Scholarship and Biography

Michael Randall's primary research has been devoted to late medieval and Renaissance culture in France. He has published two books, as well as several articles, on subjects related to this area of study. He teaches courses in many different areas of French and comparative literature. These courses cover subjects such literature and politics, literature and urbanism, the relationship of necessity and freedom, the notion of love, Francophone detective novels, identity and individualism, and comparative political systems in the modern Francophone world.

Honors

Jacob Javits Fellowship Award
United States Department of Education (United States, Washington D.C.) - ED , 1986
Marver and Sheva Bernstein Faculty Fellowship
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 1996-1997
Michael Walzer '56 Award for Excellence in Teaching
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 2000-2001

Organizational Affiliations

Professor Emeritus of French and Comparative Literature, Department of Romance Studies, Brandeis University

Education

Princeton University
Ph.D.
Princeton University
M.A.