Areas of Research/Interest: Modernism; war culture and war literature; the twentieth century British novel; the novel and film; Anglophone literature; postcolonial and cultural studies.

Select Publications:

Culture in Camouflage: War, Empire and Modern British Literature (Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming).
Guest Editor, The Ends of War: Special Issue, Social Text 91 (Summer 2007) vol. 25.2.
Co-Editor, with Gyan Prakash and Ella Shohat, Reflections on the Work of Edward Said: Special Issue, Social Text 87:, (Summer 2006) vol. 24.2.
"Defusing the English Patient", in the Blackwell Companion to Literature and Film. Ed. Robert Stram. New York: Basil Blackwell, 2004.
"The Dogs of War: Myths of British Anti-Americanism", in Anti-Americanism. Ed. Andrew Ross and Kristin Ross. New York: New York University Press, 2004.
"A Day That Will...: Urban Space After September 11, 2001", in The Cities of Everyday Life, Ed. Ravi Sundaram. Sarai: New Delhi, 2002.

Affiliations: Editorial Board, Social Text; Advisory Board, Program in Trauma and Violence Transdisciplinary Studies, NYU; Modern Language Association; American Comparative Literature Association; Modernist Studies Association.

Fellowships/Honors: Golden Dozen Outstanding Teaching Award, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, New York University, 2005; University Research Challenge Fund Fellowship, NYU, 2003-2004; President's Fellow, Columbia University, 1996-1999; Mellon Research Travel Fellowship, Columbia University, 1997; Marjorie Hope Nicholson Fellow, Columbia University, 1988-1991; Higgs Scholar, Balliol College, Oxford, 1986-1988.