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UC Berkeley, Rhetoric Department
7408 Dwinelle Hall #2670
Berkeley, CA 94720-2670


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Paul Nadal is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Rhetoric at UC Berkeley. His research interests lie in Asian American literature and Philippine/Filipino American studies. His project brings together critical studies on transnational labor migrations, gender and sexuality, as well as the changing dynamics of aesthetics, technology, and modernization in the interpretation of contemporary Philippine and Asian-Pacific cultural productions. Paul holds a B.A. from the University of Washington (English, Ethnic Studies, 2005), an M.A. from UCLA (Asian American Studies, 2007), and has also studied at the University of the Philippines and Duke University's Graduate Program in Literature.

current coursework

Fall 2007
LIT 303 AESTHETICS (Toril Moi)
LIT 281A KARL MARX: CAPITAL, VOL 1 (Fredric Jameson)
LIT 281B BADIOU/LACLAU/RANCIERE/ZIZEK (Michael Hardt)

Spring 2008
LIT 304 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS (Barbara Herrnstein Smith)
LIT 281C MIMESIS: ARISTOTLE TO BAUDRILLARD (A. Garreta)
LIT 281D PHILOSOPHY IN TIMES OF TERROR (V.Y. Mudimbe)
LIT 399 THE WAR OF 1898 (Jose D. Saldivar)


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Last Updated: July 30, 2008

 

 

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