Eric Prenowitz is a lecturer at the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds in England. He completed his PhD at Paris 8 under the direction of Hélène Cixous. His research explores topics of deconstruction, psychoanalysis, semiotics and literary theory. He has translated and published widely on the work of Hélène Cixous and Jacques Derrida, including The Selected Plays of Hélène Cixous (2004) and Derrida's Archive Fever: A Freudian Impression (1996), complete with translator's note.