Benoît Loiseau

Benoît Loiseau is a Researcher at New York University's Department of French Literature, Thought and Culture (2024–2026), concurrently holding a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship at University Paris 8. He specializes in gender and sexuality studies, medical humanities, and queer thought, with a focus on 20th-century Franco-American intellectual history. His research explores autobiographical practices as resistance strategies, particularly in HIV/AIDS contexts and post-1968 French queer theory.

Education:

• PhD in French & Comparative Literature (University of Edinburgh, UK)
• MA Philosophy (École Normale Supérieure—PSL, France)
• MA Cultural Studies (Goldsmiths, University of London, UK)
• BA Philosophy & Letters (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)

Research Interests: His work bridges Francophone literature, visual culture, and philosophy, examining intersections of gender, sexuality, and medical ethics. Current projects include critiques of psychoanalysis in French queer thought and a forthcoming book on radical healthcare models (The Anti-Clinic).

Publications: Recent works focus on queer counter-histories of medicine, Monique Wittig’s feminist critiques, and autofiction in HIV/AIDS contexts. His writing appears in Art Forum, Frieze, and The New York Times.

• 2026: The Anti-Clinic: Radical Experiments in the Art of Care (book)
• 2025: Monique Wittig: Sex, Literature and Politics (edited special issue)

Awards:

• Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (2024–2027)
• Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (2024)
• R. Gapper PG Essay Prize (2022)

Advising & Grants: He has held multiple scholarships and fellowships, including the ECA Full Scholarship (2019–2023). His current project critiques psychoanalytic frameworks in French queer thought since 1968, analyzing works by Guy Hocquenghem, Didier Eribon, and Paul B. Preciado.

Labs/Teams: Co-founder of The BitterSweet Review, a London-based queer literary anthology featuring works by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, Chris Kraus, and others. His interdisciplinary approach merges art criticism, memoir, and philosophical analysis.