Biographical Profile
Interest Background
Professional Preparation
Positions & Appointments
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
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Persels, Jeff
Associate Professor
Jeff Persels' area of specialization is the French Sixteenth Century. His current research interests include the polemical literature of the French Wars of Religion and the rhetoric of French Evangelical Humanism.
Biographical Profile
- College
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Department
- Languages, Literatures, & Cult.
- Tenure Status
- Tenured
Interest Background
- Do you include students in your research?
- None
- Interest Keywords
- Renaissance, Calvinism, Catholicism, Polemic
- Institutional Focus Areas
- Arts and Humanities
- Personal Focus Areas
- Early Modern French history, literature, religion & culture
Professional Preparation(Education & Training)
| Dates | Institution | Location | Degree | Field of Study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | University of Virginia | Ph.D. | French (Early Modern) | |
| 1984 | University of California, Davis | B.A. | French & Latin | |
| 1986 | University of Virginia | MA | French |
Positions & Appointments
| Dates | Description | Institution/Entity |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Associate Professor, French, Dept. of Languages, Literatures & Cultures, USC |
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
| Dates | Type | Description | Foundation/Entity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Award | Sixteenth Century Society and Conference Literature Prize | |
| 2007 | Award | Sixteenth Century Society and Conference Literature Prize |
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