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Jean Khalfa specialises in the history of philosophy, modern literature (in particular contemporary poetry and writing in French from North Africa and the Caribbean), aesthetics and anthropology. He is the Editor of听What is Intelligence?听(CUP, 1994 and 1996);听Afrique du sud: le cap de bonne esp茅rance听(with Chris Alden, Les Temps Modernes, 1995);听The New French Poetry, a Bilingual Anthology听(with David Kelley, Bloodaxe Books, 1996);听The Dialogue between Painting and Poetry听(Black Apollo Press, 2001);听An Introduction to the Philosophy of Gilles Deleuze(Continuum, 2003);听Frantz Fanon, a special issue of听Wasafiri听No 44 (Routledge, 2005);听Pour Frantz Fanon, a special edition of听Les Temps Modernes, No 635-636 (Gallimard, 2006); the first complete edition of Michel Foucault's听History of Madness听(Routledge, 2006 and 2009). An interview on Fanon is available at听. He has recently published articles on Pascal, Rousseau, Deleuze, Sartre, Fanon, C茅saire, St John Perse, Glissant, Michaux, Cavaill猫s, Maccheroni, Roche,听on typographic forms and on the relationship between contemporary poetry and the image. Several broadcasts and press articles on his edition of Fanon's collected writings, 脡crits sur l'ali茅nation et la libert茅听(Jean Khalfa and Robert Young, ed., La D茅couverte, 2015 and 2019 and Hibr, Algiers, 2015; English translation: Bloomsbury, 2018, 2020) are available here:听

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His听Poetics of the Antilles:听Poetry, History and Philosophy in the Writings of Perse, C茅saire, Fanon and Glissant听was published in 2017 by Peter Lang:听. His edited volume on Wifredo Lam鈥檚 books is to be published by Jean-Michel Place in 2025. He is working on a book听on Fanon's听Les Damn茅s听de la terre听(for Routledge)听and a study of Foucault on insanity. He is a member of听Livre Espace de Cr茅ation, a programme of the French Agence Nationale de La Recherche, which digitised听a significant selection of livres d'artistes from the Jacques Doucet collection and published several studies on听the book as a space of creativity in the twentieth century (). Within this programme he has coedited听Les Espaces听du livre/Spaces of the Book听with Isabelle Choi (Peter Lang, 2015).听He is the organiser of the Choiseul-Praslin Lectures and exhibitions, focusing on the relationship between poetry and image, a member of the Comit茅 de R茅daction of听Les Temps Modernes, a member of the editorial board of听Wasafiri听and Series Editor, Modern French听Identities, Peter Lang Publishers. In 2013-14 he held a British Academy/Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship and is a Officier听dans l'Ordre听des Palmes Acad茅miques.