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Mitchell Greenberg serves as Professor in the Department of Romance Studies within Cornell University's College of Arts and Sciences, holding the title of Distinguished Professor of Arts & Sciences. His academic home spans Comparative Literature, French Studies, and Romance Studies programs.
He earned his Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures from the University of California, Berkeley. His scholarly trajectory centers on sixteenth and seventeenth century French and Comparative Romance literatures through modern critical lenses.
Greenberg's research explores Baroque and Classical periods with psychoanalytic depth, particularly Freudian and post-Freudian frameworks applied to early modern texts. His teaching portfolio includes advanced seminars on Racine's mythological adaptations, Versailles representations, Occupied France cinema, and foundational psychoanalytic theory. This interdisciplinary approach bridges literary analysis with political theory and gender studies.
His publication trends reveal sustained engagement with French neo-classical tragedy across three decades, consistently examining how Corneille and Racine navigate absolutist politics through theatrical form. The work demonstrates evolving methodological sophistication from structural analysis in the 1990s toward nuanced intersections of gender, power, and visual representation in later scholarship.
Greenberg maintains active leadership in departmental initiatives including the Theory Colloquium and Eastern European Studies programs, advising undergraduate minors in Russian and Polish while directing graduate research in comparative frameworks. His academic service extends to the Friends of Comparative Literature organization supporting departmental resources.
