Professor
Matthew Biberman is the author of the scholarly study Masculinity, Anti-Semitism and Early Modern English Literature (Ashgate, 2004) and the memoir Big Sid's Vincati (Penguin hardback, 2009; Plume paperback, 2010; Plume reprint, 2010). With Julia Lupton and Douglas Brooks, he is the editor of the essay collection Shakespeare After 9/11 (Mellen, 2011), the first book length study of the subject. With degrees from Duke University, New York University, and Dartmouth College, Professor Biberman most often teaches courses in creative writing (nonfiction) as well as in English Literature (especially in the Renaissance), as well as classes on theory and Jewish American Literature. He is also a Phi Beta Kappa member and a member of the Board of Directors of the Savage Rose Theatre Company in Louisville.
His memoir Big Sid's Vincati was reviewed in The New York Times (Stanley Fish) and featured in the Louisville Courier Journal, The Kansas City Star, The Sacramento Bee, Motorcyclist, WKU-PBS's Mainstreet, Jay Leno’s Garage andDiscovery Channel's Cafe Race. His scholarly study Masculinity, Anti-Semitism and Early Modern English Literature was reviewed in Medieval and Renaissance Drama (by Peter Berek), The Modern Language Review (by Tom Rutter), The Review of English Studies (by B. J. Sokol), Renaissance Quarterly(by Thomas Moisan) and in Year’s Work in English Studies.
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About Matthew Biberman
Matthew Biberman is the author of the scholarly study Masculinity, Anti-Semitism and Early Modern English Literature (Ashgate, 2004) and the memoir Big Sid's Vincati (Penguin hardback, 2009; Plume paperback, 2010; Plume reprint, 2010). With Julia Lupton and Douglas Brooks, he is the editor of the essay collection Shakespeare After 9/11 (Mellen, 2011), the first book length study of the subject. With degrees from Duke University, New York University, and Dartmouth College, Professor Biberman most often teaches courses in creative writing (nonfiction) as well as in English Literature (especially in the Renaissance), as well as classes on theory and Jewish American Literature. He is also a Phi Beta Kappa member and a member of the Board of Directors of the Savage Rose Theatre Company in Louisville.
His memoir Big Sid's Vincati was reviewed in The New York Times (Stanley Fish) and featured in the Louisville Courier Journal, The Kansas City Star, The Sacramento Bee, Motorcyclist, WKU-PBS's Mainstreet, Jay Leno’s Garage andDiscovery Channel's Cafe Race. His scholarly study Masculinity, Anti-Semitism and Early Modern English Literature was reviewed in Medieval and Renaissance Drama (by Peter Berek), The Modern Language Review (by Tom Rutter), The Review of English Studies (by B. J. Sokol), Renaissance Quarterly(by Thomas Moisan) and in Year’s Work in English Studies.
