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COMPLETE VITA

Academic Education and Degrees - Fellowships and Honors - Teaching Experience - Editorial Experience - Administrative Experience - Areas of Special Interest - Publications: Books - Articles, Book Chapters - Reviews - Stories and Other Pieces - Translations - Lectures, Papers, Symposium Presentations - Sections Chaired - Courses Taught - Committees - Societies

 

Patrick Henry

Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures (French)
Whitman College

University Address:
Department of Foreign
Languages & Literatures (French)
Whitman College
Walla Walla, WA 99362

Office: (509) 527-5254
Secretary: (509) 527-5248
FAX: (509) 527-5039
E-Mail: henrypg@whitman.edu

Home Address:
717 Abbott Road
Walla Walla, WA 99362
(509) 529-4090

 

Academic Education and Degrees

La Salle Academy, New York City, High School Diploma (1958)
Maryknoll Minor Seminary, Glen Ellyn, Illinois (1958-1959)
St. John's University, New York City, B.A. in French (1965)
Rice University, M.A. and Ph.D. in French (1974)
School for Literary Theory and Criticism at the University of California (Irvine), classes from René Girard and Michael Riffaterre (Summer 1979)
NEH Summer Seminar (Shakespeare, Freud, Montaigne, The Bible) at the University of Virginia, given by Arthur Kirsch (1981)
Dartmouth Dante Institute (Summer 1986)
Mellon Workshop on Educational Technology at Middlebury College (June 16-21, 1996)
NEH Summer Seminar (War and Memory: Postwar Representations of the Occupation and World War II in French Literature, History, and Film) at Harvard University, given by Susan Suleiman, (2000)
Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilization at Northwestern University (June 22 – July 3, 2003)

 

Fellowships & Honors

Fulbright Lecturer (American Literature), University of Strasbourg (1971-72)
Paul Garrett Award for Teaching and Scholarship, Whitman College (1979)
Burlington Northern Foundation Faculty Achievement Award for Teaching and Research (1990)
Camargo Foundation Resident Fellow (Jan. 16 - May 31, 1995)
Executive Committee of the Division of Sixteenth-Century French Literature, Modern Language Association of America (1996-2000)
The Inquiring Mind: A Forum in the Humanities sponsored by The Washington Commission for the Humanities to offer the following lectures throughout the state over a two-year period: "Montaigne: Environmentalist and Community Visionary" and "Le Chambon-sur-Lignon: How a Protestant Community Saved Thousands of Jews in Occupied Catholic France" (July 1, 1996 - June 30, 1998). Since September 1, 1996, I have given the Holocaust lecture 30 times at churches, synagogues, high schools, colleges, and community centers throughout the state.
Nominated by Whitman College for the Case Professor of the Year (1997)
(named) Cushing Eells Professor of Philosophy and Literature and Foreign Languages and Literatures (January 1999)
Lecturer for the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (New York City) (2000-present)
NWLC Summer Grant (Holocaust Project in France) Summer 2001

 

Teaching Experience

1968-69 - Beginning French Instructor, Rice University
1969-70 - Instructor of French, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
1971-72 - Fulbright Lecturer (American Literature), University of Strasbourg
1973-76 - Assistant Professor of French, Willamette University, Salem, OR
1976-79 - Assistant Professor of French, Whitman College
1979-88 - Associate Professor of French, Whitman College
1988-present - Professor of French, Whitman College
Summer 1989 - Visiting Professor, Graduate Seminar, "The Disrupted Community," Department of Romance Languages, University of Oregon

 

NEH Summer Seminars Taught to High School Teachers
  1. "Montaigne's Essays" (July 2 - 27, 1990)
  2. "Montaigne's Essays" (June 28 - July 23, 1993)
  3. "Montaigne's Essays" (July 4 - 29, 1994)

 

Editorial Experience

Coeditor of Philosophy and Literature. Published by The Johns Hopkins University Press (1982 - 2002) Editor emeritus (2002-present)
Editorial Board: Montaigne Studies: An Interdisciplinary Forum
Editorial Board: Synthesis Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture: Reader for Vols. 7 through 17, Reader for Vol. 23,
Editorial Board for Vol. 9

Administrative Experience

Chair, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Whitman College (1979-1982)
Chair of the Great Works Freshman Core Curriculum Program at Whitman College (1986-1988)

 

Areas of Special Interest

Early Modern French Literature (1515-1789), the Holocaust in France, Ethics and Literature, Montaigne, Voltaire

 

Publications: Books

  1. Voltaire and Camus: The Limits of Reason and the Awareness of Absurdity. Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century, Volume 138. Oxfordshire, England: The Voltaire Foundation, 1975
  2. Montaigne in Dialogue: Censorship and Defensive Writing, Architecture and Friendship, The Self and the Other . Stanford French and Italian Studies. Saratoga: Anma Libri, 1987.
  3. An Inimitable Example: The Case for The Princesse de Clèves, editor. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 1992
  4. Approaches to Teaching Montaigne's "Essays", editor. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 1993
  5. The Ethics of the Essais (Montaigne Studies, Volume 13), editor. Chicago, The University of Chicago, 2001

