English & Comparative Literary Studies - Events Calendar
Departmental Distinguished Visiting Speaker Event
Location: H545
The Ruins of Syria
Professor Alexis Tadié (Paris-Sorbonne)
Alexis Tadié is Professor of English literature at the University of Paris-Sorbonne and a senior research fellow of the Institut Universitaire de France. He is interested in the encounters of English literature when it meets other disciplines such as philosophy or the history of ideas. He has been the director of Doctoral Studies for Modern Languages in the Sorbonne since 2011 and has held a number of administrative appointments, including currently chair of the Finance & Strategy Committee of the Voltaire Foundation, University of Oxford. He has served as French cultural attaché in the French Embassy in Syria before the disintegration of the country.