Ivory, PhD, Yvonne Marie

Associate Professor

Yvonne Ivory is Assistant Professor of German and Comparative Literature at the University of South Carolina, Columbia She has taught at SDSU, Duke University, University College Dublin, and the Ruhr University. Her research focuses on the nexus between sexuality and aesthetics, and she has published articles on fin-de-sicle German anarchism, on aestheticism, and on Oscar Wildes German reception.

Biographical Profile

College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Languages, Literatures, & Cult.
Tenure Status
Tenured

International Activity

International Activities
Yes
Type of Activity
Research, Teaching
Countries
Germany, Ireland
Institutional Focus Areas
Arts and Humanities
Extended Residence in Foreign Country
Yes (Ireland, Germany, Austria)
Speaks Non-English Language
Yes (German, French)

Interest Background

Do you include students in your research?
Graduates
Interest Keywords
aesthetics and sexuality; sexological writing from 1830s to 1920s (Hirschfeld, Krafft-Ebing, Ellis, Moll, etc.); nineteenth-century art history; fin-de-siecle urban culture; Anglo-German literary connections; Thomas Mann; Hugo von Hofmannsthal; Stefan George; Oscar Wilde; Michael Field; Vita Sackville-West
Institutional Focus Areas
Arts and Humanities
Personal Focus Areas
sexuality, urban culture, homosexuality in literature, Oscar Wilde, Thomas Mann

Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships

Dates Type Description Foundation/Entity
2015 Fellowship American Council of Learned Societies Fellows (ACLS) American Council of Learned Societies Fellows
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