Professor of Emeritus of Comparative Literature and French
Fields of Interest
Biography
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of Strasbourg, 1981
Awards:
- Prix de la Psyché 1987 (awarded by the Association Française d’études et de Recherches Psychiatriques)
- The Salomon Katz Distinguished Lectureship in the Humanities, University of Washington, 1994
- Gradiva Award for Best General Book 1997 (awarded by the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis)
Research
Selected Research
- Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen. La fabrique des Folies, De la psychanalyse au psychopharmarketing. Sciences Humaines Éditions: 2013.
- Mikkel Borch-Jaconbsen. La vérité sur les médicaments. Pocket: 2018.
- Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen. Apprendre à philosopher avec Freud. Ellipses Marketing: 2018.
- Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen, Big Pharma (Editions Les Arenes, 2013)
- Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen. Making Minds and Madness: From Hysteria to Depression. Cambridge University Press: 2009.
- Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen, Sonu Shamdasani. Le dossier Freud. Enquête sur l’histoire de la psychanalyse. 2006.
- Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen, Georges Fischman. Psychanalyse et constructivisme. 2005.
Research Advised: Graduate Dissertations
- Nidesh Lawtoo. "The Phantom of the Ego: Mimesis and Subjectivity in Nietzsche, Conrad, Lawrence, and Bataille." Diss., 2009.
- Maria Diaz Pozueta. "Image, form and death: Borges' anti-intellectual project." Diss., 2007.
- Mary Frances Zamberlin. "Rhizosphere: Gilles Deleuze and Minor American literature and thought." Diss., 2003.
Research Advised: Undergraduate Class Projects
Courses Taught
Winter 2020
Winter 2019
Winter 2018
Winter 2016
Winter 2015
Winter 2014
Spring 2013
Winter 2013
Spring 2012
Winter 2012
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News & Events
Related News
- Branding Illness: Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen - April 18, 2012
- "Maladies à vendre"/"Branding Illness" receives 2nd prize! - March 26, 2012
- Study Abroad in Paris: Fall 2010 - February 18, 2010