Judith Mary Still FBA (born 1958) is Emeritus Professor of French and Critical Theory at the University of Nottingham.[1]

Judith Still
Born1958 (age 65–66)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity College London (PhD)
ThesisThe 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)
Influences
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Nottingham

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]

Selected publications

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  • Derrida and hospitality: theory and practice (2013, Edinburgh UP: ISBN 9780748669639)
  • Derrida and other animals: the boundaries of the human (2015, Edinburgh UP: ISBN 9780748680979)
  • Enlightenment hospitality: cannibals, harems and adoption (2011, Voltaire Foundation: ISBN 9780729410106)
  • Feminine economies: thinking against the market in the enlightenment and the late twentieth century (1997, Manchester UP: ISBN 9780719045554)
  • Justice and difference in the works of Rousseau: bienfaisance and pudeur (1993, Cambridge UP: ISBN 0521415853)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Judith Still". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Catalogue record for thesis "The code of beneficence..."". University College London. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Professor Judith Still". The British Academy. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  4. ^ Ounsworth, Rob (20 July 2018). "British Academy honours Professor Judith Still". UoN blog. University of Nottingham. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Executive Committee". The Society for French Studies. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2023.