# James Chandler (academic)

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For the Canadian judge and politician, see [James Watson Chandler](/source/James_Watson_Chandler). For the American Medal of Honor recipient, see [James B. Chandler](/source/James_B._Chandler). For the American architect, see [James Gilbert Chandler](/source/James_Gilbert_Chandler).

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**James Chandler** (born January 17, 1948[1]) is the director of the [Franke Institute for the Humanities](/source/Franke_Institute_for_the_Humanities) and holds the Barbara E. & Richard J. Franke Professorship in English Language and Literature at the [University of Chicago](/source/University_of_Chicago).[2] He was previously the George M. Pullman Professor in English Language & Literature at the same institution.[3]

Chandler is the author of three books on English [Romanticism](/source/Romanticism): *Wordsworth's Second Nature* (1984[4]), *England in 1819: The Politics of Literary Culture and the Case of Romantic Historicism*, which won the 2000 [Gordon J. Laing Award](/source/Gordon_J._Laing_Award) for distinction in academic publishing,[3] and *An Archeology of Sympathy: The Sentimental Mode in Literature and Cinema* (2013), which examines continuities between the Romantic culture of sentiment and twentieth-century film.

In 2024, Chandler was made an honorary member of the [Royal Irish Academy](/source/Royal_Irish_Academy).[5]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** "James Chandler". *Contemporary Authors Online*. December 12, 2006. Retrieved on December 20, 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["James Chandler"](https://english.uchicago.edu/faculty/james-chandler). University of Chicago. Retrieved June 24, 2019.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-2000gjlaing_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-2000gjlaing_3-1) Fournier, Arthur (April 26, 2001). ["Chandler wins 2000 Laing Award"](https://chronicle.uchicago.edu/010426/chandler.shtml). *University of Chicago Chronicle*. Vol. 20, no. 15. University of Chicago. Retrieved June 24, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [*Wordsworth's Second Nature*](https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/W/bo5969952.html). University of Chicago Press.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["The Royal Irish Academy elects 28 new members"](https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/articles/2024/the-royal-irish-academy-elects-28-new-members/). *ria.ie*. Royal Irish Academy. May 27, 2024. Retrieved May 12, 2025.

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