Professional status
Current position
Chair of the Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Professor (tenured) of English Literature at the École Normale Supérieure in Lyon (since 2009)
President of the SEAC (Société d'Études Anglaises Contemporaines)
Associate Editor of Études Anglaises
Associate Editor of Études Anglaises
2020-2022 Secondment with the CNRS research unit ITEM in genetic criticism (Paris)
2012-2017 Junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France (Paris)
Jan-June 2011 Visiting Professor of English Literature at the University of Texas at Austin
2008-2009 Associate Professor (tenured) in English literature at the University of La Sorbonne-Paris IV
2000-2007 Assistant Professor (tenured) in English literature at the Sorbonne-Paris IV
2000-2009 Co-director with François Gallix of the research centre ERCLA (“Writings of the Contemporary Novel in English”) at the Sorbonne-Paris IV
1996-2000 Lecturer in English literature at the University of La Sorbonne-Paris IV
Qualifications
Dec. 2007 Accreditation to supervise research from La Sorbonne: “Lines of escape. Generic paths in the British contemporary novel”.
Jan. 2000 PhD in English studies from La Sorbonne: “Postmodernism and modes of
blurring in the fiction of Julian Barnes”.
Fellowships
2022 Funding by the InSHS-CNRS, Centre Sciences Humaines, New Delhi, India (3 months)
2018 Funding by the InSHS-CNRS,University of Texas at Austin (3 months)
2017 French Interdisciplinary Group, Northwestern University (1 month)
2016 Fleur Cowles Fellowship at the HRC, University of Texas at Austin (3 months)
2009 Mellon Fellowship at the HRC, University of Texas at Austin (1 month)
2008 Mellon Fellowship at the HRC, University of Texas at Austin (1 month)
2006 Cline Fellowship at the HRC, University of Texas at Austin (1 month)