Stéphane Füzesséry is a historian and architect. He teaches post-high-school classes préparatoires (literary and humanities stream), and also regularly teaches in architecture and urban-planning schools. As a professional designer, he is also involved in several urban and architectural design projects.
His research focuses on the growth of metropolises and the making of urban images and worlds in the 20th century, the lived experience of great cities, and critical discourses of urban modernity. In particular, he is the co-editor of Le Choc des métropoles. Simmel, Kracauer, Benjamin (with Philippe Simay; Paris, Éditions de l’Eclat, 2008).