Patrick McGuinness is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of Oxford. His main research interests include 19th and 20th century French literature, especially Poetry and Theatre; French and Belgian Symbolism; Belgian Literature in French and Comparative Literature; Anglo-American Modernism and modern poetry in English.

He is at CAS in March 2023 upon the invitation of Dr. Margit Dirscherl, who is CAS Researcher in Residence at the time.