This collection contains digitized content from the papers of Lauren Berlant (1957-2021). Berlant joined the University of Chicago faculty in 1984 and served as the George M. Pullman Distinguished Service Professor of English, Gender Studies and the Humanities. Their scholarship focused on what sentimentality means in American culture for gender, sexuality and politics. Items include reformatted cassette tape recordings. For more information on the Lauren Berlant papers please view the finding aid here: https://www.riamco.org/render?eadid=US-RPB-ms2015.009&view=overview