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Chad Córdova is an Assistant Professor of French in the Department of Romance Studies at Cornell University, affiliated with the College of Arts and Sciences. Previously, he taught at Emory University (2018–2024). He holds a BA in French and Art History from NYU and a PhD in French from Princeton University.
- Academic Interests: French thought (1500–1800), posthumanism, ecological philosophy, deconstruction, aesthetics, indigenous studies, animal/plant studies, and psychopathology.
Research Focus explores premodern and contemporary intersections in continental philosophy, emphasizing posthumanist ethics, ecological thought, and anachronistic readings. His upcoming book Toward a Premodern Posthumanism (2025) examines non-historicist approaches to art, nature, and ontology across early modern and modern thinkers. Current projects include a theoretical study of Montaigne’s contemporaneity and a global history of depression in philosophy and art.
- 2025 Courses:
- From Black Bile to Digital Depression: History of Melancholy
- Ecological Thinking: Ethics and Politics Beyond the Human
- Special Topics in French Literature
