Davoine, Francoise

Francoise Davoine obtained an Agregation in classics (French literature, Latin and Greek) in 1966, followed by a doctorate in sociology in 1981, before becoming a psychoanalyst. She worked for thirty years as a psychoanalyst in public psychiatric hospitals in France, and as an external consultant and is currently in private practice. She was a Professor at the Centre for the Study of Social Movements, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris, where she and Jean-Max Gaudilliere conducted a weekly seminar on "Madness and the Social Link." She has also made numerous presentat...