Alan Y. Liu - English Department - University of California, Santa ...

Major English Poets
Introduction to British Studies
Literature I
The Age of Johnson
The Age of Revolution: Politics, Art, and Literature, 1760-1815 (co-taught with William
Pressly, History of Art Department)
Politics and Prophecy: Burke, Blake, Wordsworth
The Modern Idea of "Literature": Formalism and Its Transformations
Theory and Practice of Interdisciplinary Study
Literature and Science, 1600-1820
ADMINISTRATIVE & COMMITTEE EXPERIENCE
University of California, Santa Barbara:
English Department Service:
Chair, Department. of English, 2008-present
Undergraduate Program Chair, Department of English, 2007-2008.
Administrative Committee, Department of English, 1988-90, 1993-94, 1996-97, 1998-99,
1999-2000, 2001-2002, 2004-5 (the elected department oversight committee)
Graduate Program Chair, Department of English, 1989-90, 1991-93
Job Placement Officer, Department of English, 1988-91, 1994-95
Chair, Job Search Committee (Victorian position), Department of English, 1996-97; Chair,
Job Search Committee (Digital Humanities position); also a member of other
department search committees, 1988-89, 1992-93, 2002-03, 2004-05, 2008-09, 2010-
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Chair, Technology and Humanities Committee, Department of English, 1996-97, 1998-99,
1999-2003
Co-chair, Public Humanities Initiative, Department of English, 2000-2002
Chair, English Department's Search Committee for UC President's Postdoctoral Fellows
hires
Undergraduate Comm., Department of English, 2006-2007
Target of Opportunity (Diversity) Search Comm., Department of English, 1990-93
Other UCSB Service:
Executive Steering Committee, Technology & Society Ph.D. Emphasis Program, 2009present
Vice-Chair, Humanities and Social Sciences Computing Facility Advisory Committee,
1996-97
Information Technology Board, 1998-99, 1999-2002
Computing Information Technology & Telecommunications Policy Committee, Academic
Senate, 1996-97, 1999-2000
Campus Networking Committee and Subcommittee on Information Distribution, 1992-9
UCSB Division of Humanities and Fine Arts "Humanities Task Force" charged with
responding to the AAU "Reinvigorating the Humanities" report and
recommendations, 2004-05
Scholarly Communications Committee, Academic Senate, 2004-05
University of California System Service:
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