Alan
Liu is director of the Transcriptions
Project and Professor in the English
Department at the University of California,
Santa Barbara, where he has taught since 1988. He received his Ph.D.
from Stanford University in 1980 and taught in the English Department
and British Studies Program at Yale University from 1979-87. His central
interests include literary theory, cultural studies, information culture,
and British Romantic literature. Currently he is continuing his work on
a project titled The
Future Literary: Literary History and the Culture of Information--the
first half of which (on the culture of information) is being completed
under the title, The Laws of Cool: The Cultural Life of Information.
His major web projects include: The Voice
of the Shuttle: Web Page for Humanities Research and Palinurus: The Academy and the
Corporation--Teaching the Humanities in a Restructured World.
In 1999-2000, Prof. Liu is teaching the following courses:
Fall 1999 (office hours: South Hall 2521, Thurs. 6:20-7:20 pm):
- English 165CI, The Culture of Information, TR, 2-3:15, South Hall 2635 (moved from Girvetz Hall)
- English 197, Reading Wordsworth, TR, 5-6:15, South Hall 2617
Winter 2000:
- English 236, The Culture of Information (Graduate Seminar)
