Alice Kaplan
| Title: | Professor of Romance Studies, Literature, and History; French and Gilbert, Louis, and Edward Lehrman Professor of History and Professor of Literature |
| Office Location: | 101C Art Museum |
| Office Phone: | 919 684 4228 |
| Email Address: | alice.kaplan@duke.edu |
| Web Page: | http://www.duke.edu/literature/Kaplan.html |
Education
- PhD French Yale University, 1981
- BA in French University of California - Berkeley, 1975
- Year of Study Université de Bordeaux III, Bordeaux, France, 1973
Research Interests
Her research interests include memory and history in post-World War II France, autobiography, and the cultural history of translation; her graduate seminars have focused on issues in cultural studies, twentieth century French literature (Proust, Céline, and Camus), theories of fascism, and autobiography. Her books include Reproductions of Banality: Fascism, Literature, and French Intellectual Life (1986); French Lessons (1993) and The Collaborator: the trial and execution of Robert Brasillach (2000) which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in history. Kaplan was the founding director of Duke’s Center for French and Francophone Studies; she is a member of the Usage Panel of the American Heritage Dictionary and serves on the editorial board of SAQ.
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
- Henry Adams Prize, Society for History in the Federal Government, March, 2006
- Officer in the "Ordre des Palmes académiques", French Minister of National Education, November, 2001
- Notable Book of the Year for 2000, American Library Association, June, 2001
- 2000 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History, Los Angeles Times, April, 2001
- Notable Book, New York Times, January, 2001
- FRENCH 167D.001, Albert camus post-war france
Synopsis
- Social sciences 136, Tu 11:40 AM-12:55 PM
- FRENCH 167D.01D, Albert camus post-war france
Synopsis
- Languages 305, Th 11:40 AM-12:55 PM
Recent Publications
Books- A. Kaplan, L'Interprete" (Gallimard, April, April, 2007).
- A. Kaplan, "Through French Eyes: Gender, Race, and American Justice in Liberated France" in In the War Zone (in press) (University of North Carolina Press, 2008).
- A. Kaplan. "Lady of the Lake." The American Scholar 76:4 (September 22, 2007): 71-83.
- A. Kaplan. "A Scholar's Paris." The Chronicle for Higher Education The Academic Life Supplement (September 14, 2007): 26-34.
- A. Kaplan. "Authors on Record [interview by Ellen Fried]." Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives and Record Administration (March, 2007).