Jonathan M. Weiss
Jonathan Weiss | |
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| Born | May 3, 1942 (age 82) New Britain, Connecticut |
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | Columbia University (BA) Yale University (PhD) |
| Spouse | Dace Weiss |
Jonathan Mark Weiss (born May 3, 1942) is an American scholar of
Franco-American relations, a short story, and most recently the biography of Irène Némirovsky
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Weiss is currently NEH Class of 1940 Distinguished Professor of Humanities, emeritus, in the Department of French and Italian at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Weiss currently lives in Dijon, France, with his wife, Dace.
Biography
Weiss was born in
Canadian Government fellowship for research in Quebec. He was also granted in 1979 another Fulbright Fellowship for research this time in Quebec.[1]
In the mid-1960s Weiss worked as an
tenure in 1978 and was promoted to full professor in 1986. Weiss served as chair of the modern foreign languages department from 1982 to 1985, he was also the director of Off-Campus Study and Academic Affairs from 1990 to 1997, and Associate Dean of Faculty from 1997 to 2000. In September 2000 he was awarded the NEH endowed chair. During his tenure as director of off-campus study, Weiss established programs of study in Dijon, France, and London, England, the latter a joint program with Bowdoin and Bates colleges. Weiss continues to direct the Dijon program.[1][2]
In his authored works, Weiss typically writes in French or English depending on his audience. His recent Némirovsky biography was written in French and published in France before being translated into English by his wife for publication in the United States.
Auschwitz.[3]
Selected bibliography
Books
- Irène Némirovsky. Paris: Éditions du Félin, 2005. ISBN 2-86645-599-1
- Irène Némirovsky: Her Life and Works. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8047-5481-1
- French-Canadian Theater. Boston: Twayne Publishers (bought by Macmillan); May 1986.
- French-Canadian Literature. Washington, DC: The Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, 1989. Reprinted by the Michigan State University Press, 1995.
- Essays on French-Canadian Theater (Editor, with Joseph Donohoe). East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1995. Winner of the ACSUS award for best book of essays on Canada, 1996.
Recent articles
- "Arthur Buies et les Etats-Unis au XIXe siècle" Québec Studies, 1987, p. 89–99.
- "Une lecture américaine de Volkswagen Blues," Études françaises, vol. 21, no. 3 (Winter 1985–86), p. 89–96.
- "Le théâtre québécois: une histoire de famille," inle Théâtre au Québec, mémoire et appropriation, Montréal: Société d’Histoire du Théâtre du Québec, 1990, p. 131–140.
- "Le Premier Mouvement: un roman américain?," Études françaises, 26:2, 1990, p. 21–29.
- "Le Centenaire de la Révolution Française dans la presse américaine," Littérature et nation, 2:3, September 1990, p. 135–149.
- "Jacques Poulin, lecteur de Hemingway," Études françaises, 1993, 11–22.
- "À Rome comme à Dijon: Le Président de Brosses en Italie," in Le XVIIIe siècle : histoire, mémoire et rêve. Mélanges offerts à Jean Goulemot, Paris: Honoré Champion, 2006. ISBN 2-7453-1332-0.[4]
Fiction
- "Christmas" (a short story), in Escala, December 2001.
Recent papers given
- "Les Origines de la Francophobie américaine," France-Amérique Bourgogne Association, Dijon, March 9, 2004.
- "Le Personnage théâtral," Université de Bourgogne (école doctorale), March 9, 2004
- "From 'The French Monster' to 'Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys': Two Centuries of Francophobia in the United States", Society for French Historical Studies, Paris, June 18, 2004
- "Table ronde - Trois destins singuliers: Romain Gary, Maurice Sachs, Irène Némirovsky," Institut Mémoire de l’Édition Contemporaine, Caen (France), May 21, 2005.
- "Liberté, fraternité, judéophobie: American reactions to perceived French anti-Semitism," Symposium on The French in the United States, University of Texas at Austin, April 22, 2005.
Plays produced at Colby College
- The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Brecht), January 1973
- La Leçon (Ionesco), December 2002
- La Leçon du mardi (play written by French major Allison McAnney), April 2003
- La Cantatrice chauve (Ionesco), April 2004
References
- ^ a b Colby College | Directory | Jonathan M. Weiss
- ^ Colby College | Academics | Colby in Dijon
- ^ "Irène Némirovsky : Her Life and Works - Jonathan Weiss". Archived from the original on 2006-10-10. Retrieved 2007-12-24.
- ^ "Comètes » Annonce » Le XVIIIe siècle : histoire, mémoire et rêve. Mélanges offerts à Jean Goulemot". Archived from the original on 2007-10-24. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
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