Professor Christopher Fynsk
Professor of Comparative Literature and Modern Thought
Ph.D. M.A., M.A, B.A.
Personal Details
| Telephone: | +44 (0)1224 273221/2562 |
| Fax: | +44 (0)1224-272624 |
| E-mail: | c.fynsk@abdn.ac.uk |
| Address: | Department of English and Film Studies School of Language & Literature University of Aberdeen Taylor Building Old Aberdeen AB24 3UB |
Web Links
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/modernthought/
Biography
Degrees
The Johns Hopkins University, Ph.D., The Department of Romance Studies, 1981
University of Strasbourg, Diplôme d’Etudes Avancées, Philosophy, 1980
The Johns Hopkins University, M.A., French, 1979
The University of
California, Irvine, M.A., English, 1976
Cornell University, B.A., English,
1974
Academic Positions
Professor of Comparative Literature and Modern Thought,
University of
Aberdeen, 2005-
Professor of Comparative Literature and Philosophy,
Binghamton
University, 1994-2004
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Philosophy,
Binghamton
University, 1989-1994
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature,
Binghamton University,
1984-1987
Maître de Conférences Associé, Philosophy Department
University of
Strasbourg, 1985-1987
Lecturer in Comparative Literature,
Binghamton University, 1981-1984
Professional Activity
Director of the Centre for Modern Thought,
University of Aberdeen, 2005-
Head of the School of Language and Literature,
University of Aberdeen, 2005-
Chair, Department of Comparative Literature,
Binghamton University,
1992-2004
Director of the Task Force for the Humanities,
Binghamton University,
2000-2004
Co-Director of the Program in Philosophy, Literature, and the Theory of
Criticism,
Binghamton University, 1983-2004
Undergraduate Director, Department of Comparative Literature,
Binghamton
University, 1997-2002
Chair of the Division of Philosophical Approaches to Literature,
Modern
Languages Association, 1995-1997
Institute for Advanced Study, Member of the School of Social
Sciences
(with the support of the Mellon Foundation), 1990-1991
SUNY Research Semester Award, Fall 1988
Gilman Fellowship, The Johns Hopkins University, 1976-1981
University of California Regents Fellowship, 1974-1975
B.A. (Cornell University) granted with honors: Summa Cum
Laude and With
Distinction In All Subjects
Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi
Prizes: Co-Winner of the English Honors Essay Prize
Competition, Cornell,
1974
Barnes Shakespeare Prize, Cornell, 1974
SUNY Chancellor’s Award for
Excellence in Research,
2003
Publications
- Fynsk, CI. Last Steps: Blanchot's Exilic Writing, Book, 2013
- Fynsk, CI. The Legacy of Infancy: Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, Jean-François Lyotard, Book, 2013
- Fynsk, CI. "L'image en cuisine", Chapter, 2010, Unknown
- Fynsk, CI. "Writing and Sovereignty", Chapter, 2010, Clandestine Encounters, pp178 - 195
- Fynsk, CI. "Un simple changement...", Chapter, 2009, Blanchot dans son siècle, pp228 - 236
- Fynsk, CI. Thinking (in) Europe, Article, 2008, CR, 8, 3, pp161 - 174, ISSN/ISBN: 1532-687X
- Fynsk, CI. "Sabbatical Acquiescence" in Poiesis, Article, 2006, European Graduate School Press, 8, pp18 - 39
- Fynsk, CI. "Blanchot's 'The Indestructible'", Chapter, 2005, In After Blanchot: Literature, Criticism, Philosophy (Associated University Presses); eds Hill, L., Nelson, B., Vardoulakis, D., pp100 - 122
- Fynsk, CI. The Claim of Language: A case for the Humanities, Book, 2004
- Fynsk, CI. "Jean-François's Infancy" in Jean François Lyotard: Time and Judgement, Article, 2001, Yale French Studies, 99, pp44 - 61, ISSN/ISBN: 0044-0078