Patrick Lyons

Patrick Lyons is an Assistant Professor of French and Section Head in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Case Western Reserve University, specializing in 20th and 21st-century French and Francophone literary history and culture.

His academic background includes:

• BA in French from Reed College
• PhD in French and Critical Theory from the University of California, Berkeley
• Postdoctoral Associate in Modern Languages at Duke University (2023-2024)

Lyons's research critically examines racial capitalism through Francophone literary production, particularly in his book project "Glory’s Dispossessed: Racial Capitalism and the North African Worker During the ‘Trente Glorieuses’ (1945-1973)", which analyzes North African labor narratives. His scholarship extends to contemporary radical left Francophone literature, decolonial historical novels, post-1968 French noir, and intersections of French Marxism with philosophy, published in venues ranging from French Forum to Radical Philosophy.