Jean Starobinski#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 110 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LITERARY & THEATRICAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 1988 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
Jean Starobinski passed away March 4, 2019.
Positions Held
- Professor of French literature at the Johns Hopkins University, the University of Basel and University of Geneva
Fields of Scholarship
- French literature of the 18th century
- History of ideas
- History of medicine
- Problems of interpretation
- History of melancholia
Honours and Awards
- Member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques and other French, European and American learned academies
- Honorary degrees (honoris causa) from numerous universities in Europe and America
