E-Mail: legagneur_1977@yahoo.fr
A professor at the State University of Haiti since 2008, Jean Hérald Legagneur teaches art history and mythology. He specializes in Haitian and Caribbean Francophone literature and visual arts, with a focus on cultural heritage preservation, identity issues, and cultural studies. He holds a PhD in literature from the University of Virginia and a master’s in philosophy and contemporary cultural criticism from the University Paris 8, in addition to having studied modern literature at the State University of Haiti. From 2017 to 2021, he served as an assistant professor of French and African American studies at the University of Virginia. In 2021, he managed the transfer of collections from the Musée d’Art Haïtien to the Centre d’art in Port-au-Prince. In 2023, he was appointed to the jury at the Haitian Centre d’art for its visual arts creation support program. His fellowship at CURE involves developing a theory of cultural reparation by analyzing artworks from the 277th Centre d’art Exhibition, demonstrating how these pieces reflect the gang violence in Haiti.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Legagneur, Jean Hérald. “Le style d’Étienne Chavannes, peintre de l’école du Cap”. In Étienne Chavannes: Les racines sont profondes. Exhibition Catalogue, Centre d’art de Port-au-Prince, 2018. https://indd.adobe.com/view/3cbe2afd-a84b-4746-9ee3-dcb2c8f1fb88.
- Legagneur, Jean Hérald. “Dany Laferrière, celui qui devient écrivain pour remplir les marges”. Revue DO·KRE·I·S 3 (2020): 36–39.
- Legagneur, Jean Hérald. “Jean Loup Pivin, Joël Andrianomearisoa et Pascal Martin Saint Léon (dir.), La Chambre de Mario Benjamin / Babacar M’Bow, Philippe Dodard: L’idée de modernité dans l’art contemporain haïtien”. Gradhiva 21 (2015): 252–253.
- Legagneur, Jean Hérald. “Les Villes imaginaires de Préfète Duffaut”. Arts et Savoirs 5 (2015). http://journals.openedition.org/aes/338.
- Legagneur, Jean Hérald. “L’énigme du retour de Dany Laferrière ou quand imaginaire et urgence du social se transforme en Cahier du retour au pays natal”.Voix plurielles 10, no. 2 (2013): 295–311. https://doi.org/10.26522/vp.v10i2.866.
FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS
EVENTS
01 JULY 2025
Colloque du mardi : juin
Colloque du mardi
21 MAY 2025
Situation haïtienne et pratiques culturelles de réparation : essai sur leurs avatars
Käte Hamburger Lecture
21 JANUARY 2025
Specific Cultural Transmissions in the Francophone Caribbean
Gastvortrag
MEDIA COVERAGE
09 JUNE 2025
Jean Hérald Legagneur analyse la 277e exposition du Centre d’Art dans une université en Allemagne
Article about Jean Hérald Legagneur (CURE-Fellow 2024/2025)
Le Nouvelliste
24 FEBRUARY 2025
La 277e exposition du Centre d’Art fait actuellement l’objet d’une recherche en Allemagne
Article about Jean Hérald Legagneur (CURE-Fellow 2024/2025)
Le Centre d’art