She teaches Arabic literature and language; translation; literary theory; Middle Eastern studies; and world literature courses. Holt is the Associate Editor of the Journal of Arabic Literature, which brings together scholars writing on Arabic literature throughout the world. Following her ARCE Fellowship [2011-2012] she co-organized a major conference titled, “Arabic Literature - Migration, Diaspora, Exile, Estrangement” at Columbia University [2013]. The Journal is publishing five issues dedicated to pressing questions of Arabic literature and exile. She is currently [2015-2016] a fellow of the Forum Transregionale Studien's Europe in the Middle East//the Middle East in Europe program, hosted by the Schlegel School at the Freie Universität Berlin, where she is writing a book on the cultural Cold War in Arabic. https://bard.academia.edu/ElizabethMHolt