Dr. Daniel Heller Roazen

Biography

Daniel Heller-Roazen is the Arthur W. Marks '19 Professor of Comparative Literature at Princeton University. He specializes in Medieval Studies, Philosophy, Aesthetics, Poetics, and Linguistics. Heller-Roazen has published several notable works, including 'One's Ways: Essay Infinite Naming' (2017), 'Dark Tongues: Art Rogues Riddlers' (2013), and 'Fifth Hammer: Pythagoras Disharmony World' (2011). He is also known for his edited volume, the Norton Critical Edition of the Arabian Nights (2010), and for translating Giorgio Agamben's 'Potentialities: Collected Essays' (1999). His contributions to the field include a range of articles on medieval and modern poetry and philosophy, alongside edited works that have been translated into multiple languages. Heller-Roazen has received several prestigious fellowships, including from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. In 2010, he was awarded the Medal from the Collège de France. At Princeton, he teaches introductory courses in Comparative Literature and Humanistic Studies, as well as upper-level seminars focused on medieval literature and graduate topics in history, philosophy, and literature. He has been the Director of the Gauss Seminars in Criticism from 2007 to 2015 and frequently advises graduate students across disciplines, including English, French, German, and Comparative Literature.

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