Raphaël J. Piguet

Raphaël J. Piguet is a Lecturer at Princeton University, specializing in French literature with a focus on travel narratives, literary theory, and interdisciplinary studies. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Geneva (2017) and currently oversees FRE 105 and FRE 108 courses. His research bridges literary discourses with anthropology, philosophy, and mathematics, exploring authors like Claude Lévi-Strauss and Éric Chevillard.

Recent projects include editing À plume et à pédales. Voyages cyclistes (2022) and co-directing a Critique issue on Éric Chevillard (2018). He is currently preparing a critical edition of Nicolas Bouvier’s L’Usage du monde and a book analyzing Lévi-Strauss’s textual genesis of structuralism.

Publications span peer-reviewed articles in Contemporary French and Francophone Studies, French Studies, and Littérature, focusing on structuralist critique, ethnographic writing, and experimental narrative forms. His work emphasizes methodological innovation at the intersection of literature and other disciplines.

Awards and grants: None explicitly listed in available texts.

Teaching involves collaborative efforts with Murielle Perrier in FRE 306 (Wandering Utopias). No formal advisees listed, but active in curriculum development for literature and interdisciplinary programs.