Clíona Hensey, author of Reconstructive Memory Work, delves into the struggles of female descendants of Harkis in this blog post, highlighting their fight for justice and critique of France’s colonial past and its lasting legacies.
Call for Papers: Contemporary French Civilization Special Issue – The Broken Mirror: Christine and the Queens and Global Frenchness
Call for Papers: Contemporary French Civilisation Special Issue - The Broken Mirror: Christine and the Queens and Global Frenchness.
LUP Welcomes New Translation Series
World Writing in French: New Archipelagoes. The aim of the enterprise is to publish cutting-edge contemporary French-language fiction, travel writing, essays and other prose works translated for an English-speaking audience.
An interview with Maria Kathryn Tomlinson, author of ‘From Menstruation to the Menopause’
To celebrate the publication and upcoming book launch of her new book, Dr. Tomlinson was interviewed by fellow LUP author, Dr. Wimbush to discuss the novel and the ways in which it handles representations of menstruation, childbirth and the menopause in women's writing in French.
Our Civilizing Mission – In Conversation with Nicholas Harrison
Nicholas Harrison's recent addition to the Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures series, Our Civilizing Mission, is both an exploration of colonial education and a response to current anxieties about the foundations of the ‘humanities’. Focusing on the example of Algeria, it asks what can be learned by treating colonial education not just as an example of colonialism but … Continue reading
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