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Sean Homer
Sean Homer is Professor of Film and Literature at the American University in Bulgaria. He is author of Slavoj Zizek and Radical Politics (Routledge, 2016), Jacques Lacan (Routledge, 2005) and Fredric Jameson: Marxism, Hermeneutics, Postmodernism (Polity Press, 1998). He is co-editor, with Douglas Kellner, of Fredric Jameson: A Critical Reader (Palgrave, 2004) and, with Ruth Parkin-Gounelas and Yannis Stavrakakis, of Objects: Material, Psychic, Aesthetic, a special issue of Gramma.
Biography
Prof. Homer studied photography, experimental film and performance art prior to becoming a Residential Social Worker in 1983, working with children and adolescents with profound learning difficulties. He has taught at a number of Universities in the UK, as well as in Greece, Cyprus and Bulgaria. Prof. Homer has been based in the Balkans for the past 15 years.Education
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Foundation Studies Art and Design, Bristol Polytechnic, 1979
BA (Hons) English Literature, University of Sheffield, 1989
PhD Comparative Literature, University of Sheffield, UK 1994
Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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Critical Theory,
Psychoanalysis,
Subjectivity,
Balkan Cinema
Personal Interests
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Literature
Film
Cooking
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