Bio
Duane Rousselle, PhD, is an American sociologist and clinical psychoanalyst whose work makes interventions into numerous fields including classical and contemporary sociological theory, gender & sexuality studies, religious studies, continental philosophy, and political theory.
Education
PhD
(2015) Cultural Studies.
Trent University (Canada).
Certificate
of Advanced PhD Studies (2012) Philosophy, Media & Communications.
European Graduate School (Switzerland).
MA (2011) Sociology.
University of New Brunswick (Canada).
BA
(Hons) (2007) Sociology / Psychology.
University of New Brunswick (Canada).
Diploma
(2002) Electronic Game Design/Computer Programming.
New Brunswick Community College (Canada)
Selected Refereed Publications
Books
(forthcoming, 2020) On Love: Psychoanalysis, Religion, Society. [In Review]
(2020)Gender, Sexuality, and Subjectivity: A Lacanian Perspective on Identity, Language, and Queer Theory. Routledge Focus on Mental Health. Routledge Books.
(2019)Jacques Lacan and American Sociology: Be Wary of the Image. The Lacan Series (D. Hook & C. Neill, Eds.). Palgrave MacMillan. ["Editor’s Choice” in Sociology; Nominated for John Porter Book Award with the Canadian Sociological Association]
(2018)Lacanian Realism: Clinical and Political Psychoanalysis (Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy). New York, NY: Bloomsbury Publishing.
(2012)After Post-Anarchism. Oakland, CA: Repartee Books.
(2013) Ed., The Subject of Change: Lessons from the European Graduate School by Alain Badiou. New York, NY: Atropos Press. [Also translated into multiple languages with other presses: Hebrew, Spanish]
(2011) Ed. with Sureyya Evren, Post-Anarchism: A Reader. London: Pluto Press.
Chapters
(2020) "Lacanian Psychoanalysis and the Social Sciences,” Jacques Lacan: Science and Truth (Concetta Principe & Molly Wallace, Eds.). Palgrave MacMillan.
(2020) "Jacques Lacan,” [Encyclopedia Entry] Palgrave Encyclopedia of the Possible (Vlad Glaveanu, Ed.). Palgrave MacMillan.
(2014) "Imaginary, Symbolic, Real,” The Zizek Dictionary (Rex Butler, ed.). New York, NY: Acumen Publishing. pp. 213-6.
Articles
(2019) "The Little objet a of Anarchist Philosophy,” Continental Thought & Theory. Vol 3. No. 1. Pp. 285-96.
(2019) "Love Must Be Reinvented,” (translated work for Alain Badiou). Theory & Event. Vol. 22., No. 4.
(2019) "Lacanian Psychoanalysis in the Twenty-First Century,” Psychoanalytic Discourse. No. 5.
(2018) "A Portrait of Baudelaire as a ‘Man of Genius:’ Ordinary Psychosis within the Age of Modernity.” Psychoanalysis Lacan. Volume 3.
(2017) "Reconsidering the Newest Social Movements from the Perspective of Lacanian Sociology,” Anarchist Studies. Vol. 25, No. 2: 26-45.
(2016) "Numbers & Things: A Contribution to Number Theory within Lacanian Psychoanalytic Theory,” S: Journal of the Circle for Lacanian Ideology Critique. Special Issue: "Capitalism and Psychoanalysis” (John Holland, Ed.). Vol. 8: 141-72.
(2016) "Obsession & Politics: A Contribution to Lacanian Political Psychoanalysis,” Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society. Vol. 21, No. 4: 348-67.
(2016) "On the Difference Between Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, by Jean-Gérard Bursztein” Psychoanalytic Discourse / Discours Psychoanalytique (PSYAD). Vol. 1, No. 2: 75-6.
(2015) "Against Understanding: Cases and Commentary in a Lacanian Key, by Bruce Fink” The Psychoanalytic Review. Vol. 102, No. 4: 602-4.
(2014) "The Symbolic, the Sublime, and Slavoj Zizek’s Theory of Film,” Canadian Journal of Communication. Vol. 39, No. 4:657-8.
(2014) "Demanding the Impossible,” Information, Communication and Society. Vol. 17, No. 10: 1304-5.
(2013) "The New Hysterical Question,” Umbr(a): A Journal of the Unconscious. Special Issue on the Psychoanalytic Object (Joan Copjec, Chris Sylvester, Eds.): 71-88.
(2013) "Post-Anarchism and Its Critics” (Duane Rousselle & Saul Newman), Anarchist Studies.Vol. 21, No. 2: 74-96.
(2013) "Max Stirner’s Post-Post-Anarchism,” Journal for the Study of Radicalism. Vol. 7, No. 1: 157-65.
(2012) "Georges Bataille’s Post-Anarchism,” Journal of Political Ideologies. Vol. 17, No. 3: 235-57.
(2012) "What Comes After Post-Anarchism?” Continental Journal. Vol. 2, No. 2: 152-154.
Selected Non-Refereed & Popular Press
(2019) "Islamic Ethics: ‘We Must Come to Common Terms,’” The Philosophical Salon: London Review of Books. As Retrieved on March 2019 from http://thephilosophicalsalon.com/islamic-ethics-we-must-come-to-common-terms [Article has been translated into Arabic at "Mouminoun Without Borders,” one of the most popular Arabic-speaking ‘think-tanks’: <https://www.mominoun.com/articles/categories/7>]
Editorial
Editor and Founder. (2009-current) Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies.
