Prof. Dr. Michel Delon

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsRomance Literature,General and Comparative Literature; Cultural Studies
KeywordsLiteraturwissenschaft, Frankreich, Komparatistik, Aufklaerung, 18. Jahrhundert

Current contact address

CountryFrance
CityParis
InstitutionSorbonne Universite
InstituteUFR de Litterature francaise et comparee

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Michael BernsenAbteilung für Romanistik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2013

Programme(s)

2013Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Delon is an international authority in the study of the literature and culture of the European 18th-century. He has significantly contributed to the establishment of the research on the French Enlightenment as an interdisciplinary and comparative field. With a tremendous energy Professor Delon has published the works of some of the most famous authors of the 18th-century and thereby made known to a large public. In Germany he will contribute particularly to the construction of a large research consortium of eight European universities on the subject of "European Cultures - European Identity".