He specializes in the literature and culture of eighteenth-century France, and is the author of books and articles on transatlantic studies, the introduction of Buddhism in the West, and literary theory.

The sudden death of his father, Patrick Hoffmann, was the topic of his next book, Père et fils, published in 2011 by Éditions Gallimard.

In 2015, he earned a Ph.D. from Yale University after finishing a dissertation dedicated to the representations of North America in eighteenth-century French Literature.

He is currently Professor at The Ohio State University, where he teaches early modern French literature and creative writing.

[4] Hoffmann received the Best PhD Dissertation Award ("Marguerite A. Peyre Prize") from the Department of French at Yale University in 2015.