Catherine Malabou papers, 1976-2022

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Summary

Creators:

Abstract:

Catherine Malabou is a philosopher and theorist and professor in the department of Philosophy at the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy at Kingston University. She was the 2015 Wellek Library Lecturer at the University of California, Irvine, and is Distinguished Visiting Professor of Comparative Literature at UC Irvine starting in the Spring 2016 quarter. Malabou was a student of Jacques Derrida at Jean-Luc Marion during her doctoral studies at the Ecole Normale Superieure Lettres et Sciences Humaines (Fontenay-Saint-Cloud). Her work has explored themes of neuroscience, psychoanalysis, trauma, "plasticity," and epigenetics. The collection includes manuscripts, printed materials, audiovisual materials, photographs, teaching and research materials, correspondence, and early scholarly work in analog and digital formats.

Extent:

1.1 Linear Feet (1 box and 1 OS folder) and 0.0789 Gigabytes (95 files)

Language:

French .

Preferred citation:

Catherine Malabou papers. MS-C029. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.

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Background

Scope and content:

The Catherine Malabou papers contains manuscript drafts and notes, literary newsletters, correspondence, dissertation draft with notes from Jacques Derrida, conference announcements and programs, publications, curriculum vitae, master's thesis draft, dissertation defense, presentations with Jacques Derrida, DVDs, CDs, mini CD, audiocassette tapes, and digital material on a USB.

The digital materials in this collection contains a selection of academic articles, interview transcripts, book reviews, event posters, and a curriculum vitae.

Biographical / historical:

Malabou was a student of Jacques Derrida at Jean-Luc Marion during her doctoral studies at the Ecole Normale Superieure Lettres et Sciences Humaines (Fontenay-Saint-Cloud). Her work has explored themes of neuroscience, psychoanalysis, trauma, "plasticity," and epigenetics.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Catherine Malabou, 2016 and 2022.

Processing information:

Processed by Zoe MacLeod, 2022. Updated by Frank J. López-Huerta, 2025.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Names:: Malabou, Catherine

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection contains digital materials. It is minimally processed, but is open for research. Please contact the Department of Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access.

Access to original audio tapes and video recordings is restricted; researchers may request listening or viewing copies.

Terms of access:

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