Adam Schoene
JD, PhD
Assistant Professor of French
Affiliate Faculty
School of Law, Department of Comparative Literature, Department of English, Department of Global Gender and Sexuality Studies, Department of History, Department of Psychology, Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
Scholarly Interests
Administrative Law; Civil Procedure; Constitutional Law; Contracts; Corruption; Despotism; Discrimination; Ethics; French and Francophone Studies; Global Migration; Health and Environmental Justice; Human Rights; Indigenous Law; International and Comparative Law; Labor and Employment Law; Law and Humanities; Legal and Political Theory; Legal Research and Writing; Property
Education
- JD, Law, McGill University
- BCL, Law, McGill University
- PhD, Romance Studies, Cornell University
- MA, Romance Studies, Cornell University
- MA, Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
- MA, French and Francophone Studies, Tufts University
- BA, French and International Relations, Tufts University
- Certificate, International Studies, Geneva Graduate Institute
- Cornell Law School and Sorbonne Law School Paris Institute
Selected Publications
- Silence in Eighteenth-Century Arts, History and Philosophy, Francesca Saggini, Dan Poston, and Adam Schoene, eds. (Paris: Honoré Champion, Forthcoming, 2026).
- “Visualizing Political Will,” in Silence in Eighteenth-Century Arts, History and Philosophy, Francesca Saggini, Dan Poston, and Adam Schoene, eds. (Paris: Honoré Champion, Forthcoming, 2026)
- “Despotism,” in Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Law and Literature, Robert Spoo and Simon Stern, eds. (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025), 148-151.
- Participation, Collaboration, Association, le collectif des chercheurs de la SIEDS, eds. (Paris: Honoré Champion, 2023).
- “Epilogue,” with Noelia López Souto and Renée Vulto, in Participation, Collaboration, Association, le collectif des chercheurs de la SIEDS, eds. (Paris: Honoré Champion, 2023), 269-280.
- “Response to Elena Lioznova,” in Participation, Collaboration, Association, le collectif des chercheurs de la SIEDS, eds. (Paris: Honoré Champion, 2023), 211-212.
- Singular Pasts: The "I" in Historiography, Enzo Traverso, trans. Adam Schoene (New York: Columbia University Press, 2022).
- “Turmoil and Corruption in Joséphine de Monbart’s Lettres tahitiennes,” in Turmoil: Instability and Insecurity in the Eighteenth-Century Francophone Text, Síofra Pierse and Emma M. Dunne, eds. (Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment, 2022), 157-173.
- “Scholarship Across the Aisle (Establishing Meaningful Scholarly Relationships Outside of One's Linguistic/Cultural Tradition),” with Logan Connors, Jason Pearl, Rebecca Messbarger, Morgan Vanek, and Jessie Zimble, Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, Vol. 50 (2021): 37-40.
- "Rereading Rousseau’s Essay on the Origin of Languages/L’Essai sur l’origine des langues de Rousseau: une relecture," Rousseau Association Bulletin (2021): 2-4.
- “ASECS at 50: Interview with Pierre Saint-Amand,” with Pierre Saint-Amand, Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol. 53.4 (2020): 563-569.
- “Éloquence muette: Rousseau and le corps morcelé,” in Silence, implicite et non-dit chez Rousseau/Silence, the Implicit and the Unspoken in Rousseau, Brigitte Weltman-Aron, Ourida Mostefai, and Peter Westmoreland, eds. (Leiden: Brill, 2020), 122-135.
- “Poverty, Migration, and Sentimental Cosmopolitanism in Riccoboni, Charrière, and Sand,” George Sand Studies, Vols. 37-38 (2020): 189-204.
- “Silence and the Passions in Rousseau’s Julie," Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, Vol. 48 (2020): 209-226.
- “Silence in the Seraglio: Women and Legislation in Montesquieu,” Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol. 52.4 (2019): 395-410.
- “Staël’s Cosmopolitan Enthusiasm,” Lumen, Vol. 38 (2019): 89-104.
- “Embodying Law in Diderot’s La Religieuse,” Law and Humanities, Vol. 12.1 (2018): 5-16.
- "Sentimental Conviction: Rousseau's Apologia and the Impartial Spectator," in Adam Smith and Rousseau: Ethics, Politics, Economics, Maria Pia Paganelli, Dennis C. Rasmussen, and Craig Smith, eds. (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2018), 166-182.
- “Burning the Straits: Indignation and Hospitality in Ben Jelloun,” The Journal of North African Studies, Vol. 23.4 (2018): 557-568.
- “Reuniting Speech and Song: Reading Sebbar with Rousseau,” The French Review, Vol. 90.3 (2017): 39-49.
Courses Taught
- Law and Literature
- Human Rights and Global Justice
- Politics and Society
- Sovereign Friendship
- Rebellion and Upheaval
- Legends of Enlightenment
- Comparative Government and Society
- Survey of French Literature
- Writing the Self in French and Francophone Literature and Film
- Introduction to French and Francophone Literature and Culture
- Languages, Texts, and Contexts
- Advanced French Conversation
- Advanced Communication
- Continuing French
- Intermediate French
- Elementary French
Service Contributed and Offices Held
- Editor-in-Chief, McGill Law Journal/Revue de droit de McGill
- Editorial Board Member, Contours, Diacritics: A Review of Contemporary Criticism, Inter Gentes: The McGill Journal of International Law and Legal Pluralism, McGill Journal of Dispute Resolution/Revue de règlement des différends de McGill, McGill Journal of Law and Health/Revue de droit et santé de McGill, McGill Journal of Sustainable Development Law/Revue de droit du développement durable de McGill, McGill Law Journal/Revue de droit de McGill, Rooted: A Publication on Indigenous Law
- Managing Editor, Eighteenth-Century Studies
- Student Judicial Law Clerk, Administrative Tribunal of Quebec
- Commissioner, Tompkins County Human Rights Commission
- Co-Chair, New Lights Forum, American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
- Chair, Shared Interest Groups Committee, Alumni Council, Tufts University
- Executive Committee and Officer of the Board, Rousseau Association
- Secretary and Board of Trustees, Franco-American Centre
- Moderator, Pi Delta Phi, National French Honor Society
- Undergraduate Studies Committee, University at Buffalo
Honors and Awards
- American Council of Learned Societies Research Award
- American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Research Award
- Corson French Prize and Outstanding Teaching Award, Cornell University
- Excellence Fellowship, University of Geneva
- Fellows for Peace Award, Middlebury College
- MacJannet Fellowship, Geneva Graduate Institute
- Researcher in the Humanities, Dartmouth College
- Shepler Memorial French Award, Tufts University
- Visiting Scholar of French, Columbia University
- Wainwright Scholarship in Law, McGill University