Eralda L. Lameborshi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Eralda L. Lameborshi is an assistant professor of World Literature in the Department of Literature and Languages at East Texas A&M University. Her work focuses on the global novel, Eastern European literature and world cinema. Her work is published in World Literature Today, Continuum, Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, Journal of World Literature, and Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. She is the recipient of the Fulbright Fellowship to Kosovo (2024-2025), the Global Human Rights Fellowship at East Texas A&M University, and the Hagler Institute for Advanced Study Fellowship at Texas A&M University. Currently, her work is focused on Kosovar film and Eastern European literature.

A Conversation with Dr. Eralda Lameborshi

Why do you like teaching?

Meaning-making often feels as though we—my students and I—are wandering in a dark room looking for a light switch or a window latch to let the light in. Although it may feel like an endeavor that is never fully realized, there are moments that feel complete: as we work through a challenging text or sets of questions, amid the deliberations and debates, there are times where I witness students find the light switch or the window latch. As a result we all get to see more clearly, to be more curious, and the simple act of asking generative questions that in themselves transmit information becomes a source of hope. Elie Wiesel once said: “Listening to a witness makes you a witness”, and I have been inspired a great deal by his vision of teaching as an act of guidance and mentorship. Teaching requires my curiosity and commitment to life-long learning from teachers and guides that came before me, and from the knowledge I gain from my students' process and through grappling with their questions. I like teaching for this reason: how it demands a daily commitment to learning and asking questions that lead the classroom toward a more compassionate engagement with, and radical acceptance of a multiplicity of truths.

What is a project you are currently involved in?

I am currently working on several articles about Kosovar Cinema and the Kosovar New Wave. As Europe's youngest nation, Kosovo’s film industry has experienced a flourishing of cinematic narratives that at once challenge and celebrate Kosovar culture. It is a project that has a great deal of meaning for me as an Albanian-American and member of the Albanian diaspora.

Education

• Ph.D., English, Texas A&M University, 2017
• M.A., English, Stephen F. Austin State University, 2009
• B. S., Computer Science, Harding University, 2003

Research Interests

• World Literature and the Global Novel
• Eastern European Literature
• World Cinema
• Eastern European Film
• Ottoman Studies

Teaching Areas

• World Literature
• Film

Featured Courses

• ENG 520: Contemporary Critical Practices in English Studies
• ENG 509: Literary Genres
• ENG 610: Studies in Film Genre
• ENG 420: Approaches to Literature
• ENG 432: History and Aesthetics of Film
• ENG 434: Literature and Film
• ENG 697: Auteur Film: Kurosawa and Hitchcock
• ENG 720: Topics in Film Studies: Cold War Dialogues in Science Fiction Film

Selected Publications

“Ideological Fluency and World Literature: The Case of Ismail Kadare,” Discourses on Nations and Identities, Daniel Syrovy and Achim Hölter, eds., Vol.3, De Gruyter (Spring 2021).

Lameborshi, Eralda. “The Ottoman Empire, Southeastern European Literature, and Postcolonial Theory,” Journal of World Literature (August 2019) 4.3.

Lameborshi, Eralda. “‘My Body, My Choice, My Country, My Voice:' Contemporary Kosovar Film, Women's Rights, and Post-War Trauma”, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 50.2, 441-463 (Winter 2025). http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.1086/732917, 2025

Lameborshi, Eralda. “The Polyphony of the Border: Genre, Narrative, Collective History.” Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, 66.1, 48-58, 4 September, http://doi.org/10.1080/00111619.2024.2394673., 2024

Lameborshi, Eralda. “Migration and Immigration in Europe and Its Edges.” Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies. 29 February 2024. Routledge. DOI: 10.1080/10304312.2024.2321303, 2024

Awards

• Fulbright U.S. Scholar to Kosovo, 2024-2025
• Global Human Rights Initiative Fellowship, Texas A&M University-Commerce, 2023
• National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar, “Transcending the Boundaries: The Ottoman Empire, Europe, and the Mediterranean World, 1500-1800,” 2016
• Hagler Institute for Advanced Study, Texas A&M Fellowship, 2016
• Elizabeth Greenwade Qualls ’89 Endowed Fellowship, Department of English, Texas A&M University, 2015