Lia Brozgal

Teaching & Research Interests

  • 20th and 21st century French and Francophone literatures
  • the North African novel in French
  • Judeo-Maghrebi literature
  • beur culture and literature

 

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Background

  • Assistant Professor, French and Francophone Studies, UCLA (Fall 2008-present)
  • Lecturer on History and Literature, Harvard University (2007-2008)
  • PhD in Romance Languages and Literatures, French, Harvard University (2007)
  • AM in Romance Languages and Literatures, French, Harvard University (2003)

Selected Conferences and Publications

  • “Written Between Black and Blue. The Color of Truth and Fiction in Albert Memmi’s Oeuvre” Sublimely Visual: The Art of the Text, Centre for Visual and Literary Cultures in France, University of Bristol, Sept 2008.
  • "Albert Memmi." The Literary Encyclopedia. 13 June 2008. http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=11860
  • Review of Chez vous en France: Mille et une clés pour vous faciliter la vie. Contemporary French Civilization XXXII.2 (Summer 2008): 225-229.
  • “Du jeu dans le texte: nouvelles pistes de lecture.” Actes du colloque sur la littérature et le jeu. Tunis: Ecole normale supérieure de Tunis, 2007.
  • “Une exception beure? Azouz Begag’s Critique of Vivre me tue” Twentieth and Twenty-First Century French and Francophone Studies International Colloquium, Texas A&M University, March 2007.
  • “Other Voices: Albert Memmi in Theory” Seminar on Cross Cultural Rhetoric, Humanities Center, Harvard University, Dec 2006.