Flora Champy

Flora Champy is an Associate Professor in the Department of French & Italian at Princeton University, holding the title of R. K. Root University Preceptor. She serves as Director of Undergraduate Studies and teaches courses on Enlightenment thought, French literature, and political philosophy. Her research focuses on 18th-century French political literature, classical antiquity's influence on modern thought (particularly Rousseau), and methodologies of reading. She earned a dual PhD in French Literature from Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon and Rutgers University, with prior teaching roles at ENS Lyon and Johns Hopkins University.

Her notable works include L’Antiquité politique de Jean-Jacques Rousseau (2022), analyzing Rousseau’s engagement with classical antiquity, and ongoing projects on Enlightenment reading practices. She actively contributes to academic societies like the Rousseau Association and Society for Eighteenth-Century French Studies, while also collaborating with L'Avant-Scène, the French Theater Workshop.

Publications span Rousseau, Diderot, Voltaire, and Montesquieu, emphasizing political theory, literary analysis, and critical methodologies. Her teaching spans undergraduate and graduate levels, covering topics from ancient France to modern political writing.