 

Publications: Articles, Book Chapters

  1. "Meursault: Antithesis of Homo Ludens from J. Huizinga to Eric Berne," Kentucky Romance Quarterly (Vol. XXI, NO. 3), 1974, pp. 365-374.
  2. "A Different View of Voltaire's Controversial Tout en Dieu," Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century (Vol. 135), 1974, pp. 143-150.
  3. "Camus on Capital Punishment," Midwest Quarterly (Vol. XVI, No. 4), Summer 1975, pp. 362-370.
  4. "Routine and Reflection in Albert Camus' L'Etranger," Essays in Arts and Sciences (Vol. IV), May 1975, pp. 1-7.
  5. "The Metaphysical Puppets of Candide," Romance Notes (Vol. XVII, No.2), Winter 1976, pp. 1-4.
  6. "Variations on the Theme of Absurdity: The Myth of Sisyphus and The Stranger of Albert Camus," Philosophy Today (Vol. XIX, No. 4), Winter 1975, pp. 358-368.
  7. Candide as étranger," CLA Journal (Vol. XIX, No. 4), June 1976, pp. 504-512.
  8. "War as play in Candide," Essays in Arts and Sciences (Vol. V), May 1976, pp. 65-72.
  9. "On the Theme of Homosexuality inCandide,"Romance Notes (Vol. XIX, No. 1), 1978, pp. 1-5.
  10. "Voltaire as Moralist," Journal of the History of Ideas (Vol. XXVIII, No. 1), January-March 1977, pp. 141-146.
  11. "Time in Candide," Studies in Short Fiction (Vol. XIV, No. 1), Winter 1977, pp. 86-88.
  12. "Working in Candide's Garden," Studies in Short Fiction (Vol. XIV, No. 2), Spring 1977, pp. 183-184.
  13. "Travel in Candide: Moving on but going nowhere," Papers in Language and Literature (Vol. XII, No. 2), Spring 1977, pp. 193-198.
  14. "Les Titres Façades, La Censure et L'Ecriture Défensive chez Montaigne," Bulletin de la Société des Amis de Montaigne (Cinquième série, No. 24), Oct-Dec. 1977, pp. 11-28.
  15. "Sacred and profane gardens in Candide," Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century (Vol. 176), 1979, pp. 133-152. [Reprinted in Readings on Candide, ed thomas Walsh (San Diego: Greenhaven Press, Inc., 2001)]
  16. "Retour au tombeau de La Boétie," Bulletin de la Société des Amis de Montaigne (Sixième série, No. 5-6), Janvier-Juin 1981, pp. 73-81.
  17. "Montaigne: Censorship and Defensive Writing," Proceedings of the Western Society of French History (1981), pp. 90-102.
  18. "Sénèque, source d'idées épicuriennes de Montaigne en 1580," Bulletin de la Société des Amis de Montaigne (Sixième série, No. 1-2), Janvier-Juin 1980, pp. 57-60.
  19. "Ces vers se voient ailleurs," Bulletin de la Société des Amis de Montaigne (Sixième série, No. 3-4), Juillet-Décembre 1980, pp.77-80
  20. "Amitié: fictive et réele," Bulletin de la Société des Amis de Montaigne (Sixième série, No. 3-4), Juillet-Décembre 1980, pp. 81-85.
  21. "The Self and the Other in the Essais of Montaigne," Stanford French Review (Fall-winter 1982), pp. 175-187. [Reprinted in Collections of Criticism on Montaigne, ed. Dikka Berven (Garland Publishing Inc., 1994)].
  22. "The Dialectic of Suicide in Montaigne's Coustume de l'Isle de Cea," Modern Language Review (April 1984), pp. 278-289.
  23. (review article) "Critical Discussion of Albert Camus: a Biography (by) Herbert R. Lottman and Camus: A Critical Study of His Life and Works by Patrick McCarthy," Philosophy and Literature (Vol. 8, No. 1), April 1984, pp. 104-118.
  24. "On the Capulets and the Montagues: Shakespeare, Graham Greene, contemporary Literary Criticism and the Arms Race," The Willamette Journal of the Liberal Arts (Vol. 1, No. 2), Spring 1984, pp. 27-45.
  25. "La Princesse de Clèves and L'Introduction à la vie dévote," Studies in Honor of Philip A. Wadsworth (Birmingham, AL: Summa Publications, Inc., 1985), pp. 79-97. [Reprinted in An Inimitable Example, ed. Patrick Henry (Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 1992), pp. 156-180].
  26. "Auerbach et la critique actuelle de Montaigne," Studi Francesi (vol. 86), Maggio-Agosto 1985, pp. 324-333.
  27. "Doubt and Certitude in Monsignor Quixote," College Literature (Vol. XII, No. 1), 1985, pp. 68-79.
  28. "Cervantes, Unamuno, and Graham Greene's Monsignor Quixote," Comparative Literature Studies (Vol. 23, No. 1), Spring 1986, pp. 12-23.
  29. "Paradox in Le Misanthrope," Philological Quarterly (Vol. 65), 1986, pp. 187-195.
  30. "The Modernity of Candide," Approaches to the Teaching of "Candide" (New York: Modern Languages Association, 1987), pp. 32-38.
