Christopher Prendergast#
| Membership Number: | 3678 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LITERARY & THEATRICAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2013 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.mmll.cam.ac.uk/cap1000 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2003 - 2004 Fellow, Danish Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities
- 1998 - 2001 Visiting Professor, University of Copenhagen
- 1992 - 2003 Professor of Modern French Literature, University of Cambridge (now Emeritus)
- 1987 - 1992 Distinguished Professor in French and Comparative Literature, Graduate School, City University of New York
- 1987 - 1992 Reader, University of Cambridge
- 1968 - 1992 Lecturer, University of Cambridge
- 1976 Visiting Associate Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
- 1970 Fellow, King's College, Cambridge
- 1968 - 1970 Fellow, Downing College, Cambridge
- 1967 - 1968 Lecturer, Pembroke College Oxford
Fields of Scholarship
- French novel
- Literary theory
- 19th - 20th century French literature
- 19th - 20th century French cultural history
Honours and Awards
- 2019 Officier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques
- 1996 Fellow of the British Academy
- Honorary Professor, University of Copenhagen
