Luke Forrester

Position
Department of Anthropology
Bio/Description

Luke Forrester is a Ph.D. candidate in cultural anthropology and the interdisciplinary humanities (IHUM) at Princeton University. His dissertation explores the social, political, and ethical dimensions of interracial erotics in Paris, France.  

He is also working on a secondary project that tracks the curious connections between philhellenism and primitivism across English, French, and German cultural production from the 18th through 21st centuries.  

Luke's research interests include psychological and linguistic anthropology, psychoanalysis, fantasy, race, and cannibalism. Luke graduated from Yale in 2016 with a B.A. in cultural anthropology.  

Person Category
PhD Students