18 moments

1. Birth in El Biar

   1930-07-15 · El Biar, Algiers, Algeria

   Derrida was born in El Biar, then in French Algeria. Birthplace is identified as a summer home; coordinates represent El Biar.

2. Move to Paris

   1949-01-01 · Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Paris, France

   He relocated from Algeria to Paris and attended the Lycée Louis-le-Grand while preparing for the École Normale Supérieure entrance examination. Coordinates identify the lycée named in the same source passage.

3. École Normale Supérieure admission

   1952-01-01 · École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France

   Derrida entered the École Normale Supérieure, where he began a formative academic period and met Louis Althusser on his first day. The source identifies ENS as the institution and describes his first day there.

4. Research at the Husserl Archive

   1953-01-01 · Husserl Archives, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

   Derrida visited the Husserl Archive in Leuven while completing his master's work on Edmund Husserl. The documented visit spans 1953–1954; YYYY is used because the required schema does not permit date ranges.

5. Study year at Harvard

   1956-01-01 · Widener Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

   With a study grant, Derrida spent the 1956–57 academic year reading James Joyce's Ulysses at Widener Library. The documented academic-year stay spans 1956–1957; YYYY records its beginning.

6. Marriage in Boston

   1957-06-01 · Boston, Massachusetts, United States

   Derrida married psychoanalyst Marguerite Aucouturier in Boston. The precise ceremony site is not specified; coordinates represent Boston.

7. Teaching at the Sorbonne

   1960-01-01 · Sorbonne, Paris, France

   After the Algerian War, Derrida taught philosophy at the Sorbonne as an assistant to Suzanne Bachelard, Georges Canguilhem, Paul Ricœur, and Jean Wahl. The teaching appointment continued through 1964; YYYY records its beginning.

8. Permanent ENS teaching post

   1964-01-01 · École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France

   Derrida began a permanent teaching position at the École Normale Supérieure, a post he retained for two decades. The appointment ran from 1964 through 1984; YYYY records its beginning.

9. Structuralism colloquium lecture

   1966-10-21 · Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

   Derrida delivered “Structure, Sign, and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences” at the Johns Hopkins structuralism colloquium, a landmark appearance in his international reception. Coordinates identify the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus.

10. Prague seminar and arrest

    1981-01-01 · Prague, Czechoslovakia

    Derrida travelled to Prague to participate in an unauthorized dissident seminar and was arrested by Czechoslovak authorities. Contemporary reporting places the visit in late December 1981; the source does not support a day-level date in the quoted wording.

11. EHESS professorship

    1984-01-01 · École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France

    

    Derrida became a full professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. The source identifies EHESS in Paris but not a particular campus building; coordinates represent central Paris.

12. University of California, Irvine appointment

    1986-01-01 · University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States

    Derrida became Professor of the Humanities at UC Irvine and taught there until shortly before his death. The professorship continued until shortly before his death in 2004.

13. Visit to Jerusalem

    1988-01-01 · Jerusalem, Israel

    During a visit to Jerusalem, Derrida met Palestinian intellectuals. The specific meeting venue is not identified; coordinates represent Jerusalem.

14. Cerisy Conference address

    1997-01-01 · Cerisy-la-Salle, Normandy, France

    At the Cerisy Conference, Derrida delivered his major extended address on “the autobiographical animal,” later associated with The Animal That Therefore I Am. Coordinates represent Cerisy-la-Salle; the source does not identify a more exact venue.

15. Lecture in Mexico

    2002-05-01 · Mexico City, Mexico

    

    Derrida gave a lecture in Mexico during May 2002. The source’s image caption identifies Mexico but not a city or venue; coordinates represent Mexico City.

16. Gadamer memorial lecture

    2003-02-05 · University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Derrida delivered a public lecture in memory of Hans-Georg Gadamer at the University of Heidelberg. Coordinates represent the University of Heidelberg's historic central campus.

17. Public lecture in Jerusalem

    2003-06-20 · Jerusalem, Israel

    Parts of Derrida's Gadamer memorial lecture were publicly presented in Jerusalem. The source identifies Jerusalem but not a particular lecture venue.

18. Death in Paris

    2004-10-09 · Paris, France

    Derrida died during surgery in a Paris hospital in the early hours of 9 October 2004. The hospital is not named; coordinates represent central Paris.