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Szeman is best known for his foundational contributions to the emerging field of “energy humanities,” which applies theories and methods from the humanities to problems of energy production, consumption, and transition. The starting point for this work, and for the analysis of “petroculture,” is
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Szeman has authored, edited, or co-edited 23 books, as well as numerous journal and magazine articles, book chapters, and special journal issues. Szeman founded the
Canadian Association of Cultural Studies and co-founded the U.S. Cultural Studies Association, Banff Research in Culture, and the
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Szeman has made contributions to debates in critical theory and cultural studies, as well as globalization, postcolonial, and
Canadian studies. His early work explored the relationship between national identity and global modernity in postcolonial literature and the impact of globalization on
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Szeman’s question: “What if oil is fundamental to the societies we have now?” Szeman’s work has dealt with the problem of the representation of oil and energy, the ways in which forms of energy shape cultural forms, expectations, and values, and role of the humanities in discussions of
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Research Group. He has received the John Polanyi Prize in Literature (2000), a Killiam Annual Professorship (2013), the J. Gordin Kaplan Award for Excellence in Research (2015), and the Arts Award for Excellence in Research (U Waterloo).
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Critical and Cultural Theory with Sarah Blacker and Justin Sully) (Wiley-Blackwell, 2017)
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Culture: A User’s Guide, 4 Editions (with Susie O’Brien) (Wiley-Blackwell, 2004–2017)
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Humanities: An Anthology (with Dominic Boyer) (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017)
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Canadian Cultural Studies: A Reader (with Sourayan Mookerjea and Gail Faurschou) (
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Petrocultures: Oil, Politics, Culture (with Sheena Wilson and Adam Carlson) (
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Zones of Instability: Literature, Postcolonialism, and the Nation (
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in 1993, where he completed a Ph.D. in literature in 1998.
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