SAMLA

2024, Jacksonville, FL, November 15-17

I. Geopolitical Complexities in Sub-Saharan African Women Writing II
Chair: Diweng Dafong and Carole Mafotsing Kougang, The University of Alabama

• “The Jouissance of Abject Encounter Via Main Character Assassination in Monique Iboudo's Writings.” Diweng Mercy Dafong, The University of Alabama.
• “La modernité et la tradition dans La Grève des bàttu d'Aminata Sow Fall.” Fatihat Adebolanle Awodirepo, The University of Alabama.
  
• “La femme: une créature liminale dans Je n'étais qu'un enfant de Safiatou Bâ?” Yacine Samouré Issa Mamoudou, The University of Alabama.
• “Understanding the Dynamics of Abjection and Biopower in Female Eduction in Mariama Ba's Une si longue lettre.” Carole Mafotsing Kougang, The University of Alabama.

 

II. Mapping Invisibility in Francophone Narratives of "Difference" I
Chair: Adrienne Angelo, Auburn University 

• “An Inheritance of Trauma in Contemporary Haitian Women's Literature.” Danica Guerrero, Independent Scholar.
• “L'(in)visibilité ou le camouflage? La judéité dans La Flûte de Rafi d'André Vanasse.” Marcin Janczak, University of Toronto.

 

III. Mapping Invisibility in Francophone Narratives of "Difference" II
Chair: Adrienne Angelo, Auburn University

• “Otherwise Invisible: Vibrant Mature Women Centering Contemporary Film.” Catherine Webster, University of Central Oklahoma.
• “The Ghosts of Mati Diop.” Anne Quinney, University of Mississippi.
• “Black Men Watching: Of Countervisuality, Subjectivity, Politics, and Power in Gau Z's Debout-payé.” Séverine Bates, Gustavus Adolphus College.

IV. Intergenerational Trauma and Transmission in French/Francophone Women's Writing
Chair: Anne Quinney, University of Mississippi

• “Challenging and Rewriting Slave Narratives with Fiction to Rethink the Trauma of Slavery.” Chimène Depuis, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.
• “Osteo-osmotic Trauma in Line Papin's Les os des filles.” Adrienne Angelo, Auburn University.
• “Negotiating the Crying Wound: Writing as Mediation of Intergenerational Family Alcoholism in French Women's Life Writing.” Lauren McShane, Queen's University, Belfast.
• “Écriture salvatrice dans Il ne faut rien dire.” Marina Calas, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

V. Seen/Unseen Desires in Contemporary French and Francophone Women's Narratives
Organizer: Noran Mohamed, CUNY Hunter College
Chair: Zakaria Fatih, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

• “Existential Prisons: Consciousness as Pure World in Jean-Paul Sartre's No Exit.” Stacy Stingle, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College.
• “Psychoanalysis and the Conundrum of Desire in Francophone Women's Writings.” Zakaria Fatih, University of Maryland-Baltimore County.

VI. "Other" Francophonies: French and Francophone Women Creators Reshaping the Field
Chair: Cathy Leung, Fordham University

• “Questions of Race and Feminism in Assia Djebar's Femmes d'Alger dans leur appartement.” Max Salata, Columbia University.
• “Rethinking French and Francophone through Aki Shimazaki's Hozuki.” Cathy Leung, Fordham University.
• “A 30-Year Diachronic Review of France's Regional Languages in the Teaching of French as a Foreign Language.” Marice Caballero, University of Florida.

VII. Contours of Identity: Navigating Crisis in North American Francophone Women's Experiences
Chair: Annabelle Hicks, University of Connecticut

• “Mental Vagabondism and Feminine Fixity in Nelly Arcan's Paradis, clef en main.” Patience Ajeibi Odeh, University of Connecticut.
• “Exploring Identity: Beauvoirian Philosophy, Literary Parallels, and the Acadian Narrative.” Annabelle Hicks, University of Connecticut.

VIII. Increasing Enrollment: Teaching French and Francophone Women Authors (Roundtable)
Chair: Cathy Leung, Fordham University

• “Why We Must Teach French and Francophone Women.” E. Nicole Meyer, Augusta University.
• “Ouvrir la voix/voie: The (Un)Seen and the (Un)Spoken.” Michelle Bumatay, Florida State University.
• “Enseigner les auteures francophones: voies et voix littéraires vers une diversité inclusive.” Amina Saidou, James Madison University.
• “Teaching an Inclusive Canon in the American South: The Case of Mme. de Duras's Ourika.” Aimée Boutin, Florida State University.
• “Navigating Dual Identities: The Role of Breton Women in Literary and Cultural Preservation.” Annabelle Hicks, University of Connecticut.

