Originally from South Africa, Nasrin Olla specializes in African diasporic literature, postcolonial criticism, and continental philosophy. Nasrin completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Cape Town and her PhD in English literature and languages at Cornell University. Nasrin is currently the Carol G. Lederer Postdoctoral Fellow at Brown University. At Brown, she is working on her first book project, Reaching for Opacity: Contemporary Afro-diasporic Literature, which engages anew with the theme of alterity across a range of contemporary Afro-diasporic literature. Nasrin’s research has been supported by the Mellon Mays Fellowship, the A.W. Mellon Fellowship at the Society for the Humanities, Cornell University, and the Charlotte W. Newcombe Dissertation Completion Fellowship.
Research and Teaching Interests
African Diasporic Literature
Ethics/Critical Theory/Contemporary Continental Philosophy
Gender Studies/Queer Theory
