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Julie Christine Nack NgueAssistant Professor (Teaching) of FrenchContact Information E-mail: nackngue@usc.edu Phone: (213) 821-2605 Office: THH 177 LINKS Curriculum Vitae |
Biographical Sketch |
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| Julie Nack Ngue received her PhD in French and Francophone Studies from UCLA in 2007 and Maitrise in Lettres modernes from Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Senegal in 2001. She is currently an Assistant Professor of French (teaching) at USC, as well as a Research Scholar at the UCLA Center for the Study of Women. Her research focuses on representations of illness and disability in Francophone African and Caribbean literature and cinema. Nack Ngue is a recipient of a College 2020 Grant, the UCLA Chancellor's Fellowship, 2002-2007, as well as a UCLA Dissertation Year Fellowship, 2006-2007. She served as Associate Fellow in the UCLA Global Fellows program from 2006-2007. She also received a 2006 Travel Grant from CSW and a 2005 Summer Research Mentorship (under Françoise Lionnet) and in 2005, was given the UCLA Robert Merrill Award for Best Teaching Assistant in the Department of French and Francophone Studies. She has published articles in the journal Wagadu and the book "Emerging Perspectives on Ken Bugul," as well as in a forthcoming book on migrant literature published by Dominique Gueniot, Paris. Her book, Critical Conditions: Illness and Disability in Francophone African and Caribbean Women's Writing, was recently published with Lexington Books (2011). | |
Education |
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 Ph.D. French and Francophone Studies, UCLA, 9/2007
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M.A. French Studies, Cheikh Anta Diop University, 10/2001
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B.A. French, University of San Francisco, 5/1997
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History |
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Non-Tenure Track Appointments |
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Assistant Professor of French (teaching), USC, 07/01/2010-
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Lecturer, USC, 08/15/2007-07/01/2010
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Visiting and Temporary Appointments |
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Research Scholar, UCLA Center for the Study of Women, 06/2008-
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Description of Research |
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Summary Statement of Research Interests |
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| Her research focuses on representations of illness and disability in Francophone African and Caribbean literature and cinema. | |
Research Specialties |
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| Disability in literature; Francophone women's literature; sub-Saharan African literature; the history of medicine; colonial medicine; 19th century literature | |
Funded Research |
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Contracts and Grants Awarded |
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Critical Conditions: Refiguring Bodies of Illness and Disability in Francophone African and Caribbea (UCLA Center for the Study of Women), Julie Nack Ngue, $750, 2008-2009
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USC Funding |
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College NTT Faculty Development Grant. French and Francophone Studies International Colloquium: "The Aesthetics of Dis/ability in Ousmane Sembène's 'Xala'": This project explores the place of postcolonial Francophone African literature and cinema in the refiguring of sociocultural norms of health and the body that undergird ideas of the nation. , $500, 2010-2011
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Affiliations with Research Centers, Labs, and Other Institutions |
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UCLA Center for the Study of Women, Research Scholar,http://www.csw.ucla.edu/
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Conferences and Other Presentations |
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Conference Presentations |
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"The Aesthetics of Dis/ability in Ousmane Sembène's "Xala"", French and Francophone Studies Annual International Colloquium, Talk/Oral Presentation, San Francisco, CA, USF, 03/31/2011-04/01/2011
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"Dis/abled Migrations: Negotiating Illness and Bodily Disorder in Contemporary France", International Contemporary Women's Writing Network , Talk/Oral Presentation, San Diego, CA, CSU San Diego, 07/07/2010-07/08/2010
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"Contemporary Senegalese Women's Writing: Towards a New Aesthetics of the Global", Modern Languages Association Annual Meeting, Talk/Oral Presentation, San Francisco, CA, 12/28/2008-12/30/2008
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"Against Quarantine: Foreign Bodies, Circulation, and Contact in/between Francophone Immigrant Literature and Disability Studies", ACLA Annual Meeting, Talk/Oral Presentation, Long Beach, CA, CSULB, 04/20/2008
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"Grotesque Femininity, Disability, and the Limits of Circulation in Ken Bugul’s Globalized Africa", 20th and 21st Century French and Francophone Studies Colloquium, Talk/Oral Presentation, Washington, DC, Georgetown University, Invited, 03/07/2008-03/09/2008
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"Disability in Globalized Africa: Grotesque Bodies and Global Hauntings in Fama Diagne Sène’s Le Chant des ténèbres", Society for Disability Studies Annual Meeting, Talk/Oral Presentation, Seattle, WA, Washington State University, 06/20/2007-06/23/2007
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Publications |
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Book |
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Nack Ngue, J.
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Critical Conditions. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
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Book Chapter |
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Nack Ngue, J. C.
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The Body of Survival, the Body Composite: Testimony and the Problematics of Integral Healing in Ken Bugul’s Le Baobab fou. Lawrenceville, NJ: Africa World Press: Emergent Perspectives on Ken Bugul: From Alternative Choices to Oppositional Practices / Africa World Press.
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Nack Ngue, J. C.
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Towards a New Aesthetics of the Global: Grotesque Bodies, Circulation, and Haunting in Contemporary Senegalese Women's Writing. Paris: Dominque Gueniot: Migrant Literature.
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Book Review |
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Nack Ngue, J.
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Aesthetic Nervousness: Disability and the Crisis of Representation by Ato Quayson. Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability. pp. 333-335.
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Nack Ngue, J.
(2010).
Postcolonial Eyes: Intercontinental Travel in Francophone African Literature by Aedin Ni Loingsigh. Journal of Intercultural Studies.
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Encyclopedia Article |
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Nack Ngue, J. C.
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Ken Bugul. (Carole Boyce Davies & Babacar Mbow, Ed.). Miami, FL: Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora / African New World Studies.
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Essay |
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Nack Ngue, J. C.
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Postcolonial Feminist Re-presentations of Disability Studies. Los Angeles, CA. UCLA Center for the Study of Women.
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Journal Article |
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Nack Ngue, J. C.
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Colonial Discourses of Disability and Normalization in Contemporary Francophone Immigrant Narratives: Bessora’s 53 cm and Fatou Diome’s Le Ventre de l’Atlantique. Wagadu, Journal of Transnational Women's and Gender Studies / Xlibris.
Vol. 4 (Summer 2007)
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Other |
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Nack Ngue, J. C., Mellot, N.
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"Primitivism and Postcolonialism in the Arts" by Jean-Loup Amselle. Modern Language Notes.
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Nack Ngue, J. C.
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"Des ténèbres à la lumière," Interview with Senegalese novelist Fama Diagne Sène. Mots Pluriels.
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Multimedia Scholarship and Creative Works |
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Departmental Wiki, The Wiki is a collaborative online digital archive of music for in-class use and/or at-home assignments. Over 50 songs, arranged by level and by relevant linguistic and cultural points. Available links: information on the musician or group, song lyrics, song itself, music video, and instructor-prepared activities., 2008-2009
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Service to the Profession |
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Conferences Organized |
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Co-chair & Moderator, Gender, Sexuality, and Reproduction: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives, Huntington Library, San Marino, CA,
Spring
2010
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Professional Offices |
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Committee Member, Huntington Library Women's Studies Seminar Series, 2009-2010
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Professional Memberships |
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American Comparative Literature Association, 01/01/2007-
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Society for Disability Studies, 01/01/2006-
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Modern Languages Association, 09/01/2003-
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African Literature Association, 01/01/2003-
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African Studies Association, 01/01/2003-
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Women in French, 01/01/2003-
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Conseil International d'Etudes Francophones, 01/01/2000-
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