I studied French and German up to master’s level at the University of Manchester (UK), where my scholarly interests gravitated increasingly towards European literature and culture. I therefore decided to complete a Ph.D. in French and Art History (also at Manchester), focussing on the expression of desire in the early twentieth century avant-garde, particularly in surrealist art and literature. My recent book ‘Against Repression: Surrealism, Sublimation and the Recuperation of Desire’ (published 2018 by Peter Lang) draws on aspects of this research. I am currently employed as a lecturer in French at the University of Wollongong, where I have researched intersections between psychoanalysis and surrealism as well as modern French literature.
| Year | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 |
Liminality and the Sex Worker in Michel Houellebecq's 'Platform'
Published in Women: a cultural review |
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| 2019 |
Between paradox and play: semblances of sublimation in the later works of Salvador Dalí
Published in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art |
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| 2018 | Against Repression: Surrealism, Sublimation and the Recuperation of Desire |
I underwent teacher training at the University of Wales, Bangor, where I completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (equivalent of a Dip.Ed.) in the teaching of modern foreign languages (French and German). My practical training was undertaken at mixed-medium schools (at which teaching occurred in both English and Welsh). This was followed by a year spent as a teacher in secondary education in the North West of England.
While completing my doctorate I worked as a tutor of French and German at the University of Manchester (teaching courses in language, translation and business).
I arrived in Australia from the UK in February 2011, where I began the post of lecturer in French at the University of New England. There, I taught courses both online via distance education and face-to-face (in language, literature and translation). I worked as convenor of the discipline from end 2012 to 2015, though in July 2015 I took up a lectureship in French at the University of Wollongong, where I have sought to develop blended learning in the subject.
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts
University of Wollongong
Wollongong
NSW
2522
Australia
| Year | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 |
Liminality and the Sex Worker in Michel Houellebecq's 'Platform'
Published in Women: a cultural review |
|
| 2019 |
Between paradox and play: semblances of sublimation in the later works of Salvador Dalí
Published in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art |
|
| 2018 | Against Repression: Surrealism, Sublimation and the Recuperation of Desire |
I underwent teacher training at the University of Wales, Bangor, where I completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (equivalent of a Dip.Ed.) in the teaching of modern foreign languages (French and German). My practical training was undertaken at mixed-medium schools (at which teaching occurred in both English and Welsh). This was followed by a year spent as a teacher in secondary education in the North West of England.
While completing my doctorate I worked as a tutor of French and German at the University of Manchester (teaching courses in language, translation and business).
I arrived in Australia from the UK in February 2011, where I began the post of lecturer in French at the University of New England. There, I taught courses both online via distance education and face-to-face (in language, literature and translation). I worked as convenor of the discipline from end 2012 to 2015, though in July 2015 I took up a lectureship in French at the University of Wollongong, where I have sought to develop blended learning in the subject.
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts
University of Wollongong
Wollongong
NSW
2522
Australia
