Duane Rousselle
Duane Rousselle (born April 28, 1982) is a Canadian sociological theorist, Lacanian psychoanalyst, and professor of sociology. He works in several academic fields including Social Movement Studies, Lacanian Psychoanalysis, Cultural Sociology, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Anarchist Studies, and Aesthetics. His work attempts to introduce an alternative to scholarly discourses that aim to produce consistent and coherent bodies of knowledge (e.g., "University Discourse"). It also offers a counterpoint to what Jacques Lacan has called "capitalist discourse." He helped to contribute to the emergence of a new field of scholarly investigation known as "post-anarchism." He founded and edits the  journal "Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies." Biography. Duane was born in Miramichi, New Brunswick to Catholic parents. He attended the New Brunswick Community College and graduated with a diploma in Electronic Game Design. After participating in a hunger strike for admittance, he was accepted as a Sociology Major at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. During this first year of his university education, he experienced devastating poverty, sleeping on park benches. He received numerous prestigious awards, including the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick silver medal for excellence in scholarship. He went on to complete a master's degree in  sociology from the University of New Brunswick before joining the PhD program in Cultural Studies from Trent University. During his time in Peterborough, he became a Freemason. He was awarded the Governor General of Canada Gold Medal for his research into clinical psychoanalysis and continental philosophy. He studied also at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, working as an assistant for Slavoj Zizek and Alain Badiou. In 2016, Duane raised more than $100,000 to help rebuild a mosque that was attacked in a hate crime in Peterborough, Ontario. His efforts received international attention and he was invited  for a private meeting with the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. This was the subject of a documentary film by Matthew Hayes, "The Masjid." Duane received several death threats at this time and went into hiding. Duane converted to Islam in order to marry his partner. This relationship was documented by Colin Boyd Shafer in his documentary photo exhibit "Interlove Project." Duane is no longer married. In 2019, Duane moved to Mumbai. In 2020, he returned to Canada and accepted an appointment to teach at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Nipissing University. In 2021, he became engaged to the  negative psychoanalyst Julie Reshe. Duane Rousselle was Professor of Sociology and Psychoanalysis at the School of Advanced Studies, University of Tyumen until the outbreak of the Russia-Ukrainian conflict. After this time, he fled to Kazakhstan and then arrived in Ireland with his fiancée.