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Richard Somerset - Introduction: English Studies in the disciplinary constitution of the Humanities Disciplinary Construction: Theoretical Background from a Social Sciences Perspective Philip Riley - Splitting and Lumping: Perspectives on the study of disciplinary formation. Disciplinary Origins: Networks of Meaning and Influence Richard Somerset - Culture, knowledge and liberality: the demise of a unified educational ideal? Matthew Smith - 'Beaming "English" at the oppressed layers'? Henry Morley and his role in establishing English as a discipline; Angela Dunstan - Victorian experiments in reading scientifically. Disciplinary Alternatives: English Studies in Multicultural National Contexts Riaan Oppelt - English Studies in South Africa: Growth and Challenges; Martina Ghosh-Schellhorn - 'Their Nights and Days were Eloquent...': English Studies in India; Lee A. Flamand - Screening Campus Identity Politics: Cultural Studies, Dear White People, and the American University. Disciplinary Identity: The Challenges of The 'Cultural Studies' Paradigm Simon Tabet - Les origines du courant postmoderne dans les sciences humaines ; Thomas Constantinesco - The Ghost of Literature: The return of the text in American Literary Studies; Richard Somerset - Can pluralistic interdisciplinarity save the Humanities? A personal reflection on cultural history and textuality. Notes on contributors Acknowledgements

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