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Deborah Jenson

Deborah Jenson

Professor Emeritus of Romance Studies
Romance Studies
deborah.jenson@duke.edu
205 Language Center, Box 90257, Durham, NC 27708-0257
205 Language Center, Box 90257, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708

Recent Courses

FRENCH 390A: Topics in French Literature and Culture
Fall 2023
FRENCH 481: Flaubert's Brain: Neurohumanities
Spring 2025
FRENCH 481P: Flaubert's Brain: Neurohumanities Preceptorial
Spring 2025
FRENCH 493: Research Independent Study
Spring 2024, Fall 2023
FRENCH 495: Honors Thesis
Spring 2024
FRENCH 515S: African and Caribbean Philosophy in French
Fall 2024
GLHLTH 390A: Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in Global Health
Fall 2023
LIT 246: Flaubert's Brain: Neurohumanities
Spring 2025
NEUROSCI 241: Flaubert's Brain: Neurohumanities
Spring 2025

Teaching Activities

In Fall 2020 I am co-teaching a French doctoral seminar "Contemporary African Philosophy with Prof. Felwine Sarr, and teaching the undergraduate Romance Studies and Global Health course "Pandemic Humanities: Reimagining Medicine and Health in Romance Studies." "Pandemic Humanities" is a Global Health Foundations Course.