DrNathalie Segeral

Born and raised in France, I moved to the United States to pursue graduate studies. I received an M.A. in Comparative Literature and Translation Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (USA) in 2007 and a Ph.D. in French and Francophone Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2012.

Prior to joining USYD in February 2020, I was an associate professor of French at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. I also held appointments at Virginia Tech (USA) and the École Normale Supérieure (Paris).

My research weaves together feminist, Holocaust and genocide studies, cultural memory and trauma theory. I explore issues of gender and (non-)motherhood in the wake of historical and personal trauma in contemporary French and Francophone literature, cinema and culture (especially Tahiti, New Caledonia and the Rwanda). I also work in the field of translation theory and practice (French-English-German).