Dr. Dominique Carlini Versini

Biography

I was recently awarded a PhD in French Studies from the University of Kent. In my thesis, I reflected on the notion of excess in relation to the representation of the body in the texts and films of Marie Darrieussecq, Virginie Despentes, Laurence Nobécourt and Marina de Van. I also obtained a Master's degree in French and Comparative Literature from Kent, as well as two Licences (BA) in French Literature and English from the University Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle.

Before joining the French section at UL in September 2018, I taught a number of modules in French language and culture at the University of Kent and at the University of London in Paris.

Research Interests

I am particularly interested in contemporary French literature and cinema; comparative literature; gender studies and queer and feminist theory; philosophy of embodiment; translation studies; écriture inclusive; intermediality; ecocriticism and ecopoetics; literature and science; representations of climate change.

Professional Activities

Award

2018 - Student Projects Grant Scheme
2017 - Postgraduate Experience Award
2017 - Centre for Film and Media Research Funding Scheme
2017 - Centre for Modern European Literature Funding Scheme
2016 - Partner Universities Summer Schools Fund
2016 - Centre for Modern European Literature Funding Scheme
2015 - KIASH Research Fund
2015 - Kent Union Teaching Award, category 'Best Teacher'
2012 - MA Studentship
2011 - Erasmus International Mobility Scholarship
2011 - AMIE, City of Paris International Mobility Fund

Outreach

Tutor for the Stepping Up programme, designed to encourage 6th form students to consider Higher Education as an option, help them to apply and introduce them to the skills that they will need to succeed at university.
Tutor for the charity Workers' Educational Association