Brigitte Hamon-Porter

Dr. Brigitte Hamon-Porter is a Professor of French at Hope College, specializing in Francophone literature and cultures. She joined the faculty in 1994 and chaired the Department of Modern and Classical Languages from 2015 to 2019.

• Ph.D., French Literature, Indiana University (1996)
• M.A., French Literature, Indiana University (1992)
• Maîtrise d’Histoire, Université de Nantes (1987)

Her research spans two primary areas: contemporary Francophone literature (especially North Africa, the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa) and 17th-century French novelists. She explores themes like decolonization, gender roles, and identity formation through literary analysis.

Recent publications focus on political upheaval in French-speaking regions, including Tunisian uprisings in Par le feu and À peine j’ouvre les yeux, and the Algerian Civil War in Yasmina Khadra’s Roman Noir. Earlier works examine burlesque language in 17th-century French prose.

Scientific awards include a Great Lakes Colleges Association New Directions Initiative grant for research in Aix-en-Provence (2011) and a Hope College summer research grant (2003).