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Lewis Seifert is a Professor of French in the Department of French Studies at Brown University, where he has taught since 1989. He holds a DEA from Université de Paris III (1986) and a PhD from the University of Michigan (1989). His research interests focus primarily on 17th-century French literature, with a particular emphasis on cultural studies, gender and sexuality studies, and folk and fairy-tale studies. Seifert has published extensively on these topics, including significant works such as "Fairy Tales, Sexuality, Gender in France, 1690-1715: Nostalgic Utopias" and "Manning Margins: Masculinity and Writing in Seventeenth-Century France." His current research projects delve into environmental humanities and the affective relations between literature and the vegetal world during the 17th century. Additionally, he has co-edited several volumes related to gender and Francophone masculinity.
Department: Department of Economics