About

I am a PhD student in contemporary French literature. My project focuses on queer vulnerability in French contemporary narratives and is supervised by Professor Oliver Davis and Dr Douglas Morrey.

Research

My research analyses the proliferation of references to vulnerability in contemporary queer French texts. Whilst previous understandings of queer vulnerability placed emphasis on forms of violence originating externally (e.g. social discrimination, physical aggressions), a new generation of queer French authors has shifted the emphasis towards an expression of vulnerability inherent to their queerness. Seeking to challenge a discourse which associates the expression of queer suffering with passivity and victimhood, by bringing these texts together alongside Jean-Luc Nancy’s affirmative philosophy for the first time, I will offer instead a narrative of vulnerability as a form of agency. I will do so by analysing the works of Louis (2014, 2018, 2021), Daas (2019), Debré (2018, 2020, 2022, 2023), Delabroy-Allard (2018), and Bouraoui (2005, 2016, 2018).

Research Interests

• Queer literature
• Contemporary French autofiction
• Contemporary French Thought

Conferences and Events

• SMLC PGR Symposium 2023, 'Rethinking the Crisis across Languages and Cultures', 12-13 May 2023
• M4C CDF initiative, Sex in Contemporary Media: An Interdisciplinary Conference, 4-6 October 2023

Teaching

FR1013: Modern French Language

Scholarships and Awards

Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership, AHRC Doctoral Award, 2022-2026

Qualifications

Hypokhâgne A/L, Poitiers, France

BA (Hons) in French and German, King's College London, UK

MPhil in European, Latin American and Comparative Literatures and Cultures, University of Cambridge, UK