Dr. Hannes Opelz
Assistant Professor, French
Biography
Hannes Opelz (PhD Cantab) is Assistant Professor in the Department of French at Trinity College, Dublin. His research focuses on twentieth- and twenty-first century French thought and aesthetics. Methodologically, his work combines a variety of theoretical and analytical tools drawn from, among other fields, mimetic theory, deconstructive materialism, critical mythopoetics, philosophy of technology, gender studies, and environmental humanities. Recent publications include special journal issues on Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe (L'esprit créateur, 2017) and Catherine Malabou (MLN, 2022). He has also published essays on Maurice Blanchot, and more recently, on science fiction.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Hannes Opelz & Michael Holland, Dictionnaire Maurice Blanchot, Paris, Classiques Garnier, 2026
MLN, 137, 4, (2022), Hannes Opelz, [eds.]
Hannes Opelz, Présentation. L'art de Malabou, MLN, 137, (4), 2022, p627 - 636
Hannes Opelz, Plasticité du dehors, MLN, 137, (4), 2022, p657 - 672
Hannes Opelz, Mimetic Annihilation, CounterText, 8, (1), 2022, p177 - 205
Hannes Opelz & Catherine Malabou, L'avenir de la mimèsis. Entretien avec Catherine Malabou, MLN, 137, (4), 2022, p801 - 813
L'exhibition in, editor(s)Ginette Michaud & Isabelle Ullern , Sarah Kofman: Philosopher autrement, Paris, Éditions Hermann, 2021, pp315 - 325, [Hannes Opelz]
Thus Spoke Literature in, editor(s)Christopher Langlois , Understanding Blanchot, Understanding Modernism, New York, Bloomsbury Academic, 2018, pp37 - 56, [Hannes Opelz]
Hannes Opelz, L'incitation au mythe: Ténèbres de la mimèsis, L'esprit créateur, 57, (4), 2017, p50 - 63
L'esprit créateur, 57, 4, (2017), Hannes Opelz, [eds.]
La précipitation du désastre in, editor(s)Isabelle Ullern Pierre Gisel , Penser en commun? Jean-Luc Nancy et Sarah Kofman lecteurs de Blanchot, Paris, Beauchesne, 2015, pp31 - 62, [Hannes Opelz]
Hannes Opelz, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, 'Ending and Unending Agony', New York, Fordham University Press, 2015, -
Hannes Opelz, L'espoir d'une communauté, Les Cahiers Maurice Blanchot, (2), 2013, p138-56
Research Expertise
Description
Continental Philosophy | Critical/Literary Theory | Contemporary French & Francophone Thought | Aesthetics & Theories of Representation | Deconstructive Materialism | Philosophies of Science & Technology | Critical Mythopoetics | Environmental Humanities | Science Fiction | Maurice Blanchot | Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe | Catherine MalabouProjects
- Title
- The New Language of Science Fiction: Spatial Configurations in the Work of Bunch, Drode, Russ and Wittig
- Summary
- Doctoral project led by Giaime Lazzari
- Funding Agency
- Claude and Vincenette Pichois Research Award
- Date From
- 2024
- Date To
- 2028
- Title
- Xenogenesis: Octavia Butler, Gateway for Racial and Gender Aliens at IMMA
- Summary
- Postdoctoral project led by Dr John Wilkins
- Funding Agency
- Research Ireland (formerly Irish Research Council)
- Date From
- 2022
- Date To
- 2024
- Title
- Time and the Other Capitalism: The Pasts, Presents and Futures of Work
- Summary
- Postdoctoral project led by Dr Anne Mulhall
- Funding Agency
- Research Ireland (formerly Irish Research Council)
- Date From
- 2020
- Date To
- 2022
Recognition
Awards and Honours
Research Ally Award - Taighde Éireann / Research Ireland
Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Event Fund (€1,260)
Long Room Hub Research Incentive Scheme Award (€4,000)
Trinity Arts and Social Sciences Benefactions Fund Award (€2,000)
Benefactors' Scholarship for Doctoral Research, St John's College, Cambridge (£36,000)
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Doctoral Competition Award (£12,000)
Austrian National Bank (ÖNB) Scholarship (€5,000)
Memberships
Society for French Studies (SFS)
Association des Études Françaises et Francophones d'Irlande (ADEFFI)
Associations des Amis de Maurice Blanchot (AAMB)