“Arabic Literature in the World” panel featuring Brady Ryan (Univ. of Connecticut) and Stephanie Karver (Univ. of Michigan)

Brady Ryan is Assistant Professor of Arabic at the University of Connecticut. He researches modern Arabic literature and focuses on the inheritance and development of literary symbols, genres, and modes of critique across historical periods and literary generations. He is currently writing a book on Arabic historical novels. He holds a PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles, and he received a BA in Arabic from Michigan State University in 2016.

Stephanie Kraver is a Research Fellow at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute at the University of Michigan. She is a scholar of modern Arabic and Hebrew literature who specializes in transcultural exchange, expressions of mourning, trauma theory, and translation. Kraver places Arabic poetry into conversation with Hebrew and Anglophone works, exploring literary relationships across national borders and poetic traditions. She received her PhD in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from the University of Chicago in 2023.

Organized by the MSU Muslim Studies Program and Honors College and cosponsored by the Asian Studies Center; Department of English; Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures (LiLaC); Global Studies in the Arts and Humanities; Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities (IAH); James Madison College; and Middle East and North African Faculty and Staff Association (MENA-FSA).