Francoise Davoine obtained an 'Agregation' in classics (French literature, Latin and Greek) in 1966, followed by a doctorate in sociology in 1981, before becoming a psychoanalyst. She worked for thirty years as a psychoanalyst in public psychiatric hospitals in France, and as an external consultant and is currently in private practice. She was a Professor at the Centre for the Study of Social Movements, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris, where she and Jean-Max Gaudilliere conducted a weekly seminar on 'Madness and the Social Link'. She has also made numerous presentations at the Austen Riggs Center in Massachusetts (USA), as well as elsewhere in the US, in England, Sweden, Finland, Greece, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and Switzerland. Dr Davoine is the author of many articles and books, including 'La Folie Wittgenstein', 'Mother Folly', and 'History Beyond Trauma' (with Jean Max Gaudilliere).
