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Beatrice Mousli BennettAssociate Professor (Teaching) of FrenchContact Information E-mail: bbennett@usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-3703 Office: LVL 302 LINKS Curriculum Vitae Francophone Research and Resource Center |
Education |
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 H.D.R. Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Paris III Sorbonne nouvelle, 12/2005
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Ph.D. 20th Century Literature, Paris IV Sorbonne, 12/1993
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M.S. Information Science, Institut de Sciences Politiques, Paris, 10/1989
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M.A. Lettres Modernes, Paris IV Sorbonne, 6/1989
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History |
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Non-Tenure Track Appointments |
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Associate Professor (Teaching), USC, 08/2008-
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Full Time Lecturer, USC, 01/1999-05/2008
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Lecturer & undergraduate advisor, IES, 09/01/1996-10/25/1998
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Other Employment |
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Information ingenieur, Futuribles International, 02/01/1995-01/31/1997
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Description of Research |
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Summary Statement of Research Interests |
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| Béatrice Mousli Bennett received her doctorate from the University of Paris-IV Sorbonne in 1993. Her work has three main focuses: the history of literary institutions and networks in France and in the United States, transatlantic literary exchanges, and French XXth century literature. She has published many books among which Intentions, histoire d'une revue littéraire des années vingt (Ent’revues 1996), Les Editions du Sagittaire 1919-1979 (IMEC, 2003), Valery Larbaud (Flammarion, 1998, Grand Prix de la Biographie de l'Académie Française), Virginia Woolf (Ed. du Rocher, 2001), Max Jacob (Flammarion, 2005, Prix Anna de Noailles de l’Académie Française 2006). With her husband Guy Bennett, she wrote Charting the Here of There: French & American Poetry in Translation published in literary magazines (1850-2002) (Granary Books, 2002; French translation Ent’revues, 2004), and they have curated several exhibits, “Reviews of Two Worlds; French and American Literary Periodicals, 1945-2002” at the New York Public Library (Fall 2002), “Charting the Here of There: A French and American Dialogue in Poetry” at the Doheny Memorial Library at the University of Southern California (Spring 2003). They also organized several conferences, among which “Review of Two Worlds”, (USC-Otis, 2003), and “Los Angeles, A Different Look at a Different City”, at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, June 2006). In 2010, she published a biography of Philippe Soupault ( Flammarion). | |
Research Keywords |
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| French literature, literary theory, biography studies, Francophone literature, history of the book, literary history, contemporary American literature (poetry, fiction). | |
Research Specialties |
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| Twentieth Century French and Francophone literature, intellectual history of the 20th century (in France and in the United States), history of publishing, life and history of literary magazines, from 1850 to present, theory & practice of literary history, theory & practice of life-writing. | |
Funded Research |
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USC Funding |
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ASHSS. Susan Sontag, An American Intellectual: A biography of the critic, novelist, film-maker, playwright Susan Sontag, an attempt at defining her place in the American and European intellectual landscape of the twentieth century., $12,900, 2011-2012
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Next Level Initiative. Lecture tour: Lectures on Philippe Soupault in Montpellier, Chaville, Marne-la-Vallée and Basel, $1,000, 12/05/2010-12/14/2010
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Affiliations with Research Centers, Labs, and Other Institutions |
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Littératures savoirs et arts (LISAA), Université de Marne-la-Vallée.,http://www.univ-mlv.fr/lisaa/
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Modernist Little Reviews - Paris III- Sorbonne Nouvelle.
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Conferences and Other Presentations |
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Conference Presentations |
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"Westwego: de l'influence de Philippe Soupault sur les poètes états-uniens ", Centenary of the French Association of American Studies, May 24-26, 2007., Talk/Oral Presentation, Refereed Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, Association Française des Etudes Américaines , Invited,
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2007
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"Ecrire–Editer, ou l’art du succès: les conseils de Pierre Mille et Fernand Divoire ", Journée d’étude de la Revue d’Histoire Littéraire de la France, Talk/Oral Presentation, Refereed Fondation Del Duca, Paris, December 1st, 2006., Revue d’Histoire Littéraire de la France, Invited,
Fall
2006
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"Pages from the Ashes: Publishing the Watts Writers Workshop", Fourth International Conference on the Book, Talk/Oral Presentation, Refereed Boston October 20–22, 2006. , Emerson College, ,
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2006
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Other Presentations |
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"Philippe Soupault, une poétique du vingtième siècle", Lecture, University of Basel, Switzerland, 12/13/2010
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"Philippe Soupault, une biographie", Lecture, Bibliothèque de Montpellier, France, 12/10/2010
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"Publishing a Literary Biography in 2010: the example of Philippe Soupault", Lecture, Université de Marne La Vallée, France, 12/08/2010
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"A discussion with Raphaël Sorin: «Philippe Soupault à la poursuite de lui-même, de Chaville à Paris en passant par Tunis, Mexico, New-York, Berlin, Prague et Rio de Janeiro… »", Talk, Cultural affairs of the Mairie de Chaville, Chaville, France, 12/07/2010
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"Géographies Larbaldiennes", LISAA seminar, June 8, 2007, University of Marne-la-Vallée, France,
Spring
2007
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Publications |
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Book |
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Mousli, B.
