Pierre Forfert

Pierre Forfert is an Environmental Humanities Fellow at the Whitney Humanities Center, Yale University, specializing in interdisciplinary literary and cultural research.

His academic background includes:

• B.A. in English Literature (2017), Sorbonne Université
• M.A. in English Literature (2019), Sorbonne Université
• Master’s in Communications (2021), École des Hautes Études en Sciences de l’Information et de la Communication (CELSA)

Forfert’s research examines spa culture and balneotherapy in 19th-century French literature through spatial theory, medical humanities, and ecocritical frameworks. He investigates how socio-cultural phenomena manifest in literary spaces, particularly spa towns, integrating environmental humanities perspectives to analyze spatial inscriptions in texts. His work bridges historical literary analysis with contemporary ecological discourse.

His scientific recognition includes:

• Manon Gozard Award for best master’s thesis in British history

Prior to Yale, Forfert served as a Teaching Assistant in the Department of French and Francophone Studies at Vassar College and contributed to Franco-American academic exchange programs including the Vassar-Wesleyan Program in Paris and Fulbright France. His professional trajectory emphasizes transatlantic scholarly collaboration and pedagogical engagement in humanities disciplines.