Department of French

Associate Professor Taminiaux is actively involved in university teaching and research in community service as well. In 1994, he published Robert Pinget, his comprehensive study of one of the most important figures of the French "New Novel". He has also written numerous articles evaluating both contemporary cultural theory and twentieth-century French literature, and has translated the work of both cultural theory and modern literature. Currently, Professor Taminiaux has just completed a second major study, Poétique de la Négation, a series of critical essays on both modern poetry and the post-World War II French novel.

While the wide range of his academic interests is reflected in his teaching, Professor Taminiaux concentrates particularly on the relationship between modern French literature and the visual arts, with a specific emphasis on photography. Moreover, he has taught two senior seminars dealing with contemporary issues of cultural and political theory in France (Nationalism, the French integration into the European Union and the new status of popular culture in French society).

At the same time, Professor Taminiaux serves as a student advisor and on various committees in both the French Department and the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics. Since 1991, he has served as a coordinator for the activities of the French Club as well.