James Dawes

DeWitt Wallace Professor of English
American literature; countercultures; human rights; literary and language theory; violence and trauma; literature and philosophy.

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James Dawes teaches literature and human rights. He is the author of The Novel of Human Rights (Harvard University Press, 2018); Evil Men (Harvard University Press, 2013), winner of the International Human Rights Book Award; That the World May Know: Bearing Witness to Atrocity (Harvard University Press, 2007), Independent Publisher Book Award Finalist; and The Language of War (Harvard University Press, 2002). He has written for or appeared as the feature guest on media outlets ranging from National Public Radio, the BBC, and Bulgarian National Radio to the Boston Globe, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and CNN.com. He was a Junior Fellow at the Society of Fellows, Harvard University. He received his Ph.D. in English Literature from Harvard University and his M. Phil. from Cambridge University.

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Areas of Study

  • American literature
  • Countercultures
  • Human rights
  • Literary and language theory
  • Violence and trauma
  • Literature and philosophy

Fall 2021 Courses 

  • ENGL 137-01 Novel
  • ENGL 272-01: Love and Madness in 19th Century American Literature

Selected Works in Macalester’s Digital Commons