  31. "Contre Barthes," Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century (Vol. 249), 1987, pp. 19-36.
  32. "Reading Montaigne Contextually: De L'Incommodité De La Grandeur, III (7)," The French Review (Vol. 61, No. 6), May 1988, pp. 859-865.
  33. "Raisonner in Candide," Romantic Review (Vol. 80, No. 3), May 1989, pp. 363-370.
  34. "Response To William Marceau's 'The Christianity of Mme de Lafayette'", Papers on French Seventeenth-Century Literature (Vol. 32), Spring 1990, pp. 185-188.
  35. (review article) "Critical Discussion of Sartre: A Life (by) Annie Cohen-Solal and Jean-Paul Sartre: Hated Conscience of His Century. Volume One: Protestant or Protester? (by) John Gerassi, Philosophy and Literature (Vol. 14, No. 1), April 1990, pp. 117-141.
  36. "Old and New Mimesis in Cervantes," Cervantes (Vol. X, No. 1), Spring 1990, pp. 79-86. [Reprinted in Literature Criticism From 1400 to 1800, ed. James E. Person, Jr. and James P. Draper (Gale Research Inc., 1993)].
  37. "Montaigne and Heraclitus: Pattern and Flux, Continuity and Change, in "Du repentir'" Montaigne Studies (Vol. IV), Fall 1992, pp. 1-12.
  38. "Pygmalion in the Essais: 'De l'affection des pères aux enfans'," French Review (Vol. 68, No. 2), December 1994, pp. 229-238.
  39. "Monstrous Crossroads in the Essais: II(8) and II (30)," Montaigne and the Gods: The Mythological Key to the "Essays" (Amherst, MA: Hestia Press, 1993), pp. 107-110.
  40. "The Rise of the Essay: Montaigne and the Novel", Montaigne Studies (1994), pp. 113-134.
  41. "Don Quixote and Montaigne", The French Novel from Lafayette to Desvignes, ed. Patrick Brady (Knoxville: New Paradigm Press, 1994), pp. 151-155.
  42. "Jackie Robinson: Athlete and American Par Excellence," Virginia Quarterly Review, (Vol. 73, No. 2), Spring 1997, pp. 189-203.
  43. "Montaigne: The Censorship of His Essays," Censorship: An International Encyclopedia (London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998).
  44. "Mending the World after Auschwitz," Beyond the Diary: Anne Frank in the World: ed. Carol Rittner (Armonk, N.Y.; M.E. Sharpe Publications, 1997), pp. 58-62.
  45. "Kareem's Omission (?): Jackie Robinson, Black Profile in Courage," Jackie Robinson: Sports, Race and the American Dream; ed, Joseph Dorinson (Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe Publications, 1998).
  46. "Teaching Morality: An Introduction," Philosophy and Literature (Vol. 22, No. 1), April 1998, pp. 136-37.
  47. "The Benefits of an Amoral Education: Intellectual Capital... New Ways of Doing Business... Getting Up in the Morning," Philosophy and Literature (Vol. 22, No. 1), April 1998, pp. 170-174.
  48. "Hallie From the Grave: Tales of Good and Evil, Help and Harm," Proceedings from the Twenty-Eight Annual Scholar's Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches (1998).
  49. "Peut-on parler d'une évolution dans l'attitude de Montaigne à l'égard des femmes?," Lire Les "Essais" de Montaigne (Paris: Champion, 1998).
  50. "The French Catholic Church's Apology" The French Review (Vol.72, No.6), May 1999, pp.1099-1105.
  51. "Nolan Ryan and the Cy Young Award," Nine: A Journal of Baseball History and Social Policy Perspectives (Vol. 7, No. 2), Spring 1999.
  52. "Raymond Carver and Tess Gallagher: An Introduction," Philosophy and Literature (Vol. 22, No. 2), October 1998, pp 413-416.
  53. "Why We Must Teach the Rescuers When We Teach the Holocaust" (First Things 1999).
  54. "Using a Template to Teach the Holocaust in France," Computer Enhanced Learning in Fifty Colleges (Winston-Salem: Wake Forest University Press, 1999).
  55. "Banishing the Coercion of Despair: Le Chambon-sur-Lignon and the Holocaust Today" Shofar (Vol. 20, No. 2), Winter 2002.
  56. “Getting the Message in Montaigne’s Essays, Philosophy and Literature (Vol. 24, No. 1), April, 2000, pp. 165-184.
  57. "Daniel’s Choice: Daniel Trocmé (1912-1944)”, The French Review, April 2001, pp. 728-739.
  58. “Doing and Non-doing in the Essais,” Montaigne Studies (2001).
  59. “Madeleine Dreyfus, Jewish Acitvity, Righteous Jews,” Logos. A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture (forthcoming).
  60. “Albert Camus, Panelier and La Peste,” Literary Imagination (forthcoming: Fall 2003).
  61. “Rescuing the Rescuers: Philip Hallie’s Ethical Sublime,” Philosophy and Literature (Vol.27, No. 1), April 2003.

