CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT:
Professor Denis Hollier

DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR FRENCH CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE:
Professor Thomas Bishop

DIRECTOR OF GRADUATE STUDIES:
Professor Richard Sieburth

PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF NYU IN PARIS:
Clinical Associate Professor Henriette Goldwyn

RESIDENT DIRECTOR OF NYU IN PARIS:
Caroline Montel-Glenisson

The Department of French at New York University is one of the leading French departments in the country. In addition to established scholars and critics of renown, the faculty includes younger members of solid achievement and growing reputation. This outstanding group of teachers represents a broad spectrum of specialization in all areas of French literature and civilization and Francophone studies. Each year the department offers courses by eminent visiting professors. These visiting professors are one of the strengths of the department’s graduate programs.

With a varied range of degree programs, the department attracts full-time graduate students of superior caliber from around the world. Currently 70 students are enrolled in the department, including those studying at the NYU center in Paris.

Faculty

Emily Apter, Professor, French, Comparative Literature. Ph.D. 1983, M.A. 1980, Princeton; B.A. 1977, Harvard.
Francophone studies; cultural studies; critical theory.

Michel Beaujour, Professor. Agrégé de l’Université 1957, Licence ès Lettres 1954, Paris.
Renaissance; contemporary poetry; literary theory.

Benoît Bolduc, Associate Professor. Ph.D. 1995, M.A. 1990, B.A. 1989, Montreal.
History and historiography of theatre and court festivals (16th to 17th centuries); performance, poetry, literature, and the arts. .

Claudie Bernard, Associate Professor. Ph.D. 1983, Princeton; Doctorat de Troisième Cycle 1979, Paris; Agrégation de Lettres Modernes 1977, Maîtrise de Lettres Modernes 1976, Licence ès Lettres Modernes 1975, Ecole Normale Supérieure (Sèvres).
Nineteenth-century French literature; 19th-century novel; history and society.

Thomas Bishop, Florence Lacaze Gould Professor of French Literature; Professor, French, Comparative Literature; Director, Center for French Civilization and Culture. Ph.D. 1957, California (Berkeley); M.A. 1951, Maryland; B.A. 1950, New York.
Contemporary theatre and novel; avant-garde movements; cultural history.

J. Michael Dash, Professor, French, Social and Cultural Analysis (Africana Studies). Ph.D. 1973, B.A. 1969, West Indies (Mona).
Francophone and Caribbean literature; theory.

Anne Deneys-Tunney, Professor. Docteur de l’Université 1989, D.E.A. 1982, Paris; Agrégation de Lettres Modernes 1981; Ancienne élève de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure; Maîtrise de Lettres Modernes 1980, Licence ès Lettres 1978, Paris.
Eighteenth century; women’s studies.

Assia Djebar, Professor; Silver Professor. Docteur de l’Université 1999, Paul Valéry (Montpellier III); Licence 1956, Paris-Sorbonne.
Francophone literatures; literature and civilization of the Maghreb; theory.

Stéphane Gerson, Assistant Professor. Ph.D. 1997, M.A. 1992, Chicago; B.A. 1988, Haverford.
French civilization; 19th-century French history.

Henriette Goldwyn, Clinical Associate Professor; New York Director, New York University in Paris. Ph.D. 1985, M.A. 1979, New York; B.A. 1975, Hunter College (CUNY).
Seventeenth-century literature; history of French language; women’s studies.

Denis Hollier, Professor; Chair, Department of French. Doctorat de Troisième Cycle 1973, C.A.P.E.S. 1970 (philosophy), Paris.
Nineteenth- and 20th-century literature; literature and history; theory.

Judith Miller, Professor. Ph.D. 1975, M.A. 1970, Rochester; B.A. 1969, Vassar College.
French theatre; Francophone literature; feminist theory.

Eugène Nicole, Professor. Ph.D. 1975, New York; Diplôme 1964, Institut d’Etudes Politiques; D.E.S. 1964, Licence ès Lettres 1963, Sorbonne.
Twentieth-century novel and poetry; applied linguistics; theory.

Nancy Freeman Regalado, Professor. Ph.D. 1966, Yale; B.A. 1957, Wellesley.
Medieval literature; stylistics; history and literature.

Richard Sieburth, Professor, French, Comparative Literature. Ph.D. 1976, M.A. 1973, Harvard; B.A. 1970, Chicago.
Nineteenth-century literature; history and theory of translation.

Evelyn Birge Vitz, Professor. Ph.D. 1968, Yale; M.A. 1965, Middlebury College; B.A. 1963, Smith College.
Medieval literature; literary theory; oral and written tradition.

Jindrich Zezula, Associate Professor. Ph.D. 1967, M.A. 1962, New York.
Medieval and Renaissance literature; cultural history.

REGULAR VISITING FACULTY

Christian Biet, Visiting Professor. Docteur de Troisième Cycle 1980, Agrégé de Lettres Modernes 1975.
Seventeenth-century literature and theatre studies.

Françoise Gaillard, Visiting Professor. Agrégée des Lettres 1967, Licenciée ès Lettres 1964, Paris.
Nineteenth- and 20th-century literature and theory.

Yves Hersant, Visiting Professor. Agrégé des Lettres 1967, Diplôme d’Etudes Supérieure 1966, Licence ès Lettres 1965, Paris; Ancien élève de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure.
Renaissance aesthetics; the history of melancholy; the tradition of the novel.

Philippe Roger, Visiting Professor. Agrégation de Lettres Classiques 1972, Maîtrise de Lettres 1971, Licence ès Lettres Classiques 1970, Ancien élève de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure.
Eighteenth-century literature; history of ideas; literary theory and cultural history since 1960.

RECENT VISITING FACULTY

Raymond Bellour, Pascal Bruckner, Lucette Finas, Marc Fumaroli, Gérard Genette, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Danièle Sallenave, Guy Scarpetta.
In addition, Jacques Derrida was a regular visitor to the department every fall.

AFFILIATED FACULTY IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS

Edward Berenson, History; Herrick Chapman, History; Manthia Diawara, Comparative Literature; Daniel Javitch, Comparative Literature; Timothy J. Reiss, Comparative Literature; Susan Carol Rogers, Anthropology; Kristin Ross, Comparative Literature; Emmanuelle Saada, French Studies.

FACULTY EMERITI

Charles Affron, Serge Doubrovsky, Erika Ostrovsky, Max Sorkin.