| 2011 - Present | Professor, University of Louisville ‐ Department of English | |
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| 2004 - 2011 | Associate Professor, University of Louisville ‐ Department of English | |
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| 1998 - 2004 | Assistant Professor, University of Louisville ‐ Department of English | |
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| 1996 - 1998 | Graduate Instructor, Duke University | |
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| 1992 - 1994 | Instructor, Des Moines Area Community College | |
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| 1993 | Instructor, Iowa State University | |
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| 1992 | Instructor, Drake University | |
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| 1989 | Teaching Assistant, New York University | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2016 - Present | Chair, English Department Research Committee, University of Louisville | 2016 - Present | Chair, English Department Social Media Committee, University of Louisville | 2006 - Present | Judaic Studies Committee, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Louisville | 1999 - Present | General Committee, The Louisville Literature Conference, University of Louisville | Present | Editorial Board Member, Journal of Language and Cultural Education (Bratislava, Slovakia) | 2015 - 2018 | Committee on Research, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Louisville | 2014 - 2016 | Member, English Department Graduate Committee | 2012 - 2014 | Member, Personnel Committee, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Louisville | 1999 - 2012 | Speaker Selection Committee, The Louisville Literature Conference, University of Louisville | 2007 - 2008 | Chair, English Department Search Committee (Renaissance English Literature), University of Louisville | 2005 - 2008 | English Department Personnel Committee, University of Louisville | 2006 - 2007 | Curriculum Revision Committee, English Department, University of Louisville | 2005 - 2006 | Chair, English Department Personnel Committee, University of Louisville | 2003 - 2006 | Faculty member, Academic Discipline and Grievance Committee, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Louisville | 2000 - 2006 | English Department Undergraduate Committee, University of Louisville | 2006 | Chair, Academic Discipline and Grievance Committee, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Louisville | 2003 - 2004 | English Department Search Committee (Early Modern British Literature), University of Louisville | 2002 - 2003 | English Department Search Committee (Twentieth Century British Literature), University of Louisville | 1999 | English Department Search Committee (Writing Center Director), University of Louisville | 1997 - 1998 | Freshman Writing Program Committee, Duke University |
Honors and Awards
- 2014: Individual Research Initiation Grant, University of Louisville
- 2005: Humanities Center Travel Grant, University of Louisville
- 2005: Professional Development Grant, University of Louisville
- 2004: Foreign Travel Grant, University of Louisville
- 2003: Individual Research Initiation Grant, University of Louisville
- 1999: Junior Faculty Nominee for NEH Summer Stipend, University of Louisville
- 1997: Livesay Dissertation Fellowship for Renaissance Studies, Duke University
- 1997: Freshman Writing Program Teaching Fellow, Duke University
- 1996: Graduate Instructorship, English Department, Duke University
- 1996: Graduate Instructorship, University Writing Program, Duke University
- 1995: Teaching Apprenticeship, English Department, Duke University
- 1994: Five-year Graduate Fellowship, English Department, Duke University
- 1989: Teaching Assistantship, English Department, New York University
- 1988: Two-year Graduate Assistantship, English Department, New York University
- 1988: Summa cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Grimes Fiction Award, Dartmouth
- 1987: Rufus Choate Scholar, Dartmouth College
- 1985: Stoneman Scholarship, Dartmouth College
Courses
- Eng 692 Topics in Theory: Change
- Eng 692 Topics in Theory: Sexuality & Aesthetics
- Eng 691 Interpretive Theory
- Eng 681 Special Topics: God, Art, Victim
- Eng 632 Shakespeare (doctoral seminar)
- Eng 631 Renaissance Drama
- Eng 603 Special Topics: Passion Narratives
- Eng 601 Intro to Grad Studies
- Eng 563 Milton
- Eng 562 Shakespeare
- Eng 543 Stuart and Commonwealth Lit
- Eng 542 Tudor/Elizabethan Lit
- Hum 609 Interdisciplinary Theory (doc. seminar)
- Hum 524/624 Media & Psychoanalysis (special topic)
- Eng 491 Interpretative Theory
- Eng 460 Shakespeare & Milton (special topic)
- Eng 414 Shakespeare-Neoclassical Lit (survey)
- Eng 413 Beginnings-Shakespeare (survey)
- Eng 376 Literature and Mythology
- Eng 334 Shakespeare (survey pt. 2)
- Eng 333 Shakespeare (survey)
- Eng 310 Intro to Lit for the non-major
- Eng 304 Creative Nonfiction Workshop
- Eng 301 Brit Lit 1 (survey)
- Eng 300 Intro to English Studies
- Eng 250 Exploring Literature (online)
- Eng 202 Intro to Creative Writing Workshop
- Eng 105 Honors College Writing
- Eng 102 Intermediate College Writing
- Eng 101 Intro to College Writing
- Hum 401 God, Art, Victim (honors class)
- Hum 102 World Lit since 1700
| 1998 | Ph.D., Duke University ‐ English Literature | |
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| 1990 | M.A., New York University ‐ English Literature and Creative Writing | |
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| 1988 | B.A., Dartmouth College ‐ English | |
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Contact Information
Department of English
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
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