Jean Tain | Associate Postgraduate

Former Member
Critical Thinking in the Plural. Conceptual Approaches in Research in the Social Sciences
Centre Marc Bloch, Friedrichstraße 191, D-10117 Berlin
Email: jean.tain  ( at )  ens.psl.eu Tel: +49(0) 30 / 20 93 70700

Home Institution : École Normale Supérieure (Paris) | Position : PhD Student | Disciplines : Philosophy , Literature , Esthetics |

Biography

Born in Clermont-Ferrand (1992).

Preparatory classes (undergraduate intensive course in Humanities)  (2010-2012, Nantes).

2012-2013. Philosophy Bachelor (Université Paris IV Sorbonne).

2013-2015. Master's degree in Contemporary Philosophy (École Normale Supérieure-EHESS, Paris). Master Dissertation : "The Shapes of Temporality in Walter Benjamins Proses : One way Street (1928), Thought-Images (1927-1931) et Berlin Childhood around 1900 (1931-1940)". Dissertation Supervisors : Marc Crépon (ENS) et Marc de Launay (ENS, CNRS).

2016. Agrégation de philosophie (competitive examination for teaching philosophy.

2017. Master's degree in Contemporary Literature: Critics and Theory (EHESS, ENS, Paris IV Sorbonne). Second Master Dissertation : "The Poetics of Space in Walter Benjamins short Proses". Under the supervision of Mrs. Mandana Covindassamy.

Since September 2017. PhD Student at the École Normale Supérieure.

Dissertations Theme : The Mediation of Literary Texts in Walter Benjamin's and Theodor W. Adorno's early Writings and further Dialogues. Supervisor: Mrs. Perrine Simon-Nahum (CNRS, ENS).

Title of thesis
The Mediation of Literary Texts in Walter Benjamin's and Theodor W. Adorno's early Writings and further Dialogues.
Institution of thesis
École Normale Supérieure (Paris)
Supervisor
Perrine Simon-Nahum (CNRS, ENS)