Timothy Mathews

Timothy Mathews is Professor of French and Comparative Criticism at University College London, specializing in interdisciplinary research at the intersection of literature, art, and critical theory. He has been a member of Academia Europaea since 2007.

• Translation
• Representations of Forgetting
• Revolt in Art
• Identity and Representation
• Psychoanalysis and Trauma
• Imagination and Responsibility
• Revolt and Tragedy

His scholarly work explores the interplay between literary and artistic practices, with a focus on 20th-century French modernism, surrealist aesthetics, and philosophical approaches to art and literature. Current projects include monographs on Alberto Giacometti and Guillaume Apollinaire.

Publications highlight themes such as trauma in artistic witness, space and virtuality in Deleuze’s philosophy, poetic language theory, and co-creative processes in surrealist texts. His research spans comparative studies of authors like Barthes, Pasolini, and Genet, alongside visual artists like Bacon, Bellmer, and Magritte.

• Member of Academia Europaea
• Officier de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques