Our Team
Gabriela Basterra
Professor Basterra works on the relationship between philosophy and literature at the Comparative Literature and Spanish Departments, and is also faculty of the Poetics & Theory Program. Her books Seductions of Fate: Tragic Subjectivity, Ethics, Politics (2004) and The Subject of Freedom: Kant, Levinas (2015) establish a conversation between ethical and poetic subjectivity, tragedy, and freedom. A former Director of Program at the Collège International de Philosophie (Paris), she was a Faculty Fellow at the Center for the Humanities, 2017-2018.
Ulrich Baer
Ulrich Baer is a professor of German and Comparative Literature, and is formally affiliated with the Department of English in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and the Department of Photography and Imaging in the Tisch School of the Arts.
Gwynneth C. Malin
gwynneth.malin@nyu.edu
212.998.2196
Gwynneth C. Malin is the Director of the NYU Center for the Humanities, where she oversees academic programs that highlight the University’s research and teaching in the humanities.
Sierra DeGale
degale@nyu.edu
Sierra DeGale, as Communications and Program Specialist, handles the marketing, promotion, and planning for the programs and events of the NYU Center for the Humanities.
Denelia Valentin
dv6@nyu.edu
212.998.2301
Denelia Valentin is the Administrative Aide at the NYU Center for the Humanities where she handles the Center’s budget, vendor relationships, space management, and more.