Barbara Cassin

Barbara Cassin
Born
Laura Cassin

(1947-10-24) 24 October 1947 (age 76)
NationalityFrench
EducationLycée La Fontaine
Alma materUniversity of Paris
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolContinental philosophy
InstitutionsAcadémie française

Barbara Cassin (French: [kasɛ̃]; born 24 October 1947) is a French philologist and philosopher. She was elected to the Académie française on 4 May 2018. Cassin is the recipient of the Grand Prize of Philosophy of the Académie française. She is an emeritus Research Director at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris. Cassin is a program Director at the International College of Philosophy and the director of its Scientific Council and member of its board of directors. She was a director of Collège international de philosophie established by Jacques Derrida.[1] In 2006 she succeeded Jonathan Barnes to the directorship of the leading centre of excellence in Ancient philosophy, Centre Leon-Robin, at the Sorbonne.[2] In recent years she has been teaching seminars and writing books in partnership with Alain Badiou.

  1. ^ "CITÉPHILO - Actualité Métropole - Nord - la Voix du Nord". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
  2. ^ "Bio of Barbara Cassin". frenchculture.org.

© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search