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Richard Golsan

Richard J. Golsan is University Distinguished Professor and Distinguished Professor of French at Texas A&M University. His research interests include the history and memory of World War II in France and Europe and the political involvements of French and European writers and intellectuals with anti-democratic and extremist politics in the 20th and 21st centuries. His most recent book is French Writers and the Politics of Complicity (Johns Hopkins, 2006). Golsan served as a Visiting Professor at the University of Paris III-Sorbonne Nouvelle in 2001. He has been recognized by the Italian government in being named to the Ordina Della Stella Della Solidarieta Italiana and by the French government by being awarded the Palmes Academiques. He has served as Editor of the South Central Review (SCMLA) since 1994, and is also Director of the Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research at Texas A&M and the Centre Pluridisciplinaire, funded by the French government.

Articles

French Thought in a Nutshell: On Sudhir Hazareesingh’s “How the French Think”
Maddening and paradoxical we ignore France's extraordinary intellectual and cultural heritage at our peril, says Sudhir Hazareesingh.
Richard GolsanFeb 10, 2017
- Around the World
- Cultural Studies
Life and Death at the Existentialist Café
An accessible and highly readable account of the philosophical achievements of Europe’s major existentialist thinkers.
Richard GolsanJun 17, 2016
- Philosophy & Religion
Where the Past Is Always in the Present Tense
The continuing malaise, 70 years later.
Richard GolsanFeb 10, 2015
- History
- Nonfiction