University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Landmark Unit Publications

The Unit’s contributions to the development of critical theory is reflected in the seminal publications produced from conferences and seminars organized by our faculty. These publications shaped the key debates and crucial turns in theoretical inquiry over the last four decades.

Red, Yellow, and Black cover with the text reading "Colonial, Racial, Capitalism." Edited by Susan Koshy, Lisa Marie Cacho, Jodi A. Byrd, and Brian Jordan Jefferson

Colonial Racial Capitalism (2022)

Edited by Susan Koshy, Lisa Marie Cacho, Jodi A. Byrd, Brian Jordan Jefferson

(October 2022)

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Monolingualism and Its Discontents

Susan Koshy, Christopher Cannon

(October 2022)

NOVEL: "Worlding Realisms"

NOVEL: "Worlding Realisms" (2016)

Edited by Lauren M. E. Goodlad

(August 2016)

Special issue Occasion

Special issue Occasion: "States of Welfare" (2011)

Edited by Lauren M. E. Goodlad, Bruce Robbins, and Michael Rothberg

(January 2016)

Mad Men, Mad World

Mad Men, Mad World: Sex, Politics, Style, and the 1960s (2013)

Edited by Lauren M. E. Goodlad, Lilya Kaganovsky, and Robert A. Rushing

(March 2013)

Special issue Interventions

Special issue Interventions: International Journal of Postocolonial Studies: "Between Subalternity and Indigeneity" (2011)

Edited by Jodi A. Byrd and Michael Rothberg

(January 2011)

Special issue Journal of Human Rights

Special issue Journal of Human Rights: "Comparative Human Rights: Literature, Art, Politics" (2010)

Edited by Eleni Coundouriotis and Lauren M. E. Goodlad

(January 2010)

Cary Nelson and the Struggle for the University: Poetry, Politics, and the Profession (2009)

Cary Nelson and the Struggle for the University: Poetry, Politics, and the Profession (2009)

Edited by Michael Rothberg and Peter K. Garrett.

(January 2009)

Postcolonial Studies and Beyond (2005)

Postcolonial Studies and Beyond (2005)

Edited by Ania Loomba, Suvir Kaul, Matti Bunzl, Antoinette Burton, and Jed Esty

(January 2005)

Disciplinarity at the Fin de Siecle

Disciplinarity at the Fin de Siecle (2001)

Edited by Amanda Anderson and Joseph Valente

(January 2001)

Disciplinarity and Dissent in Cultural Studies

Disciplinarity and Dissent in Cultural Studies (1996)

Edited by Dilip Parameshwar Gaonkar and Cary Nelson

(January 1996)

Higher Education Under Fire

Higher Education Under Fire: Politics, Economics, and the Crisis of the Humanities (1994)

Edited by Michael Berube and Cary Nelson

(January 1994)