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CURRICULUM VITAE

Dr. Kanaté Dahouda, Ph.D.
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
French and Francophone Studies
Modern Languages Department
4166 Scandling Center, Geneva, New York 14456
Tel: (315) 781-3799, Fax: (315) 781- 3822
dahouda@hws.edu

EDUCATION
2000 Ph. D. in Francophone Literatures from Quebec and the Caribbean: a comparative perspective),
Laval University, Quebec, Canada
Thesis: Aimé Césaire, Paul Chamberland et le pays imaginaire

RESEARCH INTEREST
- Literatures and cultures from Quebec, the Caribbean and Africa: dynamics of identity
- Memory and poetic of exile; Francophone literature and the practice of Diaspora
- Francophone issues: literature, culture, ideology and politics

PUBLICATIONS
Book:
"Aimé Césaire, Paul Chamberland et le pays imaginaire, Montréal, Canada, Les Éditions Africana, 2001"

Edited Volume:
"Figures de l’exil dans les littératures francophones", Tangence, no. 71, Winter 2003.

Invited articles:
- "Littératures francophones des Antilles et du Québec: pôles et parallélismes", Québec Français, no. 127, Fall 2002, p. 30-32.
- "Le départ dans le roman canadien-français du XIX ème siècle", in Québec Français, no. 97, Spring 1995, p. 75-76.
- "Les parents, les premiers responsables de l’éducation, Parents", in Vivre l'école, no.1, June 1992, p.13-14, Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Articles (refereed):
- "Les aventures de la littérature antillaise", in Noehelicon, 31 (2004) 1, p. 171-180.
- "Alix Renaud et le corps lyrique" (Forthcoming, 2004).
- "Aimé Césaire et Paul Chamberland: le pays sous le regard de la subversion", in Francofonia, no. 9, 2000, p. 121-137.
- "Aimé Césaire, Paul Chamberland et le pays de l’exil", in International Journal of Canadian Studies, 22, Fall, 2000, p. 103-113.
- "Figures de la violence dans les poésies de Saint-Denys Garneau et de Léon-Gontran Damas", in Présence francophone, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA., no. 53, 1999, p. 45-57.
- "Le Vietnam, l’Afrique et la Francophonie", Connaissance, Revue Scientifique, vol. 1, no.1., novembre 1997.

Book reviews:
- Mansour DRAMÉ, L’interculturalité au regard du roman sénégalais et québécois, Paris, Budapest, Torino, L’Harmattan, 2001, Présence francophone, no. 59. 2003.
- Yves PRÉFONTAINE, Nuaison, Montréal, l’Hexagone, 1981, The Quebec’s Dictionary of Literary Works, Part 7, Montreal, Fides, 2003.
- Alain GRANBOIS, Poèmes inédits, Montréal, Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal, 1985, The Quebec’s Dictionary of Literary Works, Part. 7, Montreal, Fides, 2003.
- Maurice ARGUIN, Le roman québécois de 1944 à 1965, Symptômes du colonialisme et signes de libération, Montréal, l’Hexagone, 1989, The Quebec’s Dictionary of Literary Works, Part. 7, Montreal, Fides, 2003.
- Josias SEMUJANGA, Dynamique des genres dans le roman africain. Éléments de poétique transculturelle, Paris, L’Harmattan, in Francofonia, no. 9, 2000, p. 270-274.
- Michel BIRON, Benoît MELANÇON, Lettres des années trente, Ottawa, Le Nordir, 1996, in Québec français, no. 104, winter 1997, p. 4.
- Maurice CADET, L'illusoire éternité de l'été, Trois-Rivières, Écrits des Forges, 1996, in Québec français, no. 105, Spring 1997, p. 13.
- Robert DUTIL, La juste inégalité. Essai sur la liberté, l'égalité et la démocratie, Québec/Amérique, Montréal, 1995, in Québec français, no. 100, Winter 1996, p. 25.
- Benoît MELANÇON, Pierre POPOVIC, Saint-Denys Garneau et la Relève, Montréal, Fides, 1995, in Québec français, no. 100, Winter 1996, p. 21-22.
- Dominique COMBE, Poétiques francophones, Paris, Hachette, 1995, Québec français, no. 102, Summer 1996, p. 4.
- Jean-Louis ROY, Mondialisation, développement et culture : la médiation francophone, Montreal, Hurtubise, HMH Ltée, 1995, in Québec français, no. 99, spring 1995, p. 9-10.

WORK IN PROGRESS
Books and Edition of Volume:
- "Mémoire et identités dans les littératures francophones"
- "Problématique de la francophonie: littérature, culture et idéologie".

