Dr. Hannes Opelz
Assistant Professor, French
Biography
Hannes Opelz (PhD Cantab) is Assistant Professor in the Department of French at Trinity College, Dublin. His research focuses on twentieth- and twenty-first century French thought and aesthetics. Methodologically, his work combines a variety of theoretical and analytical tools (drawn from, among other fields, mimetic theory, deconstruction, myth studies, theories of identity, philosophies of technology, gender studies, and environmental humanities). Recent publications include special journal issues on Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe (L'esprit créateur, 2017) and Catherine Malabou (MLN, 2022). He has also published essays on Maurice Blanchot, and more recently, on science fiction.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Hannes Opelz & Michael Holland, Dictionnaire Maurice Blanchot, Paris, Classiques Garnier, 2025
MLN, 137, 4, (2022), Hannes Opelz, [eds.]
Hannes Opelz, Présentation. L'art de Malabou, MLN, 137, (4), 2022, p627 - 636
Hannes Opelz, Plasticité du dehors, MLN, 137, (4), 2022, p657 - 672
Hannes Opelz, Mimetic Annihilation, CounterText, 8, (1), 2022, p177 - 205
Hannes Opelz & Catherine Malabou, L'avenir de la mimèsis. Entretien avec Catherine Malabou, MLN, 137, (4), 2022, p801 - 813
L'exhibition in, editor(s)Ginette Michaud & Isabelle Ullern , Sarah Kofman: Philosopher autrement, Paris, Éditions Hermann, 2021, pp315 - 325, [Hannes Opelz]
Thus Spoke Literature in, editor(s)Christopher Langlois , Understanding Blanchot, Understanding Modernism, New York, Bloomsbury Academic, 2018, pp37 - 56, [Hannes Opelz]
Hannes Opelz, L'incitation au mythe: Ténèbres de la mimèsis, L'esprit créateur, 57, (4), 2017, p50 - 63
L'esprit créateur, 57, 4, (2017), Hannes Opelz, [eds.]
La précipitation du désastre in, editor(s)Isabelle Ullern Pierre Gisel , Penser en commun? Jean-Luc Nancy et Sarah Kofman lecteurs de Blanchot, Paris, Beauchesne, 2015, pp31 - 62, [Hannes Opelz]
Hannes Opelz, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, 'Ending and Unending Agony', New York, Fordham University Press, 2015, -
Hannes Opelz, L'espoir d'une communauté, Les Cahiers Maurice Blanchot, (2), 2013, p138-56
Research Expertise
Description
Continental Philosophy | Critical/Literary Theory | Contemporary French & Francophone Thought | Aesthetics & Theories of Representation | Deconstructive Materialism | Philosophies of Science & Technology | Myth Studies | Environmental Humanities | Science Fiction | Maurice Blanchot | Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe | Catherine MalabouProjects
- Title
- Xenogenesis: Octavia Butler, Gateway for Racial and Gender Aliens at IMMA
- Summary
- Led by Dr John Wilkins
- Funding Agency
- Irish Research Council (IRC)
- Date From
- 2022
- Date To
- 2024
- Title
- Time and the Other Capitalism: The Pasts, Presents and Futures of Work
- Summary
- Led by Dr Anne Mulhall
- Funding Agency
- Irish Research Council (IRC)
- Date From
- 2020
- Date To
- 2022