澳门六合彩开奖记录

颁辞濒濒别驳别:听Robinson

贰尘补颈濒:听tldb2@cam.ac.uk

Supervisor: Professor Martin Crowley

Research Topic:听

'The Colonial Milieu:听Empire听and the Architectonics of听Modern French Scientific Thought听(1830-1962)'听

Positioned at the intersection of modern French thought, cultural, intellectual and conceptual history, and the history of empire,听Toby's doctoral research explores听interactions, in late-19th- and early-20th-century France, between听colonial politics, understandings of human life,听and disciplinarity in the听natural and human sciences.听听

Toby's thesis proposes听that modern French thought's sustained interest in (and exposure to) the human 'milieu'听鈥� a concept Georges Canguilhem (1952) famously described听as 'a universal and obligatory mode of apprehending the experience and existence of living things'听鈥� expresses itself as a听need to negotiate between competing frames of reference: matter and spirit; the innate and the acquired; humanism and antihumanism; the empirical and the transcendental, to name a few. With听reference to听French philosophies of medicine, of science and of education, Toby听seeks to affirm the political origins and repercussions of this dynamic in the French context. Specifically, his work considers the fundamental concept of 尘颈濒颈别耻听in its interaction with听the听practical and epistemic projects of the Second French colonial empire (1830-1962). This particular confrontation, Toby argues, did more than inflect the concept's听use as a way to question relationships between human beings and their surroundings (milieux), often for governmental ends; rather, in its exposure to听colonial reasoning,听milieu came to听probe the changing form听鈥� and political scope 鈥斕齩f philosophical thought,听understood as a form of action听given shape by life and its political demands.听

Examining such figures as Fran莽ois-Joseph-Victor Broussais, Hippolyte Taine, F茅lix Ravaisson, Alain and Georges Canguilhem in their historical and intellectual context, Toby's research traces听 imperial genealogies in modern French intellectual culture, casting听new light听on the historical formation听鈥斕齛nd political mediation 鈥� of the modern French听sciences humaines. In so doing, Toby seeks to contribute to a growing literature on the colonial histories of modern philosophical thought, and to problematise听a renewed听interest in the political form听(and formation) of thought typified,听in recent years, by the work of thinkers including Bernard Stiegler and Catherine Malabou.听

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Other research Interests听

• Modern and contemporary听French and Francophone thought and culture
• Critical听theory听
• Intellectual history; history of听political thought;听history of empire; environmental history听
• Colonialism;听postcolonial studies; political ethics听
• History and philosophy of science;听historical epistemology; philosophy of history
• Political geographies; architecture and architectural theory听
• Hermeneutics and听information听theory;听the 'pre-history' of cybernetics (19th-c)听
• Cultural materialism and the work of Raymond Williams.听

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About听

Prior to beginning his PhD, Toby obtained an听undergraduate degree in French and German from University College London, studying at the Sorbonne in his third year, and听an听MPhil听from the 澳门六合彩开奖记录, with a听thesis on听aesthetic strategy听and听geo-politics in the Franco-Algerian 'docu-fiction'听(1975-2019). Toby has also worked as a translator (also in Paris) and studied in Germany, at the听Universit盲t zu K枚ln. In 2022, Toby returned to 澳门六合彩开奖记录 as Crausaz-Wordsworth Scholar in the Humanities at Robinson College, where he is also recipient of a Vice-Chancellor's Award (澳门六合彩开奖记录 Trust).听

Awards, Scholarships and Prizes

• Peter Bayley Award - 澳门六合彩开奖记录 (2024)听
• Vice-Chancellor鈥檚 Award - 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Trust (2022-2025)听
• Crausaz Wordsworth Scholarship in Humanities听- Robinson College, 澳门六合彩开奖记录 (2022-2025)听
• Research Award听- Institute of International Visual Art (Iniva) (2021)听
• Jennings Prize - Wolfson College, 澳门六合彩开奖记录 (2021)听

