Department of
Languages & Literatures

Biography:

Professor Wilkin specializes in intellectual history in early modern France--skepticism, stoicism, Descartes and Cartesianism--from the standpoint of feminist criticism. She also works on Counter-Reformation culture: mysticism, demonology, and missionary encounters with the native peoples of North America. She teaches francophone literature from Europe,North America, and Africa.

Education:

• B.A., Brown University, 1994
• M.A., University of Michigan, 1996
• Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2000

Areas of Emphasis:

• Intellectual history in early modern France
• Feminist criticism
• Counter-Reformation culture
• Francophone literature