Anne Malena

Anne Malena is a Professor of French and Translation Studies at the University of Alberta, affiliated with the Faculty of Arts - Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies. Her academic career spans three decades of research into Caribbean literature, translation theory, and Louisiana's cultural history, with a particular focus on Indigenous narratives. She serves as the Managing Editor of TranscUlturAl: A Journal of Translation and Cultural Studies, a publication that bridges interdisciplinary scholarship through metaphorical and practical approaches to translation.

Malena's research explores translation's role in shaping cultural identities through migratory movements, diasporic issues, and interlingual exchanges. Her work challenges dominant cultural institutions while mapping 'minor' language trajectories. Notable publications include the monograph The Negotiated Self: The Dynamics of Identity in Francophone Caribbean Narrative (1998) and translations of Kristjana Gunnars' novels La maraude (2014) and Degré zéro (2018).

Her article portfolio (2014-2018) reveals thematic clusters around:

• Postcolonial identity construction in New Orleans
• Political dimensions of Caribbean translation practices
• Indigenous-university collaborative translation models
• Decolonizing academic cultural institutions

Malena organizes the annual St. Jerome’s Day Conference since 2002 and contributes to redefining translation studies through its intersection with cultural studies, particularly in non-dominant linguistic spaces.