Rector Herman Van Goethem and Dean Luc Herman, are pleased to announce the inaugural lecture by Professor William Marx (Collège de France), laureate of the International Francqui Chair 2021-2022 at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Antwerp.

Promotor: Professor Franc Schuerewegen, University of Antwerp, Department of Literature.

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About prof. dr. William Marx

William Marx is professor at the Collège de France (Paris), where he holds the chair of comparative literature. His books, translated into a dozen languages, include Naissance de la critique moderne (2002), Les Arrière-gardes au XXe siècle (2004), L'Adieu à la littérature (2005), Vie du lettré (2009), Le Tombeau d'Œdipe (2012), La Haine de la littérature (2015), Un savoir gai (2018), Vivre dans la bibliothèque du monde (2020) and Des étoiles nouvelles (2021). Professor Marx will hold the Francqui International Chair at the University of Antwerp during the fall of 2022. Activities related to the Francqui Chair are open to all.