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Dr. Hannes Opelz

Dr. Hannes Opelz

Assistant Professor, French

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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

  • 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 - 63Journal Article, 2017
  • L'esprit créateur, 57, 4, (2017), Hannes Opelz, [eds.]Journal, 2017
  • L'exhibition in, editor(s)Ginette Michaud & Isabelle Ullern , Sarah Kofman: Philosopher autrement, Paris, Éditions Hermann, 2021, pp315 - 325, [Hannes Opelz]Book Chapter, 2021
  • Hannes Opelz & Michael Holland, Dictionnaire Maurice Blanchot, Paris, Classiques Garnier, 2026Book, 2026
  • Hannes Opelz, Mimetic Annihilation, CounterText, 8, (1), 2022, p177 - 205Journal Article, 2022
  • MLN, 137, 4, (2022), Hannes Opelz, [eds.]Journal, 2022
  • Hannes Opelz, Plasticité du dehors, MLN, 137, (4), 2022, p657 - 672Journal Article, 2022
  • Hannes Opelz, Présentation. L'art de Malabou, MLN, 137, (4), 2022, p627 - 636Journal Article, 2022
  • Hannes Opelz & Catherine Malabou, L'avenir de la mimèsis. Entretien avec Catherine Malabou, MLN, 137, (4), 2022, p801 - 813Journal Article, 2022
  • Hannes Opelz, L'espoir d'une communauté, Les Cahiers Maurice Blanchot, (2), 2013, p138-56Review, 2013
  • Hannes Opelz, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, 'Ending and Unending Agony', New York, Fordham University Press, 2015, -Translation, 2015
  • 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

Research Expertise

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 Malabou

  • 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

Literary studies, Cultural Studies, Philosophy, Languages and literature, Humanities and the arts, Other Humanities, History and philosophy of specific fields, Visual arts,

Recognition

  • Long Room Hub Research Incentive Scheme Award (€4,000) 2016-2017
  • Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Event Fund (€1,260) 2023-2024
  • Benefactors' Scholarship for Doctoral Research, St John's College, Cambridge (£36,000) 2005-2008
  • Trinity Arts and Social Sciences Benefactions Fund Award (€2,000) 2016-2017
  • Research Ally Award - Taighde Éireann / Research Ireland 2023-2024
  • Austrian National Bank (ÖNB) Scholarship (€5,000) 2003-2004
  • Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Doctoral Competition Award (£12,000) 2005-2008
  • Associations des Amis de Maurice Blanchot (AAMB) present
  • Association des Études Françaises et Francophones d'Irlande (ADEFFI) present
  • Society for French Studies (SFS) present