 

Publications: Reviews
  1. (of) G.V. Banks, Camus: L'Etranger, French Review (Vol. LI, No.2), December 1977, pp. 310-311.
  2. (of) W.M. Aycock, and W.R. Zyla (eds.) Albert Camus' Literary Milieu: Arid Lands, French Review (Vol. LI, No. 2) December 1977, pp. 310-311.
  3. (of) Margery Sabin, English Romanticism and the French Tradition, Modern Language Journal (Vol. LXI, No. 8), December 1977, pp. 432.
  4. (of) Philip Lewis, La Rochefoucauld. The Art of Abstraction, Philosophy and Literature (Vol. II, No. 2), Fall 1978, p. 271-272.
  5. (of) Ralph Nablow, A Study of Voltaire's Lighter Verse, Romanic Review (Vol. LXXII, No. 3), May 1981, pp. 360-361.
  6. (of) Paul Fortier, Une Lecture de Camus: La valeur des éléments descriptifs dans l'oeuvre romanesque, French Review (Vol. 52, No. 3), February 1979, pp. 497-498.
  7. (of) Raymond La Charité (ed.), O Un Amy! Essays on Montaigne in Honor of Donald M. Frame, Modern Language Journal (Vol. LXIII, No. 1-2), Jan-Feb 1979, pp. 48-49.
  8. (of) Richard Regosin, The Matter of My Book. Montaigne's Essais as the Book of the Self, Modern Language Journal (Vol. LXIII, No. 1-2), Jan-Feb. 1979, pp. 86-87.
  9. (of) Malcolm Smith, Montaigne and the Roman Censors, The Sixteenth Century Journal (Vol. XIV, No. 3), Fall 1983, p. 379.
  10. (of) John O'Neill, Essaying Montaigne, French Review (Vol. 57, No. 2), December 1983, pp. 243-244.
  11. (of) Mary Ragland, Rabelais and Panurge, Romanic Review (Vol. LXXIV, No. 3), May 1983, pp. 374-375.
  12. (of) Helen Gardner, In Defence of the Imagination, Philosophy and Literature (Vol. 7, No. 2), October 1983, pp. 259-260.
  13. (of) Jules Tygiel, Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy, Journal of Black Studies, December 1985, pp. 227-230.
  14. (of) M.A. Screech, Montaigne and Melancholy, French Review (Vol. 59, No. 3), February 1986, pp. 459-460.
  15. (of) Jules Brody, Lectures de Montaigne, Comparative Literature (Vol. 37, No. 2), Spring 1985, pp. 187-189.
  16. (of) Jean Starobinski, Montaigne en mouvement, French Review (Vol. 59, No. 2), December 1985, pp. 291-292.
  17. (of) Dorothy Gabe Coleman, Montaigne's Essays, French Forum (Vol. 13, No. 3), September 1988, pp. 370-371.
  18. (of) Deirdre Bair, Simone de Beauvoir: A Biography, Philosophy and Literature (Vol. 15, No. 1), April 1991, pp. 178-180.
  19. (of) Toril Moi, Feminist Theory and Simone de Beauvoir, Philosophy and Literature (Vol. 15, No. 1), April 1991, pp. 180-181.
  20. (of) Frank Kermode, Poetry, Narrative, History, Philosophy and Literature (Vol. 15, No. 2), October 1991, pp. 374-376.
  21. (of) Roy Porter, The Enlightenment, Philosophy and Literature (Vol. 15, No. 2), October 1991, pp. 372-374.
  22. (of) Ruth Willard Redhead, Themes and Images in the Fictional Works of Mme de Lafayette, Papers on French Seventeenth-Century Literature (Vol. 19, No. 36), 1992, pp. 277-278.
  23. (of) Philippe Desan, editor, Humanism in Crisis: The Decline of the French Renaissance, Comparative Literature (Vol. 46, No. 3), Summer 1994, pp. 308-310.
  24. (of) Camilla Nilles & Ian Winter, eds. Rabelais et Montaigne: Chapitres Choisis, The French Review (Vol. 65, No. 6), May 1992, pp. 1082-83.
  25. (of) Timothy Hampton, Writing From History: The Rhetoric of Exemplarity in Renaissance Literature, Comparative Literature (Vol. 45, No. 4), Fall 1993, pp. 383-85.
  26. (of) Eric J. Ziolkowski, The Sanctification of Don Quixote: From Hidalgo to Priest, Cervantes (Vol. XII, No. 1), Spring 1992, pp. 140-144.
  27. (of) Michel Jeanneret, A Feast of Words, Banquets and Table Talk in the Renaissance, Philosophy and Literature (Vol. 16, No. 1), April 1992, pp. 237-238.
  28. (of) Lawrence Kritzman, The Rhetoric of Sexuality and Literature of the French Renaissance, Philosophy and Literature (Vol. 16, No. 1), April 1992, pp. 235-236.
  29. (of) R. Howard Block, Medieval Misogyny and the Invention of Western Romantic Love, Philosophy and Literature (Vol. 16, No. 1), April 1992, pp. 232-234.
  30. (of) Françoise Joukovsky, Le Feu et le fleuve, Héraclite et la Renaissance française, French Forum (Vol. 18, No. 1), January 1993, pp. 81-83.
  31. (of) Malcolm Smith, Montaigne and Religious Freedom, The Dawn of Pluralism, The Sixteenth Century Journal (Vol. 24, No. 1), 1993, pp. 160-162.
  32. (of) Steven Rendall, Distinguo: Reading Montaigne Differently, The Sixteenth Century Journal (Vol. 24, No. 2), 1993, pp. 464-5.
  33. (of) Philippe Desan, Les Commerces de Montaigne: Le discours économique des Essais, French Forum (Vol. 18, No. 2), May 1993, pp. 236-38.
  34. (of) David Lewis Schaefer, The Political Philosophy of Montaigne, French Forum (Vol. 18, No. 2), May 1993, pp. 234-36.
  35. (of) Tom Conley, The Graphic Unconscious in Early Modern French Writing, Philosophy and Literature (Vol. 18, No. 2), October 1994, pp. 416-418.
  36. (of) Roger Chartier, The Order of Books, Philosophy and Literature (Vol. 18, No. 2), October 1994, pp. 418-420.
  37. (of) Alice Kaplan, French Lessons: A Memoir, Philosophy and Literature (Vol. 18, No. 2), October 1994, pp. 420-422.
  38. (of) Catharine Savage Brosman, The Shimmering Maya and Other Essays, Philosophy and Literature (Vol. 19, No. 1), April 1995, pp. 136-137.
  39. (of) Craig B. Brush, From the Perspective of the Self: Montaigne's Self Portrait, Philosophy and Literature (Vol. 19, No. 1), April 1995, pp. 173-174.
  40. (of) Desider Furst and Lilian R. Furst, Home Is Somewhere Else: Autobiography in Two Voices, Philosophy and Literature (Vol. 19, No. 1), April 1995, pp. 156-158.
  41. (of) Dudley M. Marchi, Montaigne among the Moderns: Reception of the Essais, Philosophy and Literature (Vol. 19, No. 1), April 1995, pp. 140-142.
  42. (of) Richard Watson, The Philosopher's Demise; Learning French, Philosophy and Literature (Vol. 19, No. 2), October 1995, pp. 420-423.
  43. (of) Daniel Gordon, Citizens Without Sovereignty: Equality and Sociability in French Thought, 1670-1789,Philosophy and Literature (Vol. 20, No. 1), April 1996, pp. 279-282.
  44. (of) Rachel Robinson, Jackie Robinson: An Intimate Portrait, Nine: A Journal of Baseball History and Social Policy Perspectives, (Vol. 6, No. 2), Spring1998, pp. 114-116.
  45. (of) Rachel Feldhay Brenner, Writing as Resistance. Four Women Confronting the Holocaust, Comparative Literature, (Vol. 50, No. 2), Spring 1998, pp. 188-189.
  46. (of) Philip Hallie, Tales of Good and Evil, Help and Harm, French Review, 1998.
  47. (of) David Quint, Montaigne and the Quality of Mercy. Ethical and Poltical Themes in the Essais, Philosophy and Literature (Vol. 22, No. 1), April 1998, pp. 258-260.
  48. (of) Arnold Rampersad, Jackie Robinson: A Biography, Nine: A Journal of Baseball History and Social Policy Perspectives (Vol. 7, No. 1), Fall 1998, pp. 142-145.
  49. (of) Lisa Gossels and Dean Wetherall, The Children of Chabannes (90 minute film), French Review (Vol. 74, No. 2), December 2000, pp. 418-419.
  50. (of) Stacy Cretzmeyer, Your Name Is Renée: Ruth Kapp Hartz’s Story As A Hidden Child in Nazi-Occupied France, French Review (Vol. 74, No. 5), April 2001, pp. 1033-1034.
  51. (of) Lucette Desvignes, Le Miel de l’Aube. Une enfance en Bourgogne sous l’Occupation, French Review, 2000.
  52. (of) Carol Rittner, Stephen D. Smith, Irena Steinfeldt (eds.), The Holocaust and the Christian World, Virginia Quarterly Review (Vol. 77, No. 1), Winter 2001, pp. 178-183.
  53. (of) Sheila Isenberg, A Hero of Our Own: The Story of Varian Fry, French Review (Vol. 76, No. 3), February 2003, pp. 625-626.
  54. (of) Richard Watson, Cogito Ergo Sum: The Life of René Descartes, Philosophy and Literature (Vol. 26, No. 2), October 2002, pp. 465-468.

