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Anna Rosensweig is an Associate Professor of French and Visual and Cultural Studies at the University of Rochester, affiliated with the School of Arts & Sciences and the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures. She holds a PhD from the University of Minnesota and serves as Director of the Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies. Her research bridges early modern French literature, political theory, and performance studies, with a focus on resistance frameworks in absolutist France and their contemporary resonances.
Education:
- PhD, French Literature, University of Minnesota
Her current projects include analyzing how far-right groups in the U.S. draw from early modern European resistance theories and investigating the symbolic alignment of royal bodies with urban architecture in early modern texts. She teaches courses on French literature, queer theory, and performance studies, such as FREN 237: Performance Studies and CLTR 389: MLC Research Seminar.
Awards & Activities:
- Co-organizer, Early Modern French Studies Reading Group (MLA Commons)
- Charlotte W. Newcombe Dissertation Fellowship (2013–2014)
- Provost’s Postdoctoral Scholar in the Humanities (2014–2016)
Her work has been featured in journals like Modern Language Quarterly and Renaissance Drama, and she actively engages with public scholarship, including a profile in the University of Rochester’s News Center.
