Toril Moi, Professor of Literature, has been elected to the American Philosophical Society, the nation’s oldest academic society. Photo courtesy of Moi.
Toril Moi Elected to American Philosophical Society
Toril Moi, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Literature, has been elected to the American Philosophical Society, the oldest academic society in the United States.
Founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin to promote “useful knowledge,” the Society honors leading scholars, scientists and professionals through elected membership, and fosters intellectual exchange across disciplines. Election to the Society is widely regarded as one of the highest honors in American intellectual life.
An internationally recognized scholar, Moi’s work has influenced feminist theory, literary studies, and the study of the relationship between literature and philosophy. Her scholarship spans feminist theory and women’s writing, the intersection of literature, philosophy and aesthetics, and ordinary language philosophy in the tradition of Wittgenstein, Cavell and Austin. She has also made significant contributions to the study of theater and the emergence of modernism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Through a body of work that has reshaped conversations in feminist theory, modernism and the philosophy of language, Moi has helped define key intellectual debates across the humanities and continues to influence scholars working at the intersections of literature, philosophy and gender studies.