 

Publications: Stories and Other Pieces

  1. "The Spanking of Jean-Paul Sartre," Willow Springs (Vol. 13), Fall 1983, pp. 19-23.
  2. "Terrorism," Northwest Magazine (August 25, 1985), pp. 20-21.
  3. "Robinson Broke Baseball's Color Barrier 40 Years Ago," Walla Walla Union Bulletin (April 5, 1987).
  4. "Bittersweet Dreams," Baltimore Evening Sun (Nov. 2, 1989).
  5. "Student Athlete Gets Nothing," Seattle Times (January 19, 1990).
  6. “Imagining a New Millennium,” Whitman College Magazine (Summer 1999)
  7. “Some kids are interested in mending the world,” Seattle Times (August 21, 2001)
  8. “United States as undeserving of Olympics as China,” Walla Walla Union-Bulletin (September 6, 2001).
  9. “Pre-emptive Attack On Iraq Will Wound Americans Deeply,” Walla Walla Union Bulletin (August 29, 2002).

 

Publications: Translations

  1. (of) "Pour saluer Raymond Carver," by Olivier Cohen: appeared as "Lines of Force" in Remembering Ray: A Composite Biography of Raymond Carver, edited by William L. Stull and Maureen P. Carroll (Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1993), pp. 161-65.

 

