard University)

Primary Office: LIT 331
Primary Phone: (858) 534-2363
Office Hours:Contact Department
Fall 2009 Teaching Schedule:
Course: LTEN 186 Time: TuTh 11:00-12:20 Location: WLH 2206
Email: cfforbes@ucsd.edu
Website: http://camillefforbes.com/


Camille F. Forbes is an Associate Professor of African-American Literature and Culture. She received her Ph.D. in American Civilization from Harvard University, an M.A. in History from Harvard University, and a B.A. in American Studies from Yale University. Her teaching and research interests include: Nineteenth-Century African-American Literature and Culture; African-American Performance; American Literature; Cultural Studies.

Selected Publications:

Introducing Bert Williams: Burnt Cork, Broadway, and the Story of America's First Black Star. New York: Basic Civitas, 2008.

"Dancing with 'Racial Feet': Bert Williams and thePerformance of Blackness,” Theatre Journal 56:4 (December 2004):603-625.

Co-author with Ghada Osman, "Representing the West in the ArabicLanguage: The Slave Narrative of Omar ibn Said." Journal ofIslamic Studies 15:3 (September 2004):331-343.