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Professor Kate E Tunstall (University of Oxford, Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, Department of French) specializes in French 18th-century literary history, focusing on Diderot, querelles, materiality, and anonymity. She co-edits collections, contributes to translation studies, and explores visual/material culture. Her research is funded by the John Fell OUP Research Fund.
- Current projects: Charlotte Bourette's café culture poetry, Julie de Lespinasse's manuscript miscellany, and Diderot's dressing gowns editions
- Key roles: Former General Editor of Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Academic Programme Director for Voltaire Foundation's Besterman Centre, co-founder of ANR-funded AGON research collective
Her publications analyze Enlightenment authorship, including co-edited works like Women and Querelles in Early Modern France (2022) and books such as Blindness and Enlightenment (2011). Translations of Diderot's Rameau's Nephew (2014) and Regrets sur ma vieille robe de chambre (2016) highlight her philological expertise.
Recent articles examine topics like 18th-century Parisian literary economies, Diderot's material culture critiques, and anonymity practices across eras. Themes span Political Violence, Intertextual Blindness, and Enlightenment Networks.
Scientific Awards:
- Chevalière dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques
- 2015 British Society for 18thc Studies Prize for digital resources
She mentors graduate students in Enlightenment literature, advocates for higher education access as a comprehensive school graduate, and contributes to public discourse via the Oxford Amnesty Lectures and Campaign for the Public University.
