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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, deconstruction, myth studies, theories of identity, philosophies 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, 2025 Book, 2025

MLN, 137, 4, (2022), Hannes Opelz, [eds.] Journal, 2022

Hannes Opelz, Présentation. L'art de Malabou, MLN, 137, (4), 2022, p627 - 636 Journal Article, 2022

Hannes Opelz, Plasticité du dehors, MLN, 137, (4), 2022, p657 - 672 Journal Article, 2022

Hannes Opelz, Mimetic Annihilation, CounterText, 8, (1), 2022, p177 - 205 Journal Article, 2022

Hannes Opelz & Catherine Malabou, L'avenir de la mimèsis. Entretien avec Catherine Malabou, MLN, 137, (4), 2022, p801 - 813 Journal Article, 2022

L'exhibition in, editor(s)Ginette Michaud & Isabelle Ullern , Sarah Kofman: Philosopher autrement, Paris, Éditions Hermann, 2021, pp315 - 325, [Hannes Opelz] Book Chapter, 2021

Thus Spoke Literature in, editor(s)Christopher Langlois , Understanding Blanchot, Understanding Modernism, New York, Bloomsbury Academic, 2018, pp37 - 56, [Hannes Opelz] Book Chapter, 2018

Hannes Opelz, L'incitation au mythe: Ténèbres de la mimèsis, L'esprit créateur, 57, (4), 2017, p50 - 63 Journal Article, 2017

L'esprit créateur, 57, 4, (2017), Hannes Opelz, [eds.] Journal, 2017

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] Book Chapter, 2015

Hannes Opelz, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, 'Ending and Unending Agony', New York, Fordham University Press, 2015, - Translation, 2015

Hannes Opelz, L'espoir d'une communauté, Les Cahiers Maurice Blanchot, (2), 2013, p138-56 Review, 2013

Research Expertise

Projects

  • Title
    • Time and the Other Capitalism: The Pasts, Presents and Futures of Work
  • Summary
    • Led by Dr Anne Mulhall
  • Funding Agency
    • Irish Research Council (IRC)
  • Date From
    • 2020
  • Date To
    • 2022
  • Title
    • Xenogenesis: Octavia Butler, Gateway for Racial and Gender Aliens at IMMA
  • Summary
    • Led by Dr John Wilkins
  • Funding Agency
    • Irish Research Council (IRC)
  • Date From
    • 2022
  • Date To
    • 2024

Keywords

Continental philosophy; Critical theory; Deconstruction; Georges Bataille; Jacques Derrida; Jean-Jacques Rousseau; Literary theory; Martin Heidegger; Maurice Blanchot; Mimetic Theory; Modernism, postmodernism; Myth studies; Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe; Rhetoric; sarah kofman; Science fiction film; Twentieth-century literature