On November 14th, 7 new members joined the exclusive circle of LMC ambassadors, bringing the total number of passionate and committed members to 40, who contribute to shining a light on our community. π Today, we are pleased to present the first profile: Gilles Philippe. A full professor of French linguistics at the University of Lausanne – UNIL since 2012, Gilles Philippe is truly passionate about the subtleties of language and literary history. His journey has taken him from France (Amiens, Grenoble, Paris) to the United States and Finland, before settling in Switzerland, where he teaches and conducts research on the literary writing forms of the 19th and 20th centuries.