Jean Godefroy Bidima is Full Professor and Yvonne Arnoult Chairholder at Tulane University in New Orleans. A former Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Bayreuth and former Program Director at the Collège International de Philosophie in Paris, he has a dual background in Philosophy and Aesthetics and Art Sciences. His research interests include medical ethics from a cross-cultural perspective, critical theory of the Frankfurt School, French continental philosophies of the 20th and 21st centuries, African philosophies, and aesthetics. He has published numerous books as well as articles in peer-reviewed journals.