Lee Edelman

Lee Edelman began his academic career as a scholar of twentieth-century American poetry. He has since become a central figure in the development, dissemination, and rethinking of queer theory. His current work explores the intersections of sexuality, rhetorical theory, cultural politics, and film. He holds an appointment as the Fletcher Professor of English Literature at Tufts University and he is currently the Chair of the English Department.  His monographs include No Future: Queer Theory and the Death Drive (Duke University Press, 2008) and Homographesis: Essays in Gay Literary and Cultural Theory (Routledge, 1994, reprinted 2003) and his work has been translated into French, Dutch and Japanese.