Judith Still | |
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| Born | 1958 (age 65–66) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University College London (PhD) |
| Thesis | The code of beneficence in the works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau : a study of the precariousness of justice in relations between non-equals : with special reference to pudicity (1985) |
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| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Nottingham |
Judith Mary Still FBA (born 1958) is Emeritus Professor of French and Critical Theory at the University of Nottingham.[1]
She earned her PhD from University College London in 1985 with a thesis titled The code of beneficence in the works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau : a study of the precariousness of justice in relations between non-equals : with special reference to pudicity.[2]
Her research focuses on the 18th and 20th centuries, and "is informed by feminist and poststructuralist theory (in particular the work of Jacques Derrida, Hélène Cixous and Luce Irigaray)".[1]
In 2018, she was elected a Fellow of the British Academy.[3] Reflecting on her election, she expressed her hope to contribute to the Academy's diversity, as a woman and a critical theorist but also "in that I was first in my family to go to University, supported by a loving single mother and a State that gave me a full and unconditional grant throughout my studies".[4]
She is also a former president of the Society for French Studies.[5]