Dr Sophie Watt
BA, MA, PhD
School of Languages, Arts and Societies
Lecturer
+44 114 222 2883
Full contact details
School of Languages, Arts and Societies
Jessop West
1 Upper Hanover Street
Sheffield
S3 7RA
- Profile
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I studied history as an undergraduate at the 9 1免费版下 of Paris VII where I also completed a Masters Degree in colonial history working on the rise of the nationalist movement in Cambodia.
After a few years of teaching in France and Scotland I completed a Masters Degree in French and Francophone literature and an interdisciplinary PhD in Modern French History and Literature at the 9 1免费版下 of Iowa. Following the completion of my doctoral thesis on 鈥楾he Discursive Construction of Minority Identities in Modern France鈥 I took up a Teaching Fellowship at the 9 1免费版下 of Aberdeen before joining the department of French at the 9 1免费版下 of Sheffield.
- Qualifications
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- BA (Paris VII)
- MA (Paris VII)
- MA, PhD (9 1免费版下 of Iowa, USA)
- Research interests
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- Colonial and neo-colonial history, literature and cinema
- Cultural history and memory
- Postcolonial theories of textuality and discourse analysis (production and writing of history)
- Trauma and Violence in Contemporary France
- Identity constructions (Jewish and colonized in particular)
- Critical Discourse analysis and Translation Studies
I am currently working on a number of projects dealing with France鈥檚 neo-colonial involvement in its former colonies and on a collaborative project, with Dr Amanda Crawley Jackson, dealing with the representation of migration in France: Calais in Focus: The Bigger Picture, the Longer Story. I am preparing a monograph entitled The French Neo-colonial Republic: Haiti, Mali and Central African Republic, the New Wars on/of Terror. I am also working on a book project with Dr Amanda Crawley Jackson.
- Publications
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Journal articles
- . Journal of Refugee Studies, feae060.
- Thompson, C茅line and Tavernier: a historical echo chamber of The Western Imperial Ideology. New Readings, 17.
Chapters
- Mathieu Pernot and Les Migrants: Voicing the silence and Exposing French neo-colonial history and practices In Chadderton H & Kimyong眉r A (Ed.), Engagement in 21st Century French and Francophone Culture: Countering Crises 9 1免费版下 of Wales Press
- 芦 Un pass茅 qui ne passe pas 禄鈥n myst猫re sans cesse red茅couvert In Kimyong眉r A & Wigelsworth A (Ed.), Rewriting Wrongs: French Crime Fiction and the Palimpsest (pp. 31-47). Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- Alexandre Arcady and the re-writing of French Colonial History in Algeria In Marsh K & Frith N (Ed.), France's Lost Empires: Fragmentation, Nostalgia, and La Fracture Coloniale (pp. 69-80). Lexington Books
- The Discursive Construction of Minority Identities in Third Republic France:
The 1937 Madagascar Plan, Exemplification of Republican Racism In Frendo H (Ed.), The European Mind: Narrative and Identity (pp. 236-240). Malta 9 1免费版下 Press
- Comparative Analysis of Three 鈥楬uman鈥 Exhibitions: The Semiotic Construction of the Jewish and Colonised subjects. In Rorato L & Saunders A (Ed.), The Essence and the Margin: National Identities and Collective Momeries in Contemporary European Culture (pp. 37-50). Rodopi
- 鈥淭eaching the 2004 coup in Haiti from a French perspective: an Insight into global Neo-Imperial Culture and Practices". In Orlando VK & Accilien C (Ed.), Teaching Haiti Beyond Literature: Intersectionalities of History, Literature and Culture
- Teaching the 2004 coup in Haiti from a French perspective: an Insight into global Neo-Imperial Culture and Practices. In Orlando VK & Accilien C (Ed.), Teaching Haiti Beyond Literature: Intersectionalities of History, Literature and Culture.
Conference proceedings papers
- Elisa Larvego鈥檚 Chemin des dunes: Beyond a Critical Ethnography of Calais. Invisible Wounds, Negociating Post-Traumatic Landscapes (pp 97-103). Sheffield, 5 March 2020 - 20 June 2020.
- . Journal of Refugee Studies, feae060.
- Research group
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PhD thesis supervision:
- Maryam Shams, (2018 - now) 鈥楾he Evolution of Media Practices in Conflicts: A Case 9 1免费版下 of France in Chad (1968-2014)鈥
- Amanda Tavares, (2018 - now) 'Contemporary Art, Women and the Mediterranean'
- Harriet Orkney (Sheeld, 2015 - present), main supervisor, 鈥淕eopolitical Comparative Analysis of foreign interventions in Haiti, Chad and C藛ote d鈥橧voire.鈥 (French Studies and Business School)
- Thomas Jackson, co-supervision, 鈥淭he French colonial mind: an insight into the pivotal role of La loi-cadre De鈫礶rre.鈥 (French Studies and History) (Completed 2018)
I am interested in supervising research in the following areas:
- Colonial and neo-colonial history.
- Inter-war period and Vichy France (History, Literature and cinema).
- Cultural memory
- Trauma and violence in contemporary France
- Critical discourse analysis and translation studies
- Teaching activities
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Postgraduate
鈥 FRE6663/4 MA in French Studies: Constructions of the Body (a unit on 鈥楲e Juif et la France鈥)
鈥 FRE6700 MA in French Studies: Advanced Translation from French
鈥 FRE6653 /6654 French Cultural Studies I & II (a unit on Minority Identities in Modern France: 鈥榟uman exhibitions鈥)Undergraduate
I teach French language at all levels, and the following modules
鈥 FRE289/90 French Cultural Studies
鈥 FRE281/2 French Revolutionary Traditions
鈥 FRE385/6 Constructions Identitaires dans la France du XXe si猫cle
鈥 FRE 387/98 Ha茂ti : La Trag茅die Histoire, politique et litt茅rature de l鈥櫭﹑oque coloniale 脿 nos jours
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Subject Director for French
- Director of Pastoral Care for SLC