Daniel Smith – Legacies of the Enlightenment

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Daniel Smith Associate Professor of Theatre Studies, Michigan State University

Daniel Smith is Assistant Professor of Theatre Studies at Michigan State University. His research interests are in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French drama, history of sexuality, and translation studies. After studying French literature at the University of Notre Dame, he received an MFA in Dramaturgy from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a PhD from the Interdisciplinary Program in Theatre and Drama at Northwestern University. He has published articles, translations, and reviews in Dalhousie French Studies, Performing Arts Resources, The Mercurian, Theatre Research International, Comparative Drama, and Theatre Journal. He also works as a director and dramaturg.