Dr. Peggy Kamuf

Biography

Peggy Kamuf is a Professor Emerita of French and Comparative Literature at the University of Southern California. She received her Ph.D. in French from Cornell University in 1975 and has held various academic appointments, including the Marion Frances Chevalier Professorship at USC since 2001. Kamuf's research primarily focuses on literary theory, contemporary French thought, and the works of significant authors such as Jacques Derrida and Hélène Cixous. She has extensively written on 18th-century French fiction and issues surrounding feminine writing, authorship, and deconstruction. Kamuf has edited and contributed to volumes on Derrida and has been deeply involved in academic discourse through keynote lectures and publications in esteemed reviews. Her contributions have garnered her the USC Raubenheimer Outstanding Senior Faculty Award and she has served on editorial boards, including that of the Oxford Literary Review. Kamuf's notable works include 'Fictions Feminine Desire' and 'Derrida Reader: Blinds'.

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