Dr. Bruce Mayer
Professor of FrenchCarnegie 131
434/544-8447
mayer@lynchburg.edu
Experience/Background
1993-present: Professor of French, Lynchburg College
1992-1997: Chair, Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, Lynchburg College
1988-1993: Associate Professor of French, Lynchburg College
1984-1988: Assistant Professor of French, Lynchburg College
1982-1984: Assistant Professor of French and Italian, Tulane University
1976-1982: Member of Foreign Language Department, Williston-Northhampton School
Director Intersession Program in Paris 1976-1982
1974-1975: Assistant de Langue vivante, Lycée Charlemagne, Paris
1970-1971: Lycée Carnot, Paris
1972-1974: Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at Austin
Professional/Research Interests
French Literature of the 18th Century
French Political History
Italian Language
Honors and Awards
N.D.E.A. TITLE IV Fellowship, University of Texas, 1968-1972
Rotary International Fellowship to France, 1975-1976
N.E.H. Summer Seminar, "The Imaginary Voyage in 18th Century French Literature," Georges MAY, Yale University, 1989
Recipient of Mednick Memorial Fellowship, Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges, 1992
Recipient of C.I.B.E.R. Fellowship to CIEL de Strasbourg France, granted by The Ministry of Education and French, San Diego State University, 1994
Publications
"Machiavelli's Promise to the Citizen: Political Freedom?", in Machiavelli Studies, Volume I, 1987, pp. 25-42.
"The Strategy of Rehabilitation: Pierre Bayle on Machiavelli," in Studi Francesi, Anno 33, No, 98, #2 May-August, 1989, pp. 203-217.
"L'Ulysse de Fénelon: Le Héros qui brille par son absence," in Fénelon: Mystique et Politique 1699 - 1999, Actes du Colloque International de Strasbourg pour le troisième centenaire de la publication du Télémaque et de la condamnation des Maximes des Saints,Publiés par F.-X. Cuche et J. Le Brun, Paris: Honoré Champion Editeur, 2004, pp. 343-357.
Related Publications
Bibliography Compiled for Machiavelli Studies, Vols. I, II, & III pp. 173-191, 1987-1990.
"Foreward," in Le Journal Historique, Politique, Critique et Galant (1719) by Justus Van EFFEN, A Critical Edition, by James L. Schorr, The Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston/Queenston/Lampeter, 2008, pp. v-viii.
REVIEW: 1. Christopher Lasch. "The True and Only Heaven: Progress and its Critics," in Utopian Studies, Volume 4, No 1, 1993, pp. 156-159.
