Thierry Leterre

Education Credentials

Ph.D., University of Paris Panthéon Sorbonne

Biography

Educated in France, Thierry Leterre is a former fellow of the Ecole Normale Supérieure (Paris) and holds a Doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Paris Panthéon Sorbonne. He received the National French Agrégation award in Philosophy and the National Agrégation award for full professorship in Political Science.

Along his career, Leterre taught in Ireland (Trinity College), South Africa (University of the Western Cape), in the U.S. (Yale University and Middlebury College), Kazakhstan (KBTU) and lectured all across Europe. He also has held various senior leadership positions.

A specialist of French philosopher Alain, about whom he wrote two books, Leterre authored three other books and more than 60 academic articles and book chapters, mostly in the field of the conceptual history of politics. He has been working on topics related to freedom and liberalism, peace and war, as well as social representations of politics. He also contributed to a research project in the field of security studies for which he was awarded a Fulbright-Schuman research grant at Georgetown University (DC, USA). Passionate about the dissemination of scientific results in politics and society, he has been a columnist for French newspapers Libération and La Croix where he still contributes on a regular basis.

Leterre is the President of the philosophical and literary organization Association des Amis d’Alain. His social activism includes the arts dissemination organization Moving Lab (Board) and the European Platform for Compassionate Leadership for Climate & Peace (Secretary).