I quote from an email circulated by Peter Stallybrass:
Roger Chartier has just been elected to the Chair of History at the Collège de France. Election to the Collège is the highest academic honor in France and Roger’s predecessors include Jules Michelet, Henri Bergson, Paul Valéry, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Michel Foucault, and Pierre Bourdieu. The Collège was founded in 1530 by Francis I as the Collegium Trilnguae (College of Three Languages), so it seems particularly appropriate that Roger, who, in one of his normal weeks, teaches in French in Paris, Spanish in Madrid, and English in Philadelphia, should have been elected.
Chartier, who I had the privilege of studying with at the Folger last spring, is well known for helping create and define the field of the history of authorship, reading, and publishing. There’s a current article in Le Monde here.
Posted by mgk at December 20, 2005 08:56 AM