Articles:
- "Discours ethnique, corps étranger et nationalisme dans la littérature africaine"
- "Emille Ollivier : poétique de la migrance"
- "Kourouma et la mémoire de la violence".
- "Relations littéraires Québec-Afrique"

LECTURES AND CONFERENCE PAPERS
- April 8-9, 2004: "Francophonie and Globalization", International Symposium at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York, YSA.
- June 19-27, 2004: "Emile Ollivier : les saisons de la mémoire " at the Annual Congress of The International Council of Francophone Studies, Liege, Belgium, Europe. Chair and organizer of two sessions on "Mémoire et identités dans les littératures francophones"
- May 10-14, 2004: "Bandaman Maurice : Discours ethnique et dérives identitaires", at the Annual Congress of The French Canadian Association for the Advancement of Science, University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada. Chair of a panel on "Culture et littératures étrangères" at this Annual Congress.
- March 03, 2004: "Black Women in Contemporary Cultures" at Wells College, Aurora, New York, USA.
- June 17-22, 2003: "L’épreuve de l’exil dans la littérature francophone de l’Afrique subsaharienne" at the Annual Congress of The International Council of Francophone Studies, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
- May 28, 2003: "Littérature antillaise: de la crise de conscience a la prise de parole". Public Lecture given at Départment d’Etudes francaises of Guelph University ( Ontario, Canada)
- May 26-June 02, 2002: " La double identité dans L’enfant de sable de Tahar Ben Jelloun" at the Annual Congress of The International Council of Francophone Studies, Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Chair and organizer of two sessions on "Exile, Space and Memories" at this Annual Congress.
- May 13-17, 2002: "La Dialectique du corps dans À corps joie d’Alix Renaud", at the Annual Congress of The French Canadian Association for the Advancement of Science, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada.
- May 26-June 3, 2001: "La mémoire douloureuse dans Monnè, outrages et défis d’Ahmadou Kourouma", at the Annual Congress of The International Council of Francophone Studies, Portland, Maine, USA. As a replacement for Ahmed Bouguarche, I chaired a panel on " Women and Violence In Maghreb" at this Annual Congress.
- November 12-13, 1998: "Aimé Césaire, Paul Chamberland et la poétique de l’exil", at the Tenth Interuniversity Conference of Young Researchers in French Canadian Literature held at Université de Montréal.
- November 26, 1997: "Paul Chamberland, Aimé Césaire et la poétique du titre", during the seminars of Quebec's Literature Research Center at Université Laval.
- January 24-25, 1997 : "Saint-Denys Garneau et Léon-Gontran Damas: poésies et figures de violence", at the French Department of Western Ontario's University.
- November 26, 1996: "Sociopoétique comparée: éléments d’analyse théorique", during the seminars of Quebec's Literature Research Center at Université Laval.
- June 13-14, 1996: "Poésies antillaise et québécoise: dimensions socio-historiques et expériences esthétiques", at the Eight University Conference of Young Researchers in French Canadian Literature held at Université de Montréal, Canada.
- May 2, 1996: "Francophonie et enjeux idéologiques". Paper presented as part of activities of the Research and Study Group on Democracy and the Economic and Social Development in Africa (Canadian division, Université Laval).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2001- Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, N Y (USA)

2000-2001: French Instructor, LSC, Montreal (Language Studies Canada)

COURSES
French Language courses:
French 122 Intermediate French II
French 125 Intensive Intermediate French
French 227 French in Review II: Translation

Courses on Contemporary Francophone Cultures:
French 243 Topics in Francophone Cultures
French 242 Introduction to Quebec Studies

Courses on Francophone Literatures:
French 355 Advanced Francophone Topics: Voices From French Americas
MDLN 218 Island Voices: Culture and Identity in French Caribbean Literature
FSEM 104 Lost in Translation: Memory in exile

Independent Studies:
Female Genital Mutilation: Tradition versus Modernity in Francophone Africa
Quebec and the Quiet Revolution
Dynamics of identity in French Caribbean literature
Cultural and literary movements in the Modern Caribbean

COMMUNITY SERVICE
- Main organizer of the Provost’s International symposium on Francophonie and Globalization, Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Spring 2004)
- Blind reader and manuscript referee for university reviews and publishers, such as Tangence (Quebec, 2003), the International Journal of Canadian Studies, Ottawa, 2003, and Les Presses de l´Universite de Montreal (2004)
- Hiring committee for French position (2004-05)
- Faculty coordinator of the Maison Francophone (2003-04)
- Organizer of a Cultural expedition to Quebec with students of Hobart and William Smith (Fall 2002)
- Advisor of the Caribbean Students Association at Hobart and William Smith (Spring 2003)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
- American Association of University Professors
- French Canadian Association for the Advancement of Sciences
- International Council of Francophone Studies
- American Association of Teachers of French
- Modern Language Association