Dr Kishore Saval

P. Kishore Saval is Senior Lecturer of Literature, Philosophy, and Art History in the Western Civilisation Program at Australia Catholic University (North Sydney).  His main area of specialisation is the Renaissance, although his research focuses more generally on the relationship between literature and philosophy, the study of the emotions, and the literature, culture, and afterlife of the classical period.   

Saval received his Ph.D. in English Literature from Harvard University.  He is also formerly Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at Brown University.  He received a J.D. in law from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), where his studies also included comparative law, jurisprudence, and ancient history.  He received his Bachelor of Arts (summa cum laude) from the University of California, Los Angeles.   

Among other publications, Saval is the author of two books, Reading Shakespeare through Philosophy, and Shakespeare in Hate.

Books

Shakespeare in Hate, book published January 2016, Routledge

Reading Shakespeare through Philosophy, book published January 2014, Routledge

Articles

&ldquoThe Illiberal Arts&rdquo, American Affairs Journal, February 2019

&ldquoWhat V.S. Naipaul Taught Me About Posturing&rdquo, American Affairs Journal, September 2018

&ldquoHatred and Civilization in the Oresteia&rdquo, Social Research, February 2018

&ldquoShakespeare and Leibniz: Julius Caesar and the Baroque&rdquo, Arcadia 46.1, July 2011

Renaissance, Shakespeare, Earlly Modern Literature and Culture, Philosophy and Literature, Classics 

• Australian Catholic University, Senior Lecturer, Sydney
• Campion College, Sessional Lecturer, Sydney
• Brown University, Assistant Professor, Providence, Rhode Island
• Harvard University, Teaching Fellow, Cambridge, Massachusetts