Asst. Prof. @UChicago | DPhil @UniofOxford | Literary Critic | Nostalgic Rebels (2025), Évocation d'un mémorial à Venise (2023), Un roman étranger (2017)

Joined February 2015
Thrilled to share that my book will be published by @LivUniPress in a month! This has been a long journey that began nearly a decade ago. Deeply grateful to the friends and colleagues who have supported me along the way bit.ly/3FtoHme #NostalgicRebels #Moroccanliterature
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Ce weekend au Carreau du Temple à Paris, mon #roman "Évocation d'un mémorial à Venise" était sur le stand de @PAEditions à la foire #AKAA ("Also Known As Africa"), principale foire d'art contemporain & de design dédiée aux scènes artistiques africaines bit.ly/3VT3kmp
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Desde la otra orilla, libro del ganador del Prix Goncourt, Abdellatif Laâbi. . . Traducción de Laura Casielles. . . Consigue tu ejemplar aquí: circulodepoesia.com/libreria…
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New volume: "Maryse Condé, chez elle et dans le monde", edited by Laura Carvigan-Cassin @HonoreChampion with contributions by Axel Artheron, Noëlle Carruggi, Romuald Fonkoua, Christiane Makward, Lydie Moudileno, Richard Philcox, and others honorechampion.com/fr/editio… #MaryseCondé
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New book: "Traverser aux intersections: Lectures francophones de récits à la première personne du masculin" by Florian Alix @HonoreChampion. Chapters on #FabienneKanor #AssiaDjebar #MarieNdiaye #NathachaAppanah #FaïzaGuène #LeïlaSebbar #AnandaDevi & others honorechampion.com/fr/editio…
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📢Job alert: The Committee on Theater & Performance Studies at @UChicago invites applications for a position as an open-rank Senior Instructional Professor and Director of Design to start September 1, 2027. Deadline: November 16. apply.interfolio.com/195746 (EOE/Vet/Disability)
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"To translate #VeniceRequiem is to keep lifting the surface of the water, and to keep spelling out the names of all the drowned—in another tongue, across another border, for another shore" - Many thanks to Houssine Dehbi for this #review in @hopscotch_tr hopscotchtranslation.com/202…
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Forthcoming on October 20: "Introduction aux littératures africaines: XXe-XXIe siècles" by Buata B. Malela @BMalela @Ellipses_Off editions-ellipses.fr/fr/accu… #Africanliterature #littératuresafricaines
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📢Job alert: The Department of European and Eurasian Studies at @UTAustin invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies to begin Fall 2027. Details: faculty.utexas.edu/career/19… #francophonestudies #frenchstudies #teachingjobs
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Delighted to receive a copy of Abdelwahab Meddeb's "Returns to #Marrakesh/Retour à #Marrakech", translated by Claudia Esposito & Laura Reeck @SUPress. Last year, I had the chance to read and write a blurb for this fascinating #travelogue press.syr.edu/supressbooks/9… #AbdelwahabMeddeb
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Congratulations to our @RomanceUchicago colleague Mario!
Mario Santana, impulsor de la Càtedra Joan Coromines a la Universitat de Chicago, guanya el 35è Premi Internacional Ramon Llull de Catalanística Amb la Fundació Ramon Llull, reconeixem la seva tasca de difusió de la cultura catalana Enhorabona!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 fundaciocongres.cat/premi-in…
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📢Job alert: Monash University @LiteraryMonash invites applications for the position of Lecturer in French and Intercultural Studies. Application deadline: November 2nd. Details > careers.pageuppeople.com/513… #frenchstudies #interculturalstudies #teachingfrench
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📢Job alert: The College of Charleston @CofC seeks a dynamic scholar, teacher, and academic leader at the rank of associate or full professor to serve as Chair of the Department of French, Francophone, and Italian Studies. Deadline: November 2. Details: jobs.cofc.edu/postings/18463
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Next week @cheltfestivals: my brilliant translator @RosSchwartz will moderate this fascinating event with award-winning translators @rolandglasser and @anam_translates. Tickets > cheltenhamfestivals.org/even… #RosSchwartz #RolandGlasser #AnamZafar #cheltenhamliteraturefestival
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New book by Martina Biondi (Ca' Foscari University of Venice) on the Moroccan "Years of Lead", with a focus on women's experiences of political and social activism: viella.it/libro/979125701109…
Martina Biondi - Gli anni di piombo in Marocco Attivismo femminile, sinistra e memoria (1965-2005) Vient de paraître chez Viella
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My novel "Venice Requiem" (translated by @RosSchwartz and published by @hoperoadpublish) is featured in my alma mater's magazine! Deeply grateful to @StAnnesCollege for highlighting my work in "The Ship", the annual alumni magazine & college record. #VeniceRequiem #StAnnesCollege
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📢Job alert: @RomanceUchicago invites applications for part-time Lecturers in French to teach in various courses of the French Language curriculum. Teaching will begin January or March 2027. Details: apply.interfolio.com/194777 #teachingjob #teachingfrench EOE/Vet/Disability
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📢Job alert: The Department of French & Francophone Studies @Georgetown invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure-line position at the level of Assistant Teaching Professor.  3-year renewable contract. Deadline: November 15. Details: apply.interfolio.com/194339 #teachingjobs
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New book: "Dans l'atelier de Léopold Sédar Senghor" by Claire Riffard (Éditions Hermann): editions-hermann.fr/livre/da… #Senghor #LéopoldSédarSenghor
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📢 Job alert: The Language & Culture Program at @SokaUniv invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of French Language & Culture beginning August 1, 2027. Review of applications will begin on October 19. Details: soka.edu/jobs
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