Doug Kirshen

Lecturer in University Writing

Departments/Programs

Writing Program

Degrees

Brandeis University, Ph.D.
Brandeis University, M.A.
Bowdoin College, B.A.

Profile

Doug Kirshen has taught as a Lecturer in University Writing since 2016 and served as administrator of the University Writing Program since 2019. Previously he taught at Brandeis as a Graduate Instructor and at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He received his PhD in English at Brandeis in 2013, where his research focused on the London theatre as a battleground in the gender controversies of the 1890s through the theatrical work of Oscar Wilde, Henry James, and Henry Irving, among others. He graduated summa cum laude from Bowdoin College in 1988 with majors in Art History and Government. Prior to his current career in academia, Doug was a professional arts administrator, including seven years as Director of Audience Development of the American Repertory Theatre.

Awards
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Brandeis University: Milton Hindus Dissertation Fellowship
Bowdoin College: Phi Beta Kappa, James Bowdoin Scholar,
High Honors Awards, Art History Junior and Senior Year Prizes

Publications
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“Frederick Douglass and His British Allies: Letter to John Scoble (9 May 1846 ) and Letter to
Catherine Impey (9 July 1888).” One More Voice: Lost Voices From the British Empire,
onemorevoice.org. Ed. Adrian S. Wisnicki, 2021 (forthcoming).

“The New Man in the Age of the New Woman: May 1894–February 1895,” Victorians: A Journal of Culture and Literature, Spring 2011: 26-48.

“Embodiment of the King: Henry Irving’s King Arthur” in Henry Irving: A Re-Evaluation of the Pre-Eminent Victorian Actor-Manager. Ed. Richard Foulkes. Ashgate, 2008: 65-86.

“Geneva Convention: The American Repertory Theatre Production of The Bacchae” in The Lively ART. Ed. Arthur Holmberg. Ivan R. Dee, 1999: 217-19.

Conference Papers
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“Don’t Make a Scene! The Theatre and the Scenic Method,” Henry James Society International Conference, June 2016.

“Slaves in Philadelphia: How Susannah Rowson’s Slaves in Algiers Captured Charlotte Temple for the American Market,” Modern Language Association, December 2005.

“Embodiment of the King: Henry Irving’s King Arthur,” Henry Irving Centennial Conference, University of Leicester (UK), July 2005.

Courses Taught

COMP	1a	Composition
COMP	1b	Composition
UWS	16a	Sex and Advertising