About
Karl Pollin-Dubois is an associate professor of French and comparative literature who works at the intersection of literature, philosophy and visual arts. He is the author of the monograph “Alfred Jarry: Experimentation of Singularity” (Rodopi, 2014) and four refereed book chapters. He has published also multiple peer-reviewed articles about literature (Blanchot, Dantec, Artaud, Schuhl, Evenson, Le Brun) and cinema (Godard, Haneke, Carax) in the following journals: Europe, L’Ecole des Philosophes, La Revue des Sciences Humaines, Symposium, Yale French Studies, Contemporary French and Francophone Studies, World Literature Today and French Review. He’s presently working on two news projects: 1) A new monograph entitled “Heretic Camera,” about the Polish film director Andrzej Zulawski, and 2) A collective volume “Non-Philosophy & Humanities,” based on the work of the French Philosopher François Laruelle.
Awards and Honors
- Outstanding Teacher Award, The University of Tulsa, 2017
Education
- Ph.D., Emory University
- M.A., Philosophy, University of Paris 10 – Nanterre
- M.A., Comparative Literature, Lille University (France)
Research interests and areas of expertise
- French & Francophone literature
- Contemporary continental philosophy
- Comparative literature
- Science-fiction studies
