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Shoshana Felman is the Woodruff Professor of Comparative Literature and French at Emory University's Emory College. Her research spans 19th- and 20th-century French, English, and American literature with a focus on intersections between literature and psychoanalysis, trauma and testimony, law and literature, and feminist theory. A pioneer in interdisciplinary studies, she has contributed foundational texts on testimony, trauma, and literary interpretation. Her work bridges philosophy, cultural studies, and gender studies, emphasizing ethical and political dimensions of textual analysis.
Key research areas include the juridical unconscious, feminist critique of sexual difference, and the ethics of witnessing in historical trauma. Her influential collaboration with Dori Laub on Testimony redefined approaches to trauma studies. Felman's publications also explore Don Juan narratives through linguistic philosophy and the interplay between madness and literary form in French and European contexts.
Her academic career includes roles as editor and contributor across Stanford University Press, Routledge, and Oxford University Press. Teaching focuses on comparative approaches to modern literature and critical theory. No grants or labs are explicitly listed in her profile, though her work has shaped academic programs in comparative literature and gender studies globally.
