Eugenie Brinkema — an affiliated faculty member based in MIT Literature — researches violence, affect, sexuality, aesthetics, and ethics in texts ranging from the horror film to gonzo pornography, from the body of films dubbed “New European Extremism” to the viral media forms of terrorism. Professor Brinkema’s articles have appeared in numerous anthologies and journals including
Angelaki,
Camera Obscura,
Criticism,
differences,
Discourse,
The Journal of Speculative Philosophy,
The Journal of Visual Culture,
LIT,
Qui Parle,
Somatechnics, and
World Picture. Her first book,
The Forms of the Affects, published with Duke University Press in 2014, won honorable mention in the Modern Language Association First Book Prize. Her 2022 book
Life-Destroying Diagrams explores the theoretical potential of radical formalism in relation to horror and love.
