Ron Broglio is an American academic who is a Professor in the Department of English at Arizona State University. His research addresses animal studies, environmental humanities, art history, museum studies, British literature, and romanticism.
Career
editBroglio read for a Bachelor of Arts in English and philosophy at the St. Meinrad College (a now-closed division of Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology) graduating in 1988. He then undertook postgraduate work in world religions at Loyola University New Orleans (1989–91) and in British literature at Boston College (Master of Arts, graduating 1993). He undertook a PhD in romanticism and literary theory at the University of Florida, graduating in 1999.[1] His thesis was entitled Romantic Transformation: Visions of Difference in Blake and Wordsworth, and his committee included Donald Ault, John Leavey, John Murchek, and Gayle Zachmann.[2] While undertaking postgraduate study, Broglio taught at both Boston College and the University of Florida.[1]
After completing his postgraduate studies, held an adjunct position at the University of Alabama (1999-2000) and then a postdoctoral research position at the Georgia Institute of Technology (2000–02). He took up an Assistant Professorship at Georgia Tech in 2002, where he remained until 2009 (including two years at Blekinge Institute of Technology).[1] His first book, Technologies of the Picturesque, was published in 2008.[3] From 2009-10, Broglio took up an Associate Professorship at Georgia Gwinnett College before moving to Arizona State University in 2010 as an Assistant Professor.[1]
Broglio's second book, Surface Encounters, was published in 2011.[4] In 2012, Broglio was promoted to Associate Professor.[1] He published his third book, Beasts of Burden: Biopolitics, Labor, and Animal Life in British Romanticism in 2017,[5] and was promoted to Full Professor in 2018.[1] His fourth book, Animal Revolution, was published in 2022. It featured illustrations by Marina Zurkow and an afterword by Eugene Thacker.[6]
Select bibliography
editBroglio has published over 20 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and more than ten chapters in scholarly collections. He has served as an associate editor for the journal Romantic Circles, and book review editor of Configurations. He has also guest-edited special issues of Angelaki, Art and Research, Romantic Circles Praxis, and Configurations.[1]
- Broglio, Ron (2008). Technologies of the Picturesque. Bucknell University Press.
- Broglio, Ron (2011). Surface Encounters: Thinking With Animals and Art. University of Minnesota Press.
- Broglio, Ron, and Frederick Young, eds. (2015). Being Human: Between Animals and Technology. Routledge.
- Broglio, Ron (2017). Beasts of Burden: Biopolitics, Labor, and Animal Life in British Romanticism. State University of New York Press.
- Turner, Lynn, Undine Sellbach, and Ron Broglio, eds. (2018). The Edinburgh Companion to Animal Studies. Edinburgh University Press.
- Broglio, Ron (2022). Animal Revolution. University of Minnesota Press.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g Broglio, Ron. "CV". Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ Broglio, Ronald S. (1999). Romantic transformation: Visions of difference in Blake and Wordsworth (Thesis). ProQuest 304499957.
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Reviews:
- Carlson, Julia Sandstrom (21 May 2009). "Ron Broglio, Technologies of the Picturesque: British Art, Poetry, and Instruments, 1750-1830". Romantic Circles. University of Colorado Boulder. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- Poetzsch, Markus (2008). "Technologies of the Picturesque: British Art, Poetry, and Instruments 1750-1830. Ron Broglio". The Wordsworth Circle. 39 (4): 178–9. doi:10.1086/TWC24045241.
- "Technologies of the picturesque: British art, poetry, and instruments, 1750-1830. (2008)". Choice Reviews Online. 45 (12). doi:10.5860/choice.45-6607.
- Jones, J. Jennifer (2009). "Ron Broglio. Technologies of the Picturesque: British Art, Poetry, and Instruments, 1750-1830". Romanticism and Victorianism on the Net. 53. doi:10.7202/029907ar.
- Thacker, Eugene (2008). "On an Unhuman Earth". Electronic Book Review. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- Underwood, Ted. (2011). [Untitled review]. European Romantic Review 22 (1): 79-85. doi:10.1080/10509585.2011.531596.
- Charlesworth, Michael (2009). "Review: [Untitled]". Nineteenth-Century Literature. 64 (2): 272–4. doi:10.1525/ncl.2009.64.2.272.
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Reviews:
- Featherston, Dan (2013). "Intersection of Nonhuman Animals and Art". Society & Animals. 21 (4): 415–417. doi:10.1163/15685306-12341248.
- Whiteman, Maria (2013). "Surface Encounters: Thinking with Animals and Art". Anthrozoös. 26 (2): 311–4. doi:10.2752/175303713X13636846944529. S2CID 144324334.
- Stepanian, Alysse (2012). "Surface Encounters". Journal for Critical Animal Studies. 10 (4): 188–97.
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Reviews:
- Lambert, Cornelia C. "Ron Broglio, Beasts of Burden: Biopolitics, Labor, and Animal Life in British Romanticism". British Society for Literature and Science. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- Washington, Chris (2018). "Ron Broglio. Beasts of Burden". Journal of British Studies. 57 (1): 183–185. doi:10.1017/jbr.2017.212. S2CID 149206534.
- Ronda, Margaret (2020). "Beasts of Burden". Isis. 111 (4): 888–9. doi:10.1086/712364. S2CID 234559939.
- Castellano, Katey (2018). "Ron Broglio, Beasts of Burden: Biopolitics, Labor, and Animal Life in British Romanticism". Wordsworth Circle. 49 (4): 260–2. doi:10.1086/TWC4904260. S2CID 166701760.
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Reviews:
- Shukin, Nicole (2022). "Animal Revolution. By Ron Broglio". ISLE. 29 (4): 1262–3. doi:10.1093/isle/isac063.
- Tierney, David (2022). "Animal Revolution". Green Letters: 1–3. doi:10.1080/14688417.2022.2146870. S2CID 253608622.
External links
edit| Interviews with Broglio | |
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 Animal revolution with Ron Broglio (Knowing Animals) | |
| Animal Revolution (New Books Network) |