(2010).
Westwego, by Philippe Soupault. Los Angeles: Mindmade Books.
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Mousli, B.
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Phlippe Soupault. Paris: Flammarion.
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Mousli, B., Roustang-Stoller, E.
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WOMEN, FEMINISM, AND FEMININITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY American and French Perspectives. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
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Mousli, B., Bennett, G. M., Tambrun, C.
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Beyond the Iconic: Contemporary Photographs of Paris 1971-2003. Los Angeles, California: Angel City Press.
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Mousli, B., Bennett, G. M.
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Los Angeles, a Different Look at a Different City. Los Angeles, California: Seismicity Editions.
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Mousli, B.
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Max Jacob. Paris, France: Flammarion.
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Mousli, B.
(2005).
A Review of Two Worlds: French and American Poetry in Translation. Los Angeles: Seismicity Editions.
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Mousli, B., Laurent, F.
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Les Editions du Sagittaire. Paris, France: Institut Mémoire de l'édition contemporaine, Imec.
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Mousli, B., Bennett, G. M.
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Charting the Here of There: French & American Poetry in Translation in Literary Magazines 1850-2002. New York: Granary Books.
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Mousli, B.
(2001).
Virginia Woolf. Monaco & Paris, France: Editions du Rocher.
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Mousli, B.
(1998).
Valery Larbaud. Paris, France: Flammarion.
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Book Review |
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Mousli, B.
(2009).
"Le Journal de Valery Larbaud au complet (1600 pages)". La Quinzaine Littéraire. pp. 15-16.
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Journal Article |
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Mousli, B.
(2012).
Correspondance inédite (1934-1944) ; Lettres de Max Jacob à René Lacôte. Cahiers Max Jacob. (11/12), pp. 15-52.
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Mousli, B.
(2011).
"Une conversation brusquement interrompue: Claudel, Gide, Whitman". Europe. pp. 16-21.
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Mousli, B.
(2008).
"Maxime Lévy apôtre ou martyr? Max Jacob, héros accidentel du Bon apôtre de Philippe Soupault". Cahiers Max Jacob. (8), pp. 11-25.
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Mousli, B.
(2008).
"Ecrire la ville: Los Angeles dans les livres". Urbanisme. (uly-August 2008)), pp. 64-71.
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Mousli, B.
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"Ecrivains-éditeurs: l’exception Sagittaire". Revue d’Histoire Littéraire de la France. (October-December 2007), pp. 841-849.
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Mousli, B.
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"La revue ne prend plus d’abonnement". La Revue des Revues. (February 2007), pp. 29-42..
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Mousli, B.
(2005).
“Mohamed Dib, une traduction américaine,”. Expressions Maghrébines/CICLIM.
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Poetry Collection |
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Mousli, B.
(2011).
Metamorphosis of Palm Trees. pp. 25. Los Angeles. Mindmade Books.
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Proceedings |
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Mousli, B.
(2006).
Philippe Soupault américaniste. Revues Modernistes Anglo-Américaines: lieux d'échanges, lieux d'exils/Ent'revues.
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Multimedia Scholarship and Creative Works |
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Reading, Reading at Vroman's Bookstore of work in progress. , 01/28/2011
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Radio show, ABC L.A. : PORTRAIT D'UNE VILLE EN 26 LETTRES
is a portrait in 69 mns of Los Angeles. A mix of texts and sounds (recording of ambient sounds by Martin Krieger, USC professor of Urban Studies), this project was done in collaboration with Guy Bennett, and aired on the French national Radio, France Culture. , 09/27/2009
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reading, "I"d rather be writing." Reading, Gallery Track 16, Santa Monica, Saturday August 23, 2008.,
Fall
2008
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publication, "Metamorphosis of a Palm Tree: Kaleidoscope of an Exile", in The New Review of Literature, vol.5 n°2, pp. 72-78.,
Spring
2008
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reading, "Metamorphosis of Palm Trees." Reading at Gallery Track 16, Santa Monica, Saturday August 27, 2006.
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Fall
2006
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Advisement |
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Other Advisement or Time Devoted to Students |
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Faculty advisor for the USC undergraduate French Club, 2007-2013
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Honors and Awards |
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Knight of the order of the Academic Palms - French Ministry of Education, 2007-
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Prix Anna de Noailles de l'Académie française, 2006-
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Grand Prix de la biographie de l'Académie Française, 1998-
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Service to the Profession |
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Professional Memberships |
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Association of Writers and Writing Programs, 2009-2013
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Biographers International Organization, 2009-2013
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Société des Gens de Lettres, 2007-2013
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Association des Amis de Max Jacob, 2005-2013
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Modern Language Association, 1993-2013
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Association Internationale des Amis de Valery Larbaud, 1987-2013
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Society for the History of Autorship, Reading & Publishing, 2000-2011
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