Graduate Supervision
I work with graduate students at the MA and PhD levels on topics related to early modern literature, classical reception, and contemporary theory, especially eco-theory and the Anthropocene. As the sample list below illustrates, I most frequently work with students from departments of French, Italian, and Comparative Literature.
As Thesis Director
Krystin Christy. Medieval and early modern French literature. In progress.
Thom Murphy. Early modern French and Neo-Latin literature. In progress.
Elizabeth Anne Kirby. "'Tout entier et tout nud': Writing the Naked Self in Montaigne's Essais." PhD, NYU Dept. of French Literature, Thought and Culture. Defended August 2021.
Rose Gardner. "La politique du repentir chez Montaigne." MA, Columbia University, Dept. of French. Director. 2013. (Second reader: Kathy Eden)
As Committee Member / Reader
Jeanne Ételain. Directors : Emily Apter and Anne Sauvagnargues. Defense expected : June 2022.
Emily O'Brock. "‘If Small Things Can Be Compared to Great’: The Symbolic Ecology of the Honeybee in Medieval France." Director : Sarah Kay. Defense expected : May 2022.
Emilie Anceau. "Reprises. Pensée poétique et poétique de la pensée du vivre ensemble." (On the poetry of Philippe Beck.) Director : Emily Apter. Defended March 2022.
Maria Sanchez-Reyes. "From Experience to Expression Medieval Song." NYU, PhD. Reader. Director : Sarah Kay. September 2021.
Rachel Warson. "(Re)Membering the Body: Corporeal Memory in the Théâtre du Soleil’s Epic, Wajdi Mouawad’s Tragic, and Koffi Kwahulé’s Blue Note." NYU, PhD. Reader. Director : Judy Miller. August 2021.
Raina Levesque. "In Praise of Clumsiness: Maladroitness, Parapraxis, & Other Abilities" [Montaigne, Rousseau, Marivaux, Stendhal, Leiris, Michaux]. PhD, NYU Dept. of French Literature, Thought and Culture. Committee Member. December 2019.
Emily Kate Price. "Fortune and Misfortune in Medieval Song." PhD, NYU Dept. of French Literature, Thought and Culture. Committee Member. 2018.
Ana Cristina Celestino Montenegro. "La réorganisation des sciences dans la division de la philosophie du Tresor: de la rhétorique à la théologie à travers les Leys d'Amors et le Livre de la Mutacion de Fortune." PhD, NYU Dept. of French Literature, Thought and Culture. Committee Member. 2018.
Clément Godbarge, "Medicus Amicus Optimus: The Political Lives of Catherine de' Medici's Last Physician [Filippo Cavriana]." PhD, NYU, Dept. of Italian. Reader. 2017
Anna Fay Wainright, "La Città vedova: Widowhood and Politics in Italian Renaissance Literature." PhD, NYU, Dept. of Italian. Reader. 2017.
Manoah Finston. "Vital Materialism: Encountering the Object in Novels of Honoré de Balzac." PhD, NYU, Dept. of French. Reader. 2016.
Michelle Lanchart. "The Re-emergence of the Fantastic in French Novels After 1990." PhD, NYU, Dept. of French. Reader. 2016.
Danielle Zuckerman. "At War With Nature: An Eco-Conscious Reading of the Lusiads." MA, NYU, Dept. of Comparative Literature. Co-director. 2016.
Nicolae-Alexandru Virastu. "Memory, Lineage, and Reason of State: the Early Modern Memoir Genre in France." PhD, Department of French, Columbia University, 2015.
Myron McShane. "Jean Dorat's Prophetic Practices: Poetry, Philology, and Interpretation." PhD, NYU, Dept. of French. Reader. 2015.
Alex Virastau. "The Invention of Memoirs in Renaissance France." PhD, Columbia University, Dept. of French. Reader, 2014.
Erica Weems, "Charity and Interpretation in the Heptaméron and the Tiers Livre." Director: Antoine Compagnon. Department of French, Columbia University, 2012.
As Thesis Director
Krystin Christy. Medieval and early modern French literature. In progress.
Thom Murphy. Early modern French and Neo-Latin literature. In progress.
Elizabeth Anne Kirby. "'Tout entier et tout nud': Writing the Naked Self in Montaigne's Essais." PhD, NYU Dept. of French Literature, Thought and Culture. Defended August 2021.
Rose Gardner. "La politique du repentir chez Montaigne." MA, Columbia University, Dept. of French. Director. 2013. (Second reader: Kathy Eden)
As Committee Member / Reader
Jeanne Ételain. Directors : Emily Apter and Anne Sauvagnargues. Defense expected : June 2022.
Emily O'Brock. "‘If Small Things Can Be Compared to Great’: The Symbolic Ecology of the Honeybee in Medieval France." Director : Sarah Kay. Defense expected : May 2022.
Emilie Anceau. "Reprises. Pensée poétique et poétique de la pensée du vivre ensemble." (On the poetry of Philippe Beck.) Director : Emily Apter. Defended March 2022.
Maria Sanchez-Reyes. "From Experience to Expression Medieval Song." NYU, PhD. Reader. Director : Sarah Kay. September 2021.
Rachel Warson. "(Re)Membering the Body: Corporeal Memory in the Théâtre du Soleil’s Epic, Wajdi Mouawad’s Tragic, and Koffi Kwahulé’s Blue Note." NYU, PhD. Reader. Director : Judy Miller. August 2021.
Raina Levesque. "In Praise of Clumsiness: Maladroitness, Parapraxis, & Other Abilities" [Montaigne, Rousseau, Marivaux, Stendhal, Leiris, Michaux]. PhD, NYU Dept. of French Literature, Thought and Culture. Committee Member. December 2019.
Emily Kate Price. "Fortune and Misfortune in Medieval Song." PhD, NYU Dept. of French Literature, Thought and Culture. Committee Member. 2018.
Ana Cristina Celestino Montenegro. "La réorganisation des sciences dans la division de la philosophie du Tresor: de la rhétorique à la théologie à travers les Leys d'Amors et le Livre de la Mutacion de Fortune." PhD, NYU Dept. of French Literature, Thought and Culture. Committee Member. 2018.
Clément Godbarge, "Medicus Amicus Optimus: The Political Lives of Catherine de' Medici's Last Physician [Filippo Cavriana]." PhD, NYU, Dept. of Italian. Reader. 2017
Anna Fay Wainright, "La Città vedova: Widowhood and Politics in Italian Renaissance Literature." PhD, NYU, Dept. of Italian. Reader. 2017.
Manoah Finston. "Vital Materialism: Encountering the Object in Novels of Honoré de Balzac." PhD, NYU, Dept. of French. Reader. 2016.
Michelle Lanchart. "The Re-emergence of the Fantastic in French Novels After 1990." PhD, NYU, Dept. of French. Reader. 2016.
Danielle Zuckerman. "At War With Nature: An Eco-Conscious Reading of the Lusiads." MA, NYU, Dept. of Comparative Literature. Co-director. 2016.
Nicolae-Alexandru Virastu. "Memory, Lineage, and Reason of State: the Early Modern Memoir Genre in France." PhD, Department of French, Columbia University, 2015.
Myron McShane. "Jean Dorat's Prophetic Practices: Poetry, Philology, and Interpretation." PhD, NYU, Dept. of French. Reader. 2015.
Alex Virastau. "The Invention of Memoirs in Renaissance France." PhD, Columbia University, Dept. of French. Reader, 2014.
Erica Weems, "Charity and Interpretation in the Heptaméron and the Tiers Livre." Director: Antoine Compagnon. Department of French, Columbia University, 2012.