Fabienne Collignon

Dr. Fabienne Collignon is a Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Literature at the School of English, University of Sheffield. Her research bridges critical theory, psychoanalysis, and cultural studies, focusing on subject formation, technocultural events, and posthumanism. She previously held positions at the University of Glasgow, University of Edinburgh, and Universität zu Köln as an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow.

Her research explores themes such as insectile aesthetics, technocultural critique, and posthuman subjectivity, drawing on psychoanalytic theory, deconstruction, and contemporary film/literature. Her publications analyze Cold War technoculture, emotional abuse in family systems, and the intersection of football fandom with critical theory.

• Key awards: Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship (2018-2020)
• Current projects: Psychoanalytic investigation of covert emotional abuse in narcissistic family systems
• Teaching: Courses on literature, critical theory, and radical theory