Official journal of the North American Anarchist Studies Network.
Issue Editor. (2014) "What is Anarchist Studies?” Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies. Vol. 2014, No. 0: On-line video issue.
Issue Editor. (2013) Ed., with Jason Adams. "Ontological Anarche: Beyond Materialism and Idealism,” Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies. Vol. 2013, No. 2: 284 pgs.
Issue Editor. (2011) Ed., with Sureyyya Evren. "The Anarchist Turn,” Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies. Vol. 2011, No. 0. [Video Issue]
Issue Editor. (2010) Ed., with Lewis Call. "Post-Anarchism Today,” Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies. Vol. 2010, No. 1: 253 pgs.
Selected Awards
Short-Listed Nomination for the Allan P. Stuart Award for Excellence in Teaching. Teaching Awards Excellence Committee. University of New Brunswick (Saint John).
Governor General of Canada Gold Medal.
Lord Dufferin, Canada’s third Governor General after Confederation, crated the Academic Medals in 1873 to encourage academic excellence across the nation. Over the years, they have become the most prestigious award that students in Canadian schools can receive. The Governor General’s Academic Medals have recognized the outstanding scholastic achievements of students in Canada. It is awarded to the doctoral student graduating with the highest average. Pierre Trudeau, Tommy Douglas, Kim Campbell, Robert Bourassa, Robert Stanfield and Gabrielle Roy are just some of the people who have received the Governor General’s Academic Medal as the start of a life of accomplishment.
Tri-Council Ethics Award. Queen’s University. Merit Based Research Award.
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick Medal for Distinction in Scholarship. Highest GPA among graduating undergraduates in New Brunswick.
Queen’s Jubilee Award. ($10,000). Government of New Brunswick.
Nels Anderson Prize in Sociology. University of New Brunswick. Awarded to the Major or Honours Sociology undergraduate entering their final year with the highest standing in Sociology courses.
Sandra Budovitch Memorial Prize. University of New Brunswick. Awarded to the graduating student with the highest average in Honours Sociology.
Norman S. Fraser Prize in the Arts. University of New Brunswick. Awarded annually to the undergraduate in the Faculty of Arts with highest academic standing, Junior and Senior B.A.
Manuscript Reading
Mosaic, An Interdisciplinary Critical Journal (Peer Reviewer)
Journal of Social Justice (Editorial Board and Peer Reviewer)
Information, Communication & Society (Peer Reviewer)
Theory & Event (Peer Reviewer)
Affinities: A Journal of Radical Theory, Culture, and Action (Peer Reviewer)
Journal for the Study of Radicalism (Peer Reviewer)
Pluto Press (Manuscript Reader)
Bloomsbury Publishing (Manuscript Reader, Paid)
Palgrave Macmillon (Manuscript Reader, Paid)
Selected Interviews
(2019) "Interview with Duane Rousselle,” The Brilliant Podcast. <http://thebrilliant.org/podcast/episode-97-duane-rousselle/>
(2014) Interview with Dr. Troy Bordun. "Stags, Sexploitation, and Hardcore: Moving-Image Pornography up to 1972,” Artspace, Peterborough (Ontario,Canada). Video <https://vimeo.com/101933725>
(2013) Interview with Jacques Ranciere. "Anarchism, Para-Academia, Pure Politics, and the Non-Human Turn,” Trent University. Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies. 2014.0. Video/Script. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n9l6QvfjXA>
(2014) Paul Boshears Interviews Duane Rousselle. "Publishing a Video-Based Humanities Journal.” Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory. <http://tinyurl.com/rousselleinterview>
Selected Media Appearances
(2016) "Miramichi Man is in Business of Achieving Real Change,” Miramichi Leader. Thursday June 16th, 2016. Online and Print.
(2016) "The Masjid,” TVO Documentary (Matthew Hayes, Dir.). April, 2016. <https://vimeo.com/159194933>
(2016) CBC Radio: Tapestry. Interview conducted by Jeff Goodes.
(2015) "Media Coverage Ignored the Real Issue,” The Peterborough Examiner. December 12th, 2015.
(2014) "On the Creative Economy,” Critique of Buzz Word "Creative Economy,” The Peterborough Examiner. October 22nd.
(2014) "Give the Anarchist an Electronic Cigarette,” Economic & Social Justice Reality Report. May 10th, 2014.
(2014) "Questions if English Language Petitioners are Heading in the Right Direction,” Miramichi Leader. April 29th, 2014.
Other Activities
(2015) Raised $112,000 to help residents of Peterborough, Ontario rebuild their place of worship after a tragedy.
(2009-14) Digital Librarian, Typesetter (LaTeX) for The Anarchist Library Project. The World’s Largest Collection of Anarchist Texts.
Professional Memberships
(2019-current) Canadian Sociological Association
(2016-current) Modernist Studies Association
(2010-current) North American Anarchist Studies Network
(2009-current) Anarchist Studies Network: British Political Science Association
General Member. Ontario Association of Consultants, Counsellors, Psychometrists and Psychotherapists (Paid Member)
Lacan Toronto. Toronto Psychoanalytic Institute. (Paid Member)
Email Id: Duane.Rousselle@nmims.edu
