Curriculum Vitae
Lucas P. Depierre · The University of Chicago, Divinity School · lucasdepierre@uchicago.edu
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Education
In progress
PhD, The University of Chicago, Divinity School. Dissertation: "On Whoness: Quitting the Ancients with Eriugena, al-Fārābī, and Abelard. Advisor: Prof. Willemien Otten. Committee: Prof. Raissa von Doetinchem de Rande, Prof. Ryan Coyne.
Qualifying examinations: Passed with highest grades, in History of Christianity (Medieval), Classical Islamic Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion & Metaphysics (Modern), and Theology (Ancient & Medieval).
Qualifying examinations: Passed with highest grades, in History of Christianity (Medieval), Classical Islamic Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion & Metaphysics (Modern), and Theology (Ancient & Medieval).
In progress
STL (Licence in Sacred Theology), Catholic University of Paris. "The Eucharist Beyond Substance: The Body of Christ in the Carolingian Age." Supervisor: Prof. Christopher Lazowski.
2022
MPhil, Philosophy (Metaphysics, History of Philosophy), Aix-Marseille Université. Major thesis: "La theōsis dans le Periphyseon: Par-delà la nature humaine." Minor thesis: "Les moralistes français et la philosophie: Une philosophie en archipel." Supervisors: Prof. Isabelle Koch, Prof. Valérie Debuiche. Summa cum laude.
2021
MA, Theology & Philosophy, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit. Thesis: "Inquiry on Pascal's Understanding of le moi. Supervisor: Prof. Robert Fastiggi. Summa cum laude.
2016
Grande École, École des Ponts ParisTech. Theoretical physics, mathematics, theoretical mechanics.
2015
Classes préparatoires (MPSI), Lycée du Parc, Lyon. Mathematics and theoretical physics.
Books
2024
Lettres d'ailleurs: Vertiges d'une Âme au bord d'elle-même. Series: Religion et spiritualité. Paris: L'Harmattan.
2022
Une philosophie en archipel. Paris: Les Trois Colonnes.
Awards, Fellowships & Prizes
2026
Tikva Frymer-Kensky Memorial Prize (Hebrew Bible; Feminist Theology), for "Being an Island: From Presence to Meaning in Teresa of Cartagena."
2026
Rashed and Elkhoraiby Islamic Studies Prize for Berkeley's presentation of "The Ascendancy of Soul's Whoness: How Ibn Sīnā Upended Ancient Greek Paradigms on Human Soul."
2026
Brepols-SIEPM (Société Internationale pour l'Étude de la Philosophie Médiévale) Stipend.
2026
François Furet Fellowship.
2025
IIRP Travel and Research Grant for the Society for European Philosophy’s Conference at King’s College London.
2023; 2024; 2026
Funding for Arabic Summer Intensive Study, University of Chicago.
2024
Paper Prize, 2024 Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies for "Being an Island: From Presence to Meaning in Teresa of Cartagena."
2019; 2020; 2021; 2022
Grant of the Financial Fund, “Re-Connaissance.”
2021
Theud Fund Award.
2020-21; 2021-22
French State Scholarship in Philosophy.
2019; 2020
Sacred Heart Grant Fund.
2018; 2019
Avignon City Scholarship.
2015-2016
École des Ponts et Chaussées, Full Scholarship.
2013-2014; 2014-2015
French State Elite Award.
2013-2014; 2014-2015
French State Scholarship (“Classes préparatoires”) (CROUS, income-based — highest funding tier).
Selected Talks & Conferences
2026
“The
Song of Individual Identity in
Eriugena, from Whatness to
Whoness.” Société Internationale pour l’Étude de la Philosophie Médiévale (SIEPM), Lisbon. Forthcoming.
2026
"The Ascendancy of Soul's Whoness: How Ibn Sīnā Upended Ancient Greek Paradigms on Human Soul." History of Philosophy Society (HOPS), UC Berkeley.
2026
"The Eucharist Without Substance: The Case of Gottschalk of Orbais and Hincmar of Reims." Theology Club Workshop, University of Chicago. Respondent: Dr. Samuel Baudinette.
2026
"The Ascendancy of Soul's Whoness." Workshop for the Philosophy of Religion, University of Chicago. Respondent: Mehdi Ali.
2025
"A Clandestine Platonism: Emil Cioran's Exile in an Archipelagic World." Society for European Philosophy Annual Conference, King's College London.
2024
"Being an Island: From Presence to Meaning in Teresa of Cartagena." Vagantes Conference, Northwestern University. Awarded 2024 Paper Prize.
2023
"Falling from Nietzsche: Emil Cioran on Time and Eternity." Workshop for the Philosophy of Religion, University of Chicago. Respondent: Dr. Owen Joyce-Coughlan.
2022
Érigène, la theōsis et influences orientales Séminaire Hypothèses, Centre Gilles-Gaston Granger, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix-Marseille.
Teaching
2027
Instructor of Record (graduate course), French for Religious Studies. Columbia University - Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. SU 171 (Spring 2027). Forthcoming.
2026
Teaching Assistant (graduate course), “Three Late Medieval Mystics: Bonaventure, Aquinas, Eckhart,” with Prof. Willemien Otten. University of Chicago . Winter 2026. THEO/HCHR 44400, HIST 42403.
2025–26
Instructor of Record (undergraduate), Preceptor, Undergraduate Program in Religious Studies. University of Chicago, Divinity School. RLST 29800 (Fall 2025); “Delivering your Argument,” RLST 29900 (Winter & Spring 2026).
2025
Teaching Assistant (undergraduate), “History, Religion, and Politics in Augustine’s City of God,” with Profs. Willemien Otten and Michael I. Allen. University of Chicago. Winter 2025. RLST 25301; CLAS 36421; HIST 22116; THEO 35301; BIBL 35301, and cross-listings.
2024
Teaching@UChicago Certificate, Center for Teaching and Learning. University of Chicago.
2021–23
Undergraduate Instructor, Superprof, Aptitude, and self-employed, Aix-en-Provence. Help with undergraduate applications and theses.
Languages
Modern
FrenchNative
EnglishFluent
SpanishFluent (ARCA, U. of Chicago, high pass)
ArabicIntermediate (Qalam wa Lawḥ, Rabat, 2023)
GermanReading (ARCA, U. of Chicago, high pass)
Italian / PortugueseBasic reading
Ancient & Medieval
LatinReading (intermediate)
GreekReading (intermediate)
Classical ArabicIntermediate (Qasid Institute, Amman, 2023; 2024; 2026)
Medieval SpanishIntermediate
Medieval FrenchBasic
Service & Memberships
Anonymous peer reviewer for Philosophical Journal of Conflict and Violence. Research Fellow, International Institute of Research in Paris / John W. Boyer Center, University of Chicago. Research Assistant to Prof. Willemien Otten (2024) and Prof. Claude Gilliot, Quranic Studies (2021-2023).
Member: History of Philosophy Society; Society for European Philosophy; American Academy of Religion; The Medieval Academy of America; Académie Florimontane; Society “Semaine Universitaire à Rome,” (2022-2024: website editor).
Last updated: July 2026