Lectures, Papers, Symposium Presentations

  1. "Cultural Game Playing in Albert Camus' L'Etranger" at the Pacific Northwest Conference on Foreign Languages, April 1974.
  2. "Defensive Writing in Montaigne's Coustume de l'Isle de Cea" at the Philological Association of the Pacific Coast, November 1978.
  3. "Voltaire Today," at Willamette University, December 1978.
  4. "Reading Candide in 1978," at Willamette University, December 1978.
  5. "The Self and the Other in the Essays of Montaigne" at the Philological Association of the Pacific Coast, November 1979.
  6. "The Dialectic of Suicide in Montaigne's Coustume de l'Isle de Cea," at the Modern Language Association, December 1979.
  7. "Montaigne: Censorship and Defensive Writing," at the Western Society of French History, October 1980.
  8. "Approaches to the teaching of Candide," at the Modern Language Association, December 1987.
  9. "Reading Montaigne Contextually: De L'imcommodité de la grandeur (III, 7)," at the International Montaigne Colloquium (U. of Massachusetts), October 1988.
  10. "Literature and Spirituality in Seventeenth-Century France" (respondant), at the Modern Language Association, December 1988.
  11. "Montaigne Studies Today," at the University of Tennessee, April 1989.
  12. "Montaigne's Politics" (respondant), at the American Political Science Association, August 1990.
  13. "Montaigne and Heraclitus," at the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, April 1992.
  14. "The Janus-Like Quality of Pygmalion in the Essais: 'De L'affection des pères aux enfans'", at the Five College Renaissance Colloquium (University of Massachusetts), October 1992.
  15. "The Rise of the Essay: Montaigne and the Novel," at Colloquium on the Novel (University of Tennessee, October 1993.
  16. "Crossing Borders: Montaigne and the Novel," at the Southern Comparative Literature Association (Raleigh, N.C.), September 1994.
  17. "Teaching Great Works in the Core Program at Whitman College," at the Southern Comparative Literature Association (Raleigh, N.C.), September 1994.
  18. "Ethics in the Essais," at the Modern Language Association, December 1994.
  19. "Protestant Ethics in Occupied France: Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed," at the Modern Language Association, December 1995.
  20. "Le Chambon-sur-Lignon: How a Protestant Community Saved Thousands of Jews in Occupied Catholic France," at the Twenty-Sixth Annual Scholars' Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches (Minneapolis), March 1996.
  21. "Do Montaigne's Views on Women Evolve?", at The Sixteenth Century Conference (Washington University, Saint Louis), October 1996,
  22. "Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, Philip Hallie, and the Holocaust Today," at the University of Miami, October 1996.
  23. "Montaigne: Environmentalist and Community Visionary," at the University of Miami, October 1996.
  24. "Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, Philip Hallie, and the Holocaust Today," at the Convention of the Washington Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French, October 1996.
  25. "Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, Philip Hallie, and the Holocaust Today," at the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, November 1996.
  26. "Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, Philip Hallie, and the Holocaust Today," at the University of Kansas, November 1996.
  27. "Evolution in Montaigne: Feminizing the Persona," at the Modern Language Association, December 1996.
  28. "Violence and Non-Violence: Philip Hallie Re-evaluates Le Chambon-sur-Lignon Eight Years After Writing Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed," at the Twenty-Seventh Annual Scholars' Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches (Tampa), March 1997.
  29. "Montaigne: Environmentalist and Community Visionary," at Eastern Washington University, March 1997.
  30. "Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, Philip Hallie, and the Holocaust Today," at Whitworth College, April 1997.
  31. "Kareem's Omission (?): Jackie Robinson, Black Profile in Courage," at the Jackie Robinson: Race, Sports and the American Dream Conference, (Brooklyn), April 1997.
  32. "Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, Philip Hallie, and the Holocaust Today," at Walla Walla College, May 1997.
  33. "Can We Speak About an Evolution of Montaigne's Views on Women?", at the International Colloquium on Montaigne's "Essays" (Glascow, Scotland), June 30 to July 3, 1997.
  34. "Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, Philip Hallie, and the Holocaust Today," at American Association of Teachers of French (Nashville), November 1997.
  35. "More Like Myself: Philip Hallie From the Grave," Twenty-Eighth Annual Scholars' Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches, (Seattle), March 1998.
  36. "Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, Philip Hallie, and the Holocaust Today," at Yakima Community College, February 1, 1998.
  37. "Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, Philip Hallie, and the Holocaust Today," at Purdue University, March 19, 1998.
  38. "Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, Philip Hallie, and the Holocaust Today," at Nassau County Holocaust Memorial Center March 23, 1998.
  39. "Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, Philip Hallie, and the Holocaust Today," at Fordham University March 24, 1998.
  40. "Montaigne: Environmentalist and Community Visionary," at Clark College, April 20, 1998.
  41. "Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, Philip Hallie, and the Holocaust Today," at Clark College (April 20, 1998).
