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Professor Peggy Kamuf FBA

Contemporary French philosophy, especially the work of Jacques Derrida. Translation theory and translations of many works from French, by Derrida but also by Hélène Cixous
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Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
2023
Subjects
Modern languages
Sections
Modern Languages, Literatures and other Media from 1830
Website
https://dornsife.usc.edu/profile/peggy-kamuf/

Current post

University of Southern California Professor Emerita of French and Comparative Literature

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