IX. Ni Inexistantes, Ni Invisibles: Aesthetics of Visibility and Empowerment I
Chairs: Lisa Connell, University of West Georgia, and Delphine Gras, Florida Gulf Coast University

• “Corporeal Pedagogies–Bodies of and in the Law in Sylvaine Dampierre's Paroles des nègres.” Lisa Connell, University of West Georgia.
• “Erasing Herself: The Forgotten and Invisible Role of the Model's Body.” Amanda Danielle Moehlenpah, Colgate University.
• “Le réel imaginaire d'Olympe de Gouges.” Audrey Viguier, Eastern Michigan University.

X. Ni Inexistantes, Ni Invisibles: Aesthetics of Visibility and Empowerment II
Chairs: Lisa Connell, University of West Georgia, and Delphine Gras, Florida Gulf Coast University

• “La Négritude: une affaire d'hommes?” Delphine Gras, Florida Gulf Coast University.
• “Érosion du langage objectif et masculin dans Le Désert mauve de Nicole Brossard.” Marie Bellec, University of Pennsylvania.
• “Domesticité et luttes sociales dans Chanson douce et Confidences à Allah.” Luc Bonhomme, College of Charleston.

2023, Atlanta, GA, November 9-11

I. In(security) and Foreshadowing Wider Conflicts in Francophone Women's Writing
Chair: Cheryl Toman, The University of Alabama

• “Esthétique de la dualité dans La femme aux pieds nus de Scholastique Mukasonga.” Gerard Keubeung, McDaniel College.
• “To-and-Fro Movement from Lieu-Sur to Abjection in Femigitude Writings.” Dewing Mercy Dafong, The University of Alabama.
  
• “Femme et Crise identitaire: Peut-on encore parler de féminisme?” Carole Kougang Mafotsing, The University of Alabama.
• “West African Women Writing (In)security: Monique Ilboudo and Aida Mady Diallo.” Cheryl Roman, The University of Alabama.

 

II. Making Sense Out of Chaos
Chair: Cathy Leung, Fordham University 

• “Navigating Hybrid Identities: The Dynamic World of Clare Acadian Women.” Annabelle Hicks, University of Connecticut.
• “Against All Odds: Finding Safe Place to be in Short Novels of Aki Shimazaki and Ooh Chung.” Rosa Hong, University of Toronto Mississauga. 
• “Empowering Students: Teaching Aki Shimazaki's Hôzuki in a Post-Pandemic World.” Cathy Leung, Fordham University.

 

III. Factual Fictions and Fictional Facts: Autofiction's (Un)certainty
Chair: Noelle Giguere, Emory University

• “Autofiction et éthique: l'incertitude de Catherine Cusset.” Stève Puig, St. John's University.
• “Answering the Past's Call: Colette Fellous's Time Travel in Avenue de France.” Molly O'Brien, Princeton University.
• “Telling the Truth: Abortion and Alzheimer's in Annie Ernaux's Published Journals.” Anne Quinney, University of Mississippi.
• “Éclaircir la réalité des femmes: Fictive and Filmic Truths in L'événement.” Noelle Giguere, Emory University.

 

IV. Francophone Women's Narratives of Insecurity (Session A)
Chair: Adrienne Angelo, Auburn University

• “Trauma and Forgetting: Investigating Silence in Miriam Ben's Nora.”  Sowmya Srikrishna, The Ohio State University.

V. Francophone Women's Narratives of Insecurity (Session B)
Chair: Adrienne Angelo, Auburn University

• “Cultivating the feminine in Pluie et Vent sur Telumée Miracle by Simone Schwarz-Bart.” Norman Mohamed, Hunter College, CUNY.
• “Navigating Our History: A Tidalectic reading of Edwidge Danticat's Kirk? Krak! and Breath, Eyes, Memory.” Roodmerlynn Pierre, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

 

VI. Francophone Women's Narratives of Insecurity (Session C)
Chair: Adrienne Angelo, Auburn University 

• “Health Insecurity as an Intergenerational Legacy of War in Tran The Hao's J'aurai vingt ans dans deux jours.” Emily Lynn Jackson, Northwestern University.
• “Voix plurielles chez Estelle-Sarah Bulle et Mérite Céco.” Mathew Moyle, Oxford College of Emory University. 
• “Address and Agency in Nefertari Bélizaire's Cru.” Adrienne Angelo, Auburn University.

