French

Graduate French programs offer opportunities for advanced study in the language and literatures of France and Québec, as well as in African and Caribbean literatures in French.

Name Research Interests
Ayan, Irem Sociology of translation and interpreting; Gender and work exploitation; Emotional labour and work alienation; Fictional representations of translators and interpreters; Sociology of translation and interpreting, Gender and work exploitation, Emotional labour and work alienation, Fictional representations of translators and interpreters
Boccassini, Daniela Italian Verbal and visual arts, mediterranean cultural exchanges
Bouchard, Marie-Eve Sociolinguistics; Linguistic Anthropology; ethnography; language ideologies; Language and identity; migration; Language variation and change; Language contact; Creole languages; Sociolinguistics, Linguistic Anthropology, Ethnography, Language ideologies, Language and identity, Migration, Language variation and change, Language contact, Creole languages
Castonguay-Belanger, Joel History of the book and print culture; Québec literature and culture; Science and literature; The Enlightenment and the French Revolution; History of the book and print culture, Québec literature and culture, Science and literature, The Enlightenment and the French Revolution
Frelick, Nancy 16th century literature, theory &criticism, genre studies, women's writing &gender studies, early modern medicine
Gelinas-Lemaire, Vincent Arts, Literature and Subjectivity; Comparative Literature; Creative Writing; French Literature (1945 to the present); Québec and French-Canadian Literature and Culture; Spatial Poetics; Visual Culture; Arts, Literature and Subjectivity, Comparative Literature, Creative Writing, French Literature (1945 to the present), Québec and French-Canadian Literature and Culture, Spatial Poetics, Visual Culture
Huberman, Isabella Indigenous Literature; Cinema of Quebec; Francophone Indigenous narrative arts; Environmental Humanities; Archives and cinema studies; Quebec-Indigenous studies; Decolonial and anticolonial theory; Research creation; Indigenous literature, Cinema of Quebec, Francophone Indigenous narrative arts, Environmental Humanities, Archives and cinema studies, Quebec-Indigenous studies, Decolonial and anticolonial theory, Research creation
Laroussi, Farid Literatures and Cultures in French; Literatures and Cultures in French
Moran, Patrick Arts, Literature and Subjectivity; History of Major Eras, Great Civilisations or Geographical Corpuses; Popular Cultures Produced and Broadcasted by Media; Arthurian Romance; Cognitive Poetics; Comparative Medieval Literature; Genre Theory; Interactive Fiction; Material Philology; Medieval French Literature; Medieval Narrative Literature; Medievalism; Narrative Theory; Old French; Reader-Response Theory; Science Fiction and Fantasy; Arts, Literature and Subjectivity, History of Major Eras, Great Civilisations or Geographical Corpuses, Popular Cultures Produced and Broadcasted by Media, Arthurian Romance, Cognitive Poetics, Comparative Medieval Literature, Genre Theory, Interactive Fiction, Material Philology, Medieval French Literature, Medieval Narrative Literature, Medievalism, Narrative Theory, Old French, Reader-Response Theory, Science Fiction and Fantasy
Piechocki, Katharina Seventeenth-century French literature, Early modern French and Romance literature, Theater, opera, cartography, gender, affect, and translation studies
Salamon, Anne Romance Philology; Medieval French Litterature; Manuscript studies; History of the French language; Critical editing of medieval texts; Romance Philology, Medieval French Litterature, Manuscript studies, History of the French language, Critical editing of medieval texts
Testa, Carlo Italian literature, history of cinema, theory/film studies
Zhang, Gaoheng Migration Studies; Mobility Studies ; Cultural Studies; Food Studies; Fashion Studies ; Film and Media Studies; Gender and Masculinity Studies; Rhetoric and Communication Studies ; China-Italy Cultural Relations ; China-Africa-Europe Cultural Relations; Italy's Global Networks ; Modern and contemporary Italian literature and culture; Migration Studies, Mobility Studies , Cultural Studies, Food Studies, Fashion Studies , Film and Media Studies, Gender and Masculinity Studies, Rhetoric and Communication Studies , China-Italy Cultural Relations , China-Africa-Europe Cultural Relations, Italy's Global Networks , Modern and Contemporary Italian Literature and Culture
Ziethen, Antje African Literatures; Francophone Literatures and Cultures; Speculative fiction; (Urban) Space; Postcolonial Studies; Diaspora Studies; Transnationalism; Gender Studies; Modernity; African Literatures, Francophone Literatures and Cultures, Speculative Fiction, (Urban) Space, Postcolonial Studies, Diaspora Studies, Transnationalism, Gender Studies, Modernity