
David Harrison
Professor David Harrison received a B.A. in French from Swarthmore College and an M.A. and Ph.D. in French from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research focuses on the literature and culture of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in France. He is the principal translator and co-editor of . A specialist of the 惭茅尘辞颈谤别蝉 of the Duke de Saint-Simon, he is one of the few Americans to have had his work published in the Cahiers Saint-Simon. He has also published on Moli猫re, Scud茅ry, Boileau, and Ninon de L'Enclos, and his work has appeared in Seventeenth-Century French Studies, Papers on French Seventeenth-Century Literature, and The French Review. He is currently writing a monograph on the figure of the "enjou茅e" (the witty woman) in the French novel from 尝'础蝉迟谤茅别 to Corinne. At 乐播传媒入口, he teaches at all levels of instruction; his advanced seminars include 鈥淧ower and Resistance in 17th and 18th Century France,鈥 鈥淐omedy in French Literature,鈥 and 鈥淢oli猫re: Text and Performance from the 17th to the 21st century.鈥 Professor Harrison was the Interim Director of the Center for International Studies in 2014-15, having served as Director of the Center from 2007-2013.
Education and Degrees
B.A. from Swarthmore College M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison