English and Scottish Literature Research Events: Werner Sollors In brief Date - 26 September 2025Venue - Project Room 1.06, 50 George SquareTitle - Americans All!Speaker - Professor Werner Sollors (Harvard University) About the eventThe department of English and Scottish Literature are delighted to welcome Professor Werner Sollors (Harvard University) for this conversational event, ‘Americans All!’. Professor Sollors will be in conversation with Professor Daniel G. Williams (Swansea University) on the publication of 'The Werner Sollors Reader'.'The Werner Sollors Reader: Ethnicity, Cosmopolitanism and Particularism' is the first comprehensive overview of Werner Sollors’ ground-breaking work on culture and ethnicity. Ranging from the Bible and classical sources to Mary Antin, Hemingway, and Teju Cole, the essays trace the modern origins of such terms as identity and cultural pluralism that we use to imagine human difference.Daniel G. Williams, the editor of the volume, will be in conversation with Sollors to explore the trajectory of his work in African American studies, American literature and culture, multilingualism, and the cultural history of post-war Germany.About the speakerWerner Sollors is Henry B. and Anne M. Cabot Professor of English Literature and Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. His major publications include Beyond Ethnicity: Consent and Descent in American Literature and Culture (1986), Neither Black Nor White Yet Both: Thematic Explorations of Interracial Literature (1997), and Ethnic Modernism (2008). He is also the co-editor, with Greil Marcus, of A New Literary History of America (2009).About the events seriesEach year, English and Scottish Literature hosts a variety of exciting research events featuring a fantastic range of guest speakers and colleagues.Events are free and everyone is welcome. No booking is required.Are you interested in a PhD in English Literature?We offer two PhDs: one in English Literature; and one in Creative Writing. Working with colleagues in LLC and across the wider University, we are able to support research which crosses boundaries between disciplines and/or languages. Find out more about PhD study in English Literature at Edinburgh Tags English and Scottish Literature Sep 26 2025 16.00 - 17.30 English and Scottish Literature Research Events: Werner Sollors An in-person conversation between Professor Werner Sollors (Harvard University) and David G. Williams titled 'Americans All!', on the topic of the publication of 'The Werner Sollors Reader'. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue: 50 George Square
English and Scottish Literature Research Events: Werner Sollors In brief Date - 26 September 2025Venue - Project Room 1.06, 50 George SquareTitle - Americans All!Speaker - Professor Werner Sollors (Harvard University) About the eventThe department of English and Scottish Literature are delighted to welcome Professor Werner Sollors (Harvard University) for this conversational event, ‘Americans All!’. Professor Sollors will be in conversation with Professor Daniel G. Williams (Swansea University) on the publication of 'The Werner Sollors Reader'.'The Werner Sollors Reader: Ethnicity, Cosmopolitanism and Particularism' is the first comprehensive overview of Werner Sollors’ ground-breaking work on culture and ethnicity. Ranging from the Bible and classical sources to Mary Antin, Hemingway, and Teju Cole, the essays trace the modern origins of such terms as identity and cultural pluralism that we use to imagine human difference.Daniel G. Williams, the editor of the volume, will be in conversation with Sollors to explore the trajectory of his work in African American studies, American literature and culture, multilingualism, and the cultural history of post-war Germany.About the speakerWerner Sollors is Henry B. and Anne M. Cabot Professor of English Literature and Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. His major publications include Beyond Ethnicity: Consent and Descent in American Literature and Culture (1986), Neither Black Nor White Yet Both: Thematic Explorations of Interracial Literature (1997), and Ethnic Modernism (2008). He is also the co-editor, with Greil Marcus, of A New Literary History of America (2009).About the events seriesEach year, English and Scottish Literature hosts a variety of exciting research events featuring a fantastic range of guest speakers and colleagues.Events are free and everyone is welcome. No booking is required.Are you interested in a PhD in English Literature?We offer two PhDs: one in English Literature; and one in Creative Writing. Working with colleagues in LLC and across the wider University, we are able to support research which crosses boundaries between disciplines and/or languages. Find out more about PhD study in English Literature at Edinburgh Tags English and Scottish Literature Sep 26 2025 16.00 - 17.30 English and Scottish Literature Research Events: Werner Sollors An in-person conversation between Professor Werner Sollors (Harvard University) and David G. Williams titled 'Americans All!', on the topic of the publication of 'The Werner Sollors Reader'. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue: 50 George Square
Sep 26 2025 16.00 - 17.30 English and Scottish Literature Research Events: Werner Sollors An in-person conversation between Professor Werner Sollors (Harvard University) and David G. Williams titled 'Americans All!', on the topic of the publication of 'The Werner Sollors Reader'.
