French Scholars at Northwestern
Marc Crépon is Chair of Philosophy at the École Normale Supérieure, Paris, and Research Director of the Husserl Archives. He is one of France's leading voices in contemporary political and moral philosophy and is the author of 17 books, three of which are available in English: The Thought of Death and the Memory of War, The Vocation of Writing: Literature and Philosophy in the Test of Violence, and Murderous Consent (forthcoming). His talk information is available on our calendar.
Richard banégas is visiting faculty member in Political Science from Sciences Po. His research looks at the processes of citizenship change, mobilization of the youth and violence in West Africa, essentially in Ivory Coast. Richard Banégas also works on war, conflict resolution and post-conflict reconstruction.
Elise Massiard is a professor and researcher at Sciences Po, specializing in contemporary Turkish politics. Her work focuses on local politics, social movements and party politics. Through an analysis of actors' political practices, she is interested in the delineation of the political sphere
Carlos Heusch is an associate professor of Spanish at École Normale Supérieure Lyon. His work looks at Medieval Spanish literature, cultural and intellectual history of the Spanish middle ages and is particularly interested in the work of Juan Manuel, Alfonso de Madrigal « El Tostado », Fernando de Rojas et La Celestina.
Isabelle Alfandary is a professor of American Literature and Critical Theory at the Université Sorbonne-Nouvelle (Paris-3), France. As Directrice de Programme at the Collège International de Philosophie (CipH), her research focuses on the intersection of philosophy and psychoanalysis. Her talk information is available on our calendar.
Jean d'Aspremont is professor in Science Po Law School. His works focuse on Public International Law, International Legal and International Legal Theory.
François Specq is professor and researcher of North American literrature and culture at the Ecole Normal Superieur de Lyon. His work focuses on ideas, literature and visual culture in the United States in the 19th century. He has particularly focused on American transcendentalism and the thought of Henry David Thoreau.