Publications

• 2024.听'Catherine Malabou's Historical Epistemology', in听Paragraph, 47.2, pp.162-177. .听
• 2022. 鈥楻abah Ameur-Za茂meche鈥檚 Terminal Sud (2019) and the resurgence of a Franco-Algerian archive鈥�, in Expressions maghr茅bines, 21. 2, pp. 171-189.听.听

Teaching

Course supervisor

• 听FRB2 - Translation from French听
• 听FR6 -听Innovation and Upheaval: deformation and reformulation in the 20th and 21st centuries听
• 听FR12 -听Ethics and experience: literature, thought, and visual culture of the French-speaking world (1900 to the present)听

Seminar leader and course co-ordinator听

• Critical Theory (Tripos Parts IA, IB, and II; on behalf of Trinity, Corpus Christi, Queens', Gonville & Caius, Jesus, Robinson听and Trinity Hall)听

Toby welcomes enquiries听from students wishing to carry out undergraduate dissertation projects relevant to his research interests.听

Selected Papers and *Invited Talks

• *'La pathologie positive: Fran莽ois-Joseph-Victor Broussais, Algeria and the Problem of Adaptability',听Oxford French Graduate Seminar,听All Souls College, Oxford, UK, 28 May 2024.听
• 'Form and Function at the Historical Limit: New Modes of Rationality in Contemporary French Thought', Society for French Studies (SFS) Graduate Conference, King's College London, London, UK, 19 May 2023.听
• ''Memory Supports'听and听'Agents of Belief': The Technical Economy of Culture in Bernard Stiegler's听La technique et le temps听(1994-2001) and Marie-Jos茅 Mondzain's听Image, Ic么ne, Economie听(1996)', Robinson College, 澳门六合彩开奖记录听MCR/SCR Conference, 澳门六合彩开奖记录, UK, 28 January 2023.听
• *'Culture as Technology: Technical Affinities in the Work of Bernard Stiegler and Marie-Jos茅 Mondzain', 澳门六合彩开奖记录 French Graduate Research Seminar, 澳门六合彩开奖记录, UK, 2 December 2022.
• 鈥楰ader Attia and Colonial Repair鈥�, Institute of International Visual Arts (Iniva), Future Collect Conference: Handle with Care, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, UK, 25 November 2021.听听

• Panel co-chair for 鈥�(Post)colonial Legacies' session, 澳门六合彩开奖记录 French Graduate Conference, 澳门六合彩开奖记录, 13 January 2023.

Outreach

Since 2022, Toby has delivered听outreach sessions on behalf of the 澳门六合彩开奖记录听MMLL Faculty, which have seen him share research with听prospective undergraduate applicants in Modern Languages (17-18), and teachers of French A-Level:听

• 'Film between France and Algeria: Rabah Ameur-Za脧meche', Diversity in French and Francophone Studies: A CPD workshop for teachers of French. 澳门六合彩开奖记录 / Association of Modern and Contemporary France (ASMCF). 20 February 2023.听 听
• 鈥楲a rencontre Alg茅rie-France: Aesthetic Strategy in Terminal Sud (2019) and听La Bataille d鈥橝lger (1966)鈥�. Why Not Languages? @ Cam,听澳门六合彩开奖记录. 21 June 2022.听

Other projects, activities and roles

In Summer 2024, Toby joined the Executive Committee of , taking up the role of听Postgraduate Officer.听In 2023-24, Toby was the Society's Conference Assistant and co-organiser, with Dr Kate Foster (QMUL),听of the 65th Society for French Studies Annual Conference ().听

Since 2022, Toby has been听co-convenor, alongside Professor Emma Wilson and Maddison Sumner, of the 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Modern French Research Seminar (MFRS);听in 2023-24, he also co-convened听of the 澳门六合彩开奖记录 French Graduate Research Seminar (FGRS).听

In Lent Term 2024, Toby co-organised the cross-Faculty and cross-School research seminar series 'Transhistorical Humanities? Methods in Conversation'.听 Funded by听the MMLL Faculty Cross-Faculty Research Seminar fund and held at King's College, 澳门六合彩开奖记录, the听series brought together leading academics working across听languages and historical time periods to reflect on questions of method, historicity and disciplinarity,听and their broader relation to the contemporary humanities.听

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