Halla Khalil

Visiting Assistant Professor of Literature and Creative Writing Affiliation: Visiting
Education: PhD Candidate in English, University of Maryland, USA

Research Areas: Early modern drama, Shakespeare studies, philosophy, epistemology


Halla Khalil is a PhD candidate in English specializing she specializes in early modern literature, Shakespeare, identity studies, and Renaissance lyric. She holds an MA in English from the University of Massachusetts Boston, where she also earned her BA in English and Philosophy, graduating summa cum laude. Khalil has extensive teaching experience, having designed and instructed a range of literature and writing courses such as Acting Human: Shakespeare and the Drama of Identity,” “Inventing Western Literature,” and “The Art of Literature.” Her research explores intersections of love and epistemological skepticism in Shakespeare's plays and poems.