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Benoît Melançon is a full professor in the Department of French Literature at the University of Montreal and Scientific Director of the University's Presses. He has been a member of the Royal Society of Canada since 2008 and has received several awards including the André-Laurendeau Prize in 2011 from the Acfas and the Georges-Émile-Lapalme Prize from the Government of Quebec in 2012. His doctoral thesis, titled 'Diderot as a Correspondent: Elements for a Poetics of Familiar Letters in the 18th Century', was completed in 1991. Following his doctorate, a postdoctoral fellowship allowed him to be associated with the Department of Literature at Laval University and the Department of Modern Letters at the University of Paris X-Nanterre. Melançon has been a professor at the University of Montreal since August 1992, becoming a full professor in 2002. He has taught French at Colby College in the United States and has been a visiting professor at McGill University. He has served in various administrative roles including Director of the Department of French Studies and has supervised numerous theses. His current research interests include language, sports culture in Quebec, intellectual sociabilities, and literary marginalities during the classical age. He is also an active participant in digital culture studies, focusing on the interplay between literature and computing.
University of Montreal • Montreal, QC
Full professor in the Department of French Literature, specializing in 18th-century literature and digital culture.
Presses of the University of Montreal • Montreal, QC
Responsible for overseeing scholarly publications and academic editing.
Most programs require French B2 level; specific departments may require C1 or C2.