Rahul
Markovits is Associate Professor (maître de conférences) in early modern
history at the École normale supérieure, France. His work focuses on
transnational cultural exchange during the 18th century. His PhD dissertation, Civiliser
l'Europe. Politiques du théâtre français au XVIIIe siècle, was awarded the
2012 Baluze Prize in European history and won the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize
2016. He is based in Paris.