2021, Virtual, November 4-6

I. Francophone Womxn Creating Apart and Connecting Together
Chair: Adrienne Angelo, Auburn University

• “Lending Support during Difficult Times: When Marie Colombier Leaned on Séverine.” Elisabeth-Christine Muelsch, Angelo State University.
• “ ‘Réparer les vivants’: From Confinement to Connection in Constance Rivière’s Une fille sans histoire.” Adrienne Angelo, Auburn University.
  
• “Root to Rise: Communities in Crisis in Véronique Tadjo’s En compagnie des hommes.” Susan Crampton-Frenchik, Washington and Jefferson College.
• “Women Connecting Voices: Breaking Barriers of Confinement in Djaïli Amadou Amal’s Les impatientes.” Marzia Caporale, University of Scranton.

 

II. Women/Mapping/Other: Womanist/Feminist Map-Making and Cartographies of Change
Chair: Jodie Barker, University of Nevada, Reno

• “Sight, Sense, and Sound: Map-breaking and Map-making in French Performance Art.” Jodie Barker, University of Nevada, Reno.
  
• “Making Her Way: Performative Mapping in the Later Films of Agnès Varda.” Noelle Giguere, Emory University.
• “Cartographies of Health in Sylvaine Dampierre’s Pouvons-nous vivre ici.” Lisa Connell, University of West Georgia.
• “ ‘Putting Women on the Map’: Reimagining Caribbean Cartography through Female Spatial Agency.” Alicia Rodriguez, Emory University.

 

III. Complicated French and Francophone Women
Chair: Susan Crampton-Frenchik, Washington and Jefferson College

• “Queering Juvenile Bodies through the French Female Gaze: Transition, Illusion, and Embodiment.” Julia Rose Camus, University of Southern California.
• “Lettres de Bangwe (2020): Giving Comorian Women a Platform to Talk.” Karen Ferreira-Meyers, Institute of Distance Education of the University of Eswatini.
• “Whispers through the mic: French Feminist Podcasts in Isolation.” Andrea Jonsson, Georgia Institute of Technology.
• “Victimes de piégeage: les femmes sous domination pour survivre.” Maria Traub, Neumann University.

 

IV. Complicated French and Francophone Women
Chair: Susan Crampton-Frenchik, Washington and Jefferson College

• “Ethnicité, genre et classe en français, c’est compliqué: Chanson douce de Leïla Slimani.”  Frédérique Chevillot, University of Denver.
  
• “ ‘Ne te prends-tu pas toi-même pour une fille?’: Complicating Gender Identity in Gabriel and Aline-Ali.” Noelle Brown, Kennesaw State University.
• “Provincializing the French Literary Canon through Second Zone Writings.” Marion Krauthaker, De Montfort University.
• “Dreaming in French: The Alliance’s Influence on a Jewish Girl’s Fate.” Christina Leah Sztajnkrycer, Pennsylvania State University.

2020 Virtual Special Sessions

I. Breaking Boundaries: Teaching Diversity and Inclusion in the French Class-room (Part 1 of 2)
Chair: E. Nicole Meyer, Augusta University

• "Toward a Queer(er) Francophone Classroom." CJ Gomolka, DePauw University.
• "Iel étudie le français: Gender-Inclusive Pedagogy in the French Classroom." Kiki Kosnick, Augustana College.
• "Contemporary Approaches to Teaching Diversity and Inclusion in the French MA Classroom." Nancy Arenberg, University of Arkansas.
• "Teaching Mutual Understanding and Inclusion." E. Nicole Meyer, Augusta University.

II. Breaking Boundaries: Teaching Diversity and Inclusion in the French Class-room (Part 2 of 2)
Chair: E. Nicole Meyer, Augusta University

• "Teaching the Habits of Civil Discourse." Eilene Hoft-March, Lawrence University.
• "Archipelagic Affects: Trans* Visibility Politics from Francophone Literature to the Francophone Studies Classroom." Eric Disbro, Penn State University.
  
• "Connecting French Studies to the World through Global Foodways." Lauren Ravalico, College of Charleston.
  
• "Making a Difference, Making a Statement in Community Colleges: Teaching Reading through French Women Writers." Cathy K. Leung, Queensborough Community College.
  

III. Making Art, Breaking Rules: Gender-Bending, "Genre-Bendin," by French and Francophone Women Writers (Part 1 of 3)
Chair: Cathy K. Leung, Queensborough Community College 

• "Ecrire selon les règles : la menstruation comme mode d’écriture chez Emma Santos." Mélanie Maillot, The University of Adelaide.

