Roy Michael

Roy Michael is a Professor at Paris Cité University, serving as Deputy Director of ECHELLES (UMR 8264). His research focuses on the transatlantic history of slavery and abolition with special attention to slave narratives, African American intellectual history, and 19th century print culture. He holds an École Normale Supérieure de Lyon education and serves on multiple editorial boards including the 19th Century History Review.

• Current Role: University Professor (2024–)
• Research Authorization: HDR (2023)
• Academic Fellowship: Junior Member of University Institute of France (2020–2025)

His scholarship examines transnational abolitionist movements through archival materials and textual analysis, emphasizing the militant uses of print and historical representations of enslavement in literature and film. Recent work explores age as a category of historical analysis and material aspects of antislavery publications.

Key publications include peer-reviewed journal articles on topics spanning British abolitionist influence on French colonies, juvenile abolitionist organizing, and textual materiality in slave narratives. His scientific award as Junior Member of the University Institute of France recognizes his contributions to historical research methodology.