Jonathan Beck
· ProfessorUniversity of Arizona · French
Active 1957–2024
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About
Jonathan Beck is a Professor in French Studies with a PhD and MA from Harvard and a BA from Columbia. His areas of research and publication include popular culture, politics, and religious history in medieval and Renaissance France, as well as literary theory and history. His scholarly work has been published by publishers such as Classiques Garnier, Champion-Slatkine, and Brill, and his articles have appeared in prominent journals including Critical Inquiry, Representations, Diacritics, New Literary History, and Littérature. His major research focus is on theater and propaganda in early modern France, specifically examining how mass media—before the advent of books and newspapers—shaped public opinion and influenced social and political dynamics. His work explores themes such as religion, politics, culture wars, satire, morality, and the ways in which information and propaganda were used to influence beliefs and behaviors during the late medieval and early modern periods. Beck's research investigates the motivations behind conflicts, the evolution of warfare and communication technologies over 600 years, and the persistent underlying reasons for religious and political conflicts, emphasizing the continuity in human behavior related to fear, belief, persuasion, and coercion.
Research topics
- Medicine
- Medical education
- Psychology
- Biochemistry
- Biotechnology
- Biochemical engineering
- Chemistry
- Biology
- Computational biology
Selected publications
National Center for Autonomous Technologies (NCAT)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2022-02-03
articleOpen access1st authorCorrespondingThe National Center for Autonomous Technologies (NCAT) was formulated through the National Science Foundation’s Advanced Technological Education (NSF ATE) program in 2019. As the first national ATE center in autonomous technologies, NCAT is crafting, adapting, and implementing educational resources to support K-12 educators, and two-year college faculty in numerous disciplines to meet workforce demands while increasing the quality and diversity of the highly skilled technical workforce.
Recueil général de moralités d’expression française. Tome II
Classiques GARNIER · 2019-01-01
articleOpen access1st authorCorrespondingLe deuxième tome du Recueil contient cinq pièces du XVe siècle : La Moralité du Jour Saint Antoine ; La Moralité du Chastiement du Monde ; La Moralité de la Croix-Faubin ; Le Jeu d’Argent ; Le Jeu de l’Aveugle et du Boiteux dans le Mystère de saint Martin d’André de la Vigne.
[La Moralité du jour saint Antoine]
Classiques GARNIER · 2019-01-01
articleOpen access1st authorCorrespondingÉtablissement du texte [La Moralité du chastiement du monde]
Classiques GARNIER · 2019-01-01
articleOpen access1st authorCorresponding[La Moralité de la Croix Faubin]
Classiques GARNIER · 2019-01-01
articleOpen access1st authorCorresponding
Frequent coauthors
- 19 shared
Estelle Doudet
- 19 shared
Alan Hindley
- 16 shared
Christian Wey
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
- 14 shared
Gilles Kayem
Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris
- 12 shared
Véronique Pierrat
Université Paris Cité
- 12 shared
Isabelle Guellec
Sorbonne Paris Cité
- 10 shared
Michał Grajek
European School of Management and Technology
- 6 shared
Anne Ego
Inserm
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