• "Réécrire Eurydice: Genre et gender dans l’œuvre de Monique Wittig." Gina Stamm, The University of Alabama.

• "Ghost Figures and Genre Shifts in Le livre d’Emma by Marie-Célie Agnant and Bain de lune by Yanick Lahens." Sharon Taylor, Washington & Jefferson College.

VI. Scandalous Silence: Recovering the Rebellious Voices of Gisèle Pineau's Oeuvre (Part 1 of 2)
Chair: Delphine Gras, Florida Gulf Coast University
Co-Chair: Lisa Connell, University of West Georgia

• "Resistance and Rebellion in Gisèle Pineau’s Paroles de terre en larmes." Antonia Wimbush, University of Liverpool.
• "Fous, femmes et esclaves – pratiques d’écriture autofictionnelle dans Folie, aller simple. Journée ordinaire d’une infirmière et Mes quatre femmes de Gisèle Pineau." Ann-Sofie Persson, Linköping University.
• "Places of Paradise: Rewriting Mythic Women through Caribbean Garden Spaces." Lisa Connell, University of West Georgia.
• "Silences et langages dans Fleur de Barbarie (2005) et Les Voyages de Merry Sisal (2015) de Gisèle Pineau." Orane Onyekpe-Touzet, University of Warwick / Université Paris-Sorbonne.

VII. Scandalous Silence: Recovering the Rebellious Voices of Gisèle Pineau's Oeuvre (Part 2 of 2)
Chair: Delphine Gras, Florida Gulf Coast University
Co-Chair: Lisa Connell, University of West Georgia

• "Breaking Scandalous Silences: Racism, Trauma, and Healing in Pineau’s Les Voyages de Merry Sisal." Silvia Baage, Catholic University of America.
• "Gisèle Pineau and the Talking Book: The Transtextuality of Femmes des Antilles." Viviana Pezzullo, Florida Atlantic University.
• "Gisèle Pineau: Une poétique de la réitération." Gisèle Loriot-Raymer, Northern Kentucky University.
• "Déchirures et alliances stratégiques dans Femmes des Antilles: traces et voix de Gisèle Pineau." Delphine Gras, Florida Gulf Coast University.

VIII. Women, Life Writing, and Scandals of Self-Revelation
Chair: Adrienne Angelo, Auburn University

• "Implicit Strategies of Self-Revelation: Mise en abyme in Sarraute’s Enfance." Molly Deaver, The University of Texas at Austin.

• "Whose Life Is It Anyway? Life Writing and Scandal in Minh Tran Huy’s La double vie d’Anna Song." Susan Crampton-Frenchik, Washington and Jefferson College.

• "Libelous Writings about Sarah Bernhardt: Marie Colombier’s Successful Strate-gies of Self-Promotion." Elisabeth-Christine Muelsch, Angelo State University.

• "Le Scandale rhaïsien: la vie et l’œuvre d’Élissa Rhaïs et les scandales qui les ont définies." Christina Leah Sztajnkrycer, Penn State University.

IX. French and Francophone Women Who Break the Rules and Change the World (Part 1 of 2)
Chair: Susan Crampton-Frenchik, Washington and Jefferson College

• "Breaking the Rules of Segregation: Camille Lebrun’s Amitié et dévouement, ou trois mois à la Louisiane (1845)."
  E. Joe Johnson, Clayton State University.
• "‘Comme une boue détachée de ses rives’: Ananda Devi’s liminal aesthetic." Rosa Beunel, King’s College London
  
• "“La modernité avait déjà trouvé son chemin dans nos forêts.” Déconstruire les savoirs hégémoniques dans Shuni (2019) de Naomi Fontaine." Julien Defraeye, St. Thomas University.
• "Préjugés, Visibilté et Invisibilité." Maria Traub, Neumann University.

X. French and Francophone Women Who Break the Rules and Change the World (Part 2 of 2)
Chair: Susan Crampton-Frenchik, Washington and Jefferson College

• "Breaking the Horizon with Chloé Moglia." Jodie Barker, University of Nevada, Reno.
• "Consent to Waltz in the Novels of George Sand and Marie d’Agoult." Tessa Nunn, Duke University.
  
• "Postcolonial Tunisia: the Social Representations of Women in Literature and Films." Samar Miled, Duke University.
  
• "“La loi des garçons”: Black Girlhood as Resistance in Bande de Filles." ◊ Amber Sweat, The University of California, Berkeley.