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Scott Lerner is the Arthur and Katherine Shadek Professor of Humanities and French and Italian at Franklin & Marshall College, where he has served since 1995. He chairs the Department of Italian Studies & Hebrew and has held leadership roles in Comparative Literary Studies and Judaic Studies. Educated at Yale (B.A.) and Harvard (Ph.D. in Comparative Literature), his research focuses on 19th–20th century French/Italian literature, Jewish identity, Proust, the Dreyfus Affair, and intersections of psychoanalysis, critical theory, and film.
His current project, Italy Out of the Ghetto: A Catholic Nation in the Jewish Mirror, examines Jewish-Christian intersections in Italian culture. He co-edited The New Italy and the Jews and authored works on Proust and the Dreyfus Affair. Awards include NEH Fellowships and Woodrow Wilson grants. He teaches courses in French, Italian, Judaic Studies, and Comparative Literature, and leads F&M's Tuscany summer program.
- Education: Ph.D. (Harvard, Comparative Literature), B.A. (Yale, English)
- Fellowships: NEH (2020–21), Frankel Institute (2007–08), Woodrow Wilson (2007–09)
- Publications: Books on Proust, Italian-Jewish history, and edited volumes on modern Jewish literatures
- Teaching: Courses include French literary analysis, comparative modernism, and trauma in Jewish studies
His research bridges literary and cultural studies, emphasizing how Jewish narratives reflect broader national and religious identities. He has served on editorial boards for journals like Journal of Jewish Identities and reviewed for NEH grants.
