Snitow, Ann

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Ann Snitow

PhD, Literature, University of London;
BA, Summa Cum Laude, Cornell University

Associate Professor, Literature and Gender Studies

Profile:

A feminist activist and writer, I have combined these activities with being a university professor since 1969. It’s all connected: imagining and reading about change, being skeptical about the meaning of particular social changes, being part of change. What I wish for my students: action and criticism of the action taken, engagement and distance, and, finally, pleasure in this inside/outside life.

Courses Taught:
  • The Fiction of Men and Women
  • Introduction to Feminist Thought and Action
  • The Personal Essay
  • Introduction to the Novel
  • Story
  • Introduction to the MA in Gender Studies and Feminist Theory (Graduate Faculty)
  • The Sixties: From Liberation Movements to Identity Politics (Graduate Faculty)
  • Literary Conversations Between Men and Women (Graduate Faculty)
Recent Publications:
  • The Feminist Memoir Project, edited with Rachel Blau Duplessis
  • Lectures 2004-2005:
    Krakow and Gdansk, Poland; Tirana, Albania; Cluj, Romania;
    “Solidarity at 25: the Gender Question,” The New School;
    “In Praise of Carole Vance,” CLAGS, CUNY Graduate Center. 
    Pieces on “Feminist Futures in the Former East Bloc” and “Cautionary Tales” about East-West organizing, translated into Polish and Russian.
  • Reviews: Women’s Review of Books.
Office Location:
Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts
65 West 11th Street, Room 257
New York, NY  10011
Phone Number/Extension:
212-229-5100 x2247

Research Interests:

Feminism in East and Central Europe since 1989; Feminist theory/ intellectual history of contemporary feminism; The personal essay.

Professional Affiliations:
  • Co-founder and Board Member of the Network of East-West Women (NEWW)
  • Co-founder (with Drucilla Cornell) of Take Back the Future
  • MLA
  • National Writers Union
  • Editorial Board, Dissent


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