Mona El Khoury
Assistant Professor
- Department: French Studies and Modern Languages
Before joining 91吃瓜网in 2024, Professor El Khoury was an Assistant Professor of French Studies at Tufts University.听Her research deals with twentieth- and twenty-first-century French and Francophone cultures, literature, and theory (philosophy, psychoanalysis) with special emphasis on North Africa and the Middle East, as well as Metropolitan France. Her publications include her book听(published in 2020 by Lexington Books), a听听on postcolonial ecocriticism (published in 2024 by听Nouvelles Etudes Francophones), and several articles. She is a contributor of the online magazine听K. Jews, Europe, the XXIst century.
In addition to her academic career, Professor El Khoury is trained in clinical psychology.
Education/Degrees
- Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures. Harvard University, 2016.
- M.A. in Romance Languages and Literatures. Harvard University, 2010.
- Master in Philosophy. Universit茅 Paris 1-Panth茅on Sorbonne/ ENS Ulm, 2006.
Publications
Books
- Migrations humaines et mutations environnementales. Convergences et divergences du postcolonialisme et de l鈥櫭ヽocritique. Co-edited with Dr. Nikhita Obeegadoo. In听Nouvelles Etudes Francophones,听University of Nebraska Press, 2024.
- Remnants of the Franco-Algerian Rupture: Archiving Postcolonial Minorities, Lexington Books, series 鈥淎fter the Empire: The Francophone World and Postcolonial France,鈥� 2020.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- 鈥淟ampedusa, ou la nuit de l鈥橢urope.听脿 ce stade de la nuit听de Maylis de Kerengal.鈥澨�French Cultural Studies. Volume 30:1 (2019): 65-79.
- 鈥� Imp茅rialismes alternatifs: Le cosmopolitisme dans听Kamal Jann听de Dominique Edd茅.鈥澨�International Journal of Francophone Studies. Volume 21, Numbers 1&2 (2018): 69-86.
- 鈥淭o Be or Not To Be 鈥楳茅tis:鈥� Nina Bouraoui鈥檚 embodied memory of the colonial fracture.鈥�Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities: 鈥淲omen Writing Across Cultures: Present, Past, Future,鈥� 22.1 (2017): 123-135.
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Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters
- 鈥淪eeking Paths to Existence in Rachid Dja茂dani鈥檚 film听Rengaine.鈥澨�Maghrebi immigration in French literature and film: Transmediterranean conversations. Ed. Patrick Saveau and Veronique Machelidon. Manchester: Manchester University Press (2018): 77-96.
- 鈥淭o Be or Not To Be 鈥楳茅tis:鈥� Nina Bouraoui鈥檚 embodied memory of the colonial fracture.鈥澨�Women Writing Across Cultures. Present, Past, Future. Ed. Pelagia Goulimari. London: Routledge (2018): 123-135. [Reprint]
- 鈥�Pagli听d鈥橝nanda Devi. La recherche d鈥檜n sol hybride insulaire.鈥澨�Fert-卯les 2. L鈥檕ccupation litt茅raire des sols insulaires. Ed. Jacques Isolery (CNRS Laboratoire LISA 鈥� UMR 6240). Bastia: Stamperia Sammarcelli-Universit脿 di Corsica (2014): 125-138.
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Book Reviews
- Calarg茅, Carla.听Liban.听M茅moires fragment茅es d鈥檜ne guerre obs茅dante. L鈥檃namn猫se dans la production culturelle francophone (2000-2015). Leiden ; Boston : Brill-Rodopi, 2017. In听Nouvelles E虂tudes Francophones, Volume 34, Nume虂ro 2, 2019, pp. 196-200
- Connolly, Aoife.听Performing the 鈥楶ied-Noir鈥� Family: Constructing Narratives of Settler Memory and Identity in Literature and On-Screen. Lanham, MD: Lexington, 鈥淎fter the Empire: The Francophone World and Postcolonial France,鈥� 2020. In听French Studies, Vol. LXXVI, No. I, 1, 2021.听
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Conference Proceedings
- 鈥淯ne mise en r茅cit multidirectionnelle: La filiation harkie dans Moze de Zahia Rahmani.鈥澨�D茅racin茅s, exil茅s, rapatri茅s? S鈥檕rganiser, transmettre, mettre en r茅cit. Ed. Olivier Dard and Anne Dulphy. London: Peter Lang (2022).
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Creative Writing
- 鈥淢amie-louche.鈥澨�K. Les Juifs, l鈥橢urope, le XXIe si猫cle听(K. Jews, Europe, the XXIst century). May 2021.听[English translation:听听]
- 鈥淛onas.鈥澨�K. Les Juifs, l鈥橢urope, le XXIe si猫cle听(K. Jews, Europe, the XXIst century). January 2022.听听[English translation听:听]
- 鈥淟ignes de failles.鈥�听K. Les Juifs, l鈥橢urope, le XXIe si猫cle听(K. Jews, Europe, the XXIst century). December 2022.听[English translation:听
Affiliations
Conseil International d鈥橢tudes Francophones, African Literature Association, Woman in French, Etudes Fran莽aises et Francophones des 20i猫me et 21i猫me si猫cles, Society for the Study of French History, Modern Languages Association.
Research Areas
- 20th- and 21st-century French and Francophone Literatures and Cultures
- Migrations
- Jewish and Arab Diasporas and Minorities
- Trauma and Memory
- Psychoanalysis
- Creative Writing
- Postcolonial Studies
- Cultural Studies
Awards, Fellowships and Grants
- Visiting Scholar in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University. 2018-2020.
- Center for the Humanities at Tufts Faculty Fellowship. 2017-2018.
- Nominations for 鈥淏est course鈥� and 鈥淪ignificant Impact.鈥� Senior Survey 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022. Office of Institutional Research, Tufts.
- Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Harvard. 2014-2015.
- Merit/Term Time Research Fellowship, Harvard. 2014.
- Romance Languages and Literatures Traveling Fellowship at the Ecole Normale Sup茅rieure, rue d鈥橴lm (Paris, France). Harvard. 2012, 2013, 2014.
- Department of Romance Languages and Literatures Teaching Prize. Harvard University. 2012.
- Departmental Summer Grant, Harvard. 2012. 2013
- Derek Bok Certificate of Distinction in Teaching. 2011, 2012, 2013.
- Harvard Graduate Society Summer Predissertation Fellowship, Summer 2010.
- Middlebury College Scholarship, 2007-2008.