  42. "Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, Philip Hallie, and the Holocaust Today," at University of Washington (Bothel), April 21, 1998.
  43. "Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, Philip Hallie, and the Holocaust Today," at Pacific Northwest Conference of Foreign Languages, Luncheon Speaker, (Boise, Idaho), April 25, 1998.
  44. "Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, Philip Hallie, and the Holocaust Today," at Whitman College (Alumni College), June 15, 1998.
  45. "Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, Philip Hallie, and the Holocaust Today," at the Alliance Française (Portland), April 19, 1998.
  46. "Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, Philip Hallie, and the Holocaust Today," at Inglemore High School, April 21, 1998.
  47. "Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, Philip Hallie, and the Holocaust Today," at Portland State University, October 26, 1998.
  48. "Nonviolent Resistance to Vichy: Rescuing Jews in the Area of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon," at Social Science History Association (Chicago), November 21, 1998.
  49. "Montesquieu's Persian Letters, Voltaire's Candide, and Johnsons's History of Rasselas," at the Liberty Fund Panel (Seattle, WA), January 21-24, 1999.
  50. "Montaigne and La Boétie," at Liberty Fund Panel (Charleston, South Carolina), February 25-28, 1999.
  51. "The French Catholic Church's Apology," at the Twenty-Ninth Annual Scholars' Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches (New York), March 6-9, 1999.
  52. "Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, Philip Hallie, and the Holocaust Today," at Congregation Neveh Shalom (Portland, Oregon), March 14, 1999.
  53. "Reading La Princesse de Clèves," at University of Puget Sound, April 7, 1999.
  54. "Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, Philip Hallie, and the Holocaust Today," at University of Puget Sound, April 7, 1999.
  55. "Why We Must Teach the Rescuers When We Teach the Holocaust" (Keynote Luncheon Address), at the Pacific Northwest Conference of Foreign Languages (Tacoma), April 9, 1999.
  56. "The French Catholic Church's Apology," at the Pacific Northwest Conference of Foreign Languages (Tacoma), April 9, 1999.
  57. “Imagining a New Millennium” (Whitman College Baccalaureate Address), May 1999.
  58. “The Rescuers of Jews in France During the Holocaust and Why They Matter Today,” Presbyterian Church, Pendleton, Oregon, February 6, 2000.
  59. “Remembering the Rescuers” at the Thirtieth Annual Scholars’ Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches (Philadelphia), March 4 – 7, 2000.
  60. “The Holocaust in France” at the Thirtieth Annual Scholars’ Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches (Philadelphia), March 4 – 7, 2000.
  61. “The Rescuers of Jews in France During the Holocaust and Why They Matter Today,” Umatilla Indian Reservation, March 30, 2000.
  62. “The Rescuers of Jews in France During the Holocaust and Why They Matter Today,” Purdue University, April 4, 2000.
  63. “The Rescuers of Jews in France During the Holocaust and Why They Matter Today,” Inglemoor High School, May 23, 2000.
  64. “The Rescuers of Jews in France During the Holocaust and Why They Matter Today,” Western Washington University, August 8, 2000.
  65. “The Rescuers of Jews in France During the Holocaust and Why They Matter Today,” Delphian Club, Pendleton, Oregon, January 26, 2001.
  66. “The Rescuers of Jews in France During the Holocaust and Why They Matter Today,” Blue Mountain Forum, La Grande, Oregon, February 15, 2001.
  67. “The Rescuers of Jews in France During the Holocaust and Why They Matter Today,” Facing History (Inner-city high school teachers), Berkeley, California, March 13, 2001.
  68. “The Rescuers of Jews in France During the Holocaust and Why They Matter Today,” La Maison Française, Whitman College, April 17, 2001.
  69. “The Rescuers of Jews in France During the Holocaust and Why They Matter Today,” Northwestern University, May 9, 2001.
  70. “The Rescuers of Jews in France During the Holocaust and Why They Matter Today,” Alliance Française de Chicago, May 10, 2001.
  71. “Jackie Robinson: Sports and Race in America” (in three different classes), George Washington Middle School, Aurora, Illinois, May 11, 2001.
  72. “Madeleine Dreyfus: Righteous Jew,” American Association of Teachers of French, Pasco, WA, October 12, 2001.
  73. “Madeleine Dreyfus: Righteous Jew,” Walla Walla Medical Group, Whitman College, March 14, 2002.
  74. “Madeleine Dreyfus: Righteous Jew,” 32nd Annual Scholars’ Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches (Kean University), March 5, 2002.
  75. “Rescuing Jews in France During the Holocaust,” Congregation Rodeph Shalom, Philadelphia, April 19, 2002.
  76. “Madeliene Dreyfus: Righteous Jew,” Congregation Rodeph Shalom, April 20, 2002.
  77. “The Rescuers of Jews in France During the Holocaust and Why We Must Teach Them,” Michigan State Univeristy, February 5, 2003.
  78. “The Catholic Church in France During and After the Holocaust,” Michigan State University, February 5, 2003.
  79. “The Rescuers of Jews in France During the Holocaust and Why We Must Teach Them,” Education Service District #123, Pasco, Washington, February 28, 2003.
  80. “Madeleine Dreyfus: Righteous Jew,” Western Jewish Studies Association, Eugene, Oregon, March 24, 2003.
  81. “The Rescuers of Jews in France During the Holocaust and Why We Must Teach Them,” United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, Virginia Beach, Virginia, June 18, 2003.
  82. “Madeleine Dreyfus, Jewish Activity, Righteous Jews,” United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, Virginia Beach, Virginia, June 18, 2003.

