Ari Lieberman

Ari Lieberman
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Senior Academic Professional
Undergraduate Coordinator

M.F.A. Cornell, 2003

Ph.D. Princeton, 2010

My work focuses on the ethics and aesthetics of comedy, specifically the function of laughter in fiction. My interests include Modern Hebrew literature; twentieth-century anglophone, hispanophone, and francophone literature; theories of humor and laughter; Holocaust literature and film; biblical themes in Western literature; Vladimir Nabokov, Samuel Beckett, Miguel de Cervantes, Shmuel Yosef Agnon.

I wrote these books:

 Happiness Happiness (Achuzat Bayit Books, 2024)

Samson the Silent Samson the Silent (Achuzat Bayit Books, 2022)

The Champions of Innocence The Champions of Innocence (Yediot Books, 2014)

 

Research Interests:

Modern Hebrew, Hispanic, and Francophone literatures; theories of humor

Articles Featuring Ari Lieberman

Comparative Literature 4300/6300
Modernism and Postmodernism: Lolita Edition
Fall 2025: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 11:10 AM – 12:25 PM
Instructor: Dr. Ari Lieberman