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Department of American Studies and Ethnicity

Aurelien Davennes

Ph.D. Student
Aurelien Davennes
Pronouns He / Him / His Email davennes@usc.edu

Biography

Born and raised in southern France, Aurélien (he/his) received an M.A. in Anthropology and Sociology from the EHESS and Sciences Po. Paris.,

His current research project explores Vodou beliefs and practices among the Haitian diaspora of South Florida.

Davennes has an expertise in Caribbean Studies, American Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Anthropology of Magic and Sorcery, Ethnography, the African Diaspora, and Gender & Sexuality.

Education

  • M.A. Anthropology, EHESS Paris, 2013
  • M.A. Public Policy, Management and Planning, Sciences Po. Paris, 2012
  • B.A. Philosophy, Politics, and Law, Sciences Po. Paris, 2010

  • Research, Teaching, Practice, and Clinical Appointments

    • Research Assistant, University of Southern California, 05/30/2020-08/01/2020
    • Research Assistant, University of Southern California, 05/30/2021-08/01/2021

  • Research Keywords

    Cultural Anthropology, Postcolonial America, Caribbean Ethnography, Magic & Sorcery, African Diaspora, Haitian Vodou, American Studies, Gender & Sexuality

  • Conference Presentations

    • “The Opacity of Desire: Affects, Queerness and Postcolonialism in Guadeloupe” – The Island Feminisms Project, Webinar Series “Island Diaspora” – University of Hawai’i at Manoa , 4/2022
    • “A Transatlantic Poetics of Same-Sex Desire” 2019 American Studies Association Annual Meeting – University of Hawai’i at Manoa , 11/2019
    • “The Poetics of Same-Sex Desire in the Francophone Caribbean” 44th Annual Caribbean Studies Association Conference – Santa Marta, Colombia , 6/2019
    • “An Interlope Desire: LGBTQ Migration between the Antilles and France” California American Studies Association Annual Meeting – San Diego State University , 4/2019
    • “Between the Antilles and France: Desire, Liminality, Sexuality” 11th Annual Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies. Graduate Student Conference – University of New Mexico , 3/2019
    • “Infernal Paradise: Queer Intimacy between the Antilles and France” Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture (CSLC) Annual Symposium – University of Southern California , 2/2019
    • “Territories of Same-Sex Desire” 25th International Conference of Europeanists – Chicago, United States , 3/2018
    • “I movimenti LGBTS in Francia e la questione dell’intersezionalità” Giornata di studi – University of Verona , 9/2015

    Other Presentations

    • Trump Supporters Do Act Rationally, Media Interview on the 2020 U.S Presidential Elections, , 2020-2021

  • Book Chapters

    • Davennes, A. (2015). Everywhere and Nowhere: Intersectionality and the LGBTQ Movement in France. Politiche dell’orgoglio [The Politics of Pride]pp. 212.Pisa: Edizioni ETS.

    Journal Article

    • Davennes, A. (2022). The Opacity of Desire. Queerness, Postcolonialism, and Diasporic Belonging in Guadeloupe. Shima: The International Journal of Research into Island Cultures. Vol. 16 (1), pp. 161-180.
    • “Best Paper and Presentation” CLCS Graduate Student Conference – University of New Mexico,

  • Office Hours

      Wednesday and Friday : 1pm – 2pm, at the department of American Studies & Ethnicity (KAP, 4th floor)

  • Media, Alumni, and Community Relations

    • Graduate Student Representative, 2018-2019