Alexis Tadié
Professor of English Literature, Sorbonne Université
Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Institut Universitaire de France

Alexis Tadié is Professor of English Literature at Sorbonne Université and Honorary Senior Research Fellow of the Institut Universitaire de France. He works on literature, philosophy, and cultural history, from the Enlightenment to the present. He has held senior academic positions in France and the United Kingdom, and visiting professorships and fellowships in the British Isles, North America, and India.

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Academic Leadership
Alexis Tadié has directed humanities research institutions and academic programmes. He has been Director of the Maison Française d’Oxford (a CNRS humanities research centre attached to the University of Oxford), Director the doctoral school for Modern Languages, and Director of the Research Centre in Anglophone Literatures (VALE) at Sorbonne Université. He has been closely involved with the Voltaire Foundation for over two decades, serving in particular as Chair of the Finance and Strategy Committee.

Research
Alexis Tadié works on Anglophone literatures from the eighteenth century to the present, with particular interests in Enlightenment literature and philosophy, colonial and postcolonial literatures and theory, and the cultural history of sport. He has led and contributed to major funded research programmes in France, the United Kingdom, Europe, and North America.

Editorial and Scholarly Publishing
Alexis Tadié has published extensively, notably on the Enlightenment and the literary cultures of the English-speaking world. He has edited numerous scholarly volumes and published several monographs.
He is currently Associate Editor of the Voltaire Foundation series Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment. He has also been General Editor of Études anglaises, the leading French journal for English studies.

Diplomatic Service
Alongside his academic work, he has served in senior roles within the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including as Cultural Attaché at the French Embassy in Syria.