Peter Connor

Peter Connor is a Professor of French at Barnard College, where he has been a faculty member since 1991. He also serves as Chair of Barnard's Comparative Literature and Translation Studies program.

• Education:
  • BA, Trinity College, University of Dublin
  • MA, PhD, University of California, Berkeley

His research focuses on 20th-century French literature, literary theory, contemporary French philosophy, and translation studies. His work often intersects with philosophical and religious themes in literature, particularly in the writings of Georges Bataille and Jean-Luc Nancy.

His publications include scholarly books and translations of seminal French philosophical texts. Key trends in his research involve exploring existentialism, poststructuralism, and the aesthetic-philosophical dimensions of literature and translation.