 

Sections Chaired

  1. "Montaigne," PAPC, November 1977.
  2. "Voltaire and Rousseau Today," PAPC, November 1978.
  3. "Diderot et les Philosophes," PAPC, November 1979.
  4. "Montaigne," PAPC, November 1980.
  5. "Montaigne's Essais, Book III (1588-1988): Memory, Architecture, Mythology," MLA, December 1988.
  6. "From French Humanism to French Classicism: Do we move from polyphonic to univocal discourse?", Modern Language Association, December 1993.
  7. "Feminist Opposition to Gender Stereotyping in Early Modern France," Whitman College (Gender Studies Symposium), March 1996.

 

Courses Taught

Elementary French; Intermediate French; Composition and Conversation; Third-year French; Introduction to French Literature; Medieval French Literature; Sixteenth-Century French Literature; Seventeenth-Century French Literature; Eighteenth-Century French Literature; The French Philosophical Novel from Voltaire to Camus (in English); The "I" in Literature from Augustine to Camus (in English); The European Renaissance: 1515-1616 (in English); Montaigne and His Posterity (in English); Voltaire and the French Enlightenment (in English); Approaches to the Study of Literature (in English); Montaigne (in English); Great Works (General Studies, Freshman Core); The Freshman Core: Homer to Malcolm X; The Literature of Peace; The Literature and Film of the Holocaust in France.

 

 

Committees (Whitman College)

Cordiner Contemporary Art Lectures Committee (1976-77), All-College Forum Committee (1976-77), Minority Students Committee (1976-78), Faculty Evaluation and Development (1977-78), Aid to Faculty Scholarship Committee (1977-78; 1981-82), Student Academic Development (1977-78), Special Program Committee (1977-78), Curriculum Change Committee (1977-78), Public Events Committee (1978-79), Student Financial Aid (1978-79), International Studies Planning Committee (1978-79), General Studies Committee (1979-81; 1986-88), Visiting Artists Committee (1979-81), Truman Scholarship Committee (1988-93), Advisor to the French House (1988-93), Advisor to Phi-Delts (1988-89), Advisor to Delta Tau Delta (1989-93), Athletic Committee (1996-97), Commencement Exercise Committee (1996-97), Diversity Committee (2000-2002).

Faculty Search Committees: Dean (1978-79), German (1986-87), Political Science (1987-88), Philosophy (1987-88), Philosophy (1988-89), Economics (1995-96)

 

Societies

Modern Language Association (MLA)
The American Association of Teachers of French (AATF)
La Société des Amis de Montaigne (Paris)
The Association of Literary Scholars and Critics (ALSC)

 

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