Geoffrey DeVerteuil is Reader in Social Geography at Cardiff University. He is currently at Rennes 2 University as Chair of the Humanities and Social Sciences. 

Dr. Jacob Dahl Rendtorff of Roskilde University, Denmark is currently a guest professor at Rennes 2 University under the International Chair of Humanities and Social Sciences program. During his stay with us, he will be holding seminars for the Rennes 2 community on the interlinkages between sustainability, corporate social responsibility, and the ethical dimensions of business practices.

Michael E. Sinatra is Professor of English at the Université de Montréal and the most recent guest professor of the Chair position at Rennes 2 University. Trained as a Romanticist at the University of Oxford and a specialist of Leigh Hunt, he has been involved in electronic publications and digital humanities for over 25 years.

Dr. Theresa Reidy is a senior lecturer in the Department of Government and Politics at University College Cork and is joining us at Rennes 2 University for a one-month stay as International Chair of the Humanities and Social Sciences. While here she is giving classes to undergraduates and Masters students and participating in conferences in conjunction with the ACE and Arènes research groups.

Artist and Associate Professor Taro Furukata spent a little over a month in Rennes collaborating with the CAPS (Creative Approaches to Public Spaces) Graduate School as International Chair.