Joseph Mai
Department Chair; Professor of French
Contact
Department of Languages
Office: 716 Strode
Website: https://clemson.academia.edu/JosephMai
Email: jmai@clemson.edu
Education
Ph.D., Yale University
Joseph Mai is Professor of French and affiliated with the World Cinema program. He writes about French and Francophone Film and (visual) media studies, film philosophy, and contemporary French literature. His current research project examines attention to ordinary life in film, media, and literature. Dr. Mai teaches courses on French film, contemporary civilization, and writing. He has directed a Creative Inquiry group dedicated to the study of migration, detention, refuge, and hospitality. Dr. Mai is currently serving as Department Chair.
Selected Professional Works
Books (Published)
Robert Guédiguian. Manchester University Press, 2017. Reviewed in: H-France, French Forum, Contemporary French Civilization.
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2010. Reviewed in: H-France, Film-Philosophy, Sight and Sound, Contemporary French Civilization, The French Review, Modern & Contemporary France, Choice
Books (Edited)
Barnes, Leslie and Joseph Mai (eds.). The Cinema of Rithy Panh: Everything Has a Soul. Rutgers University Press, 2021
