Vincent Masse

Dr. Vincent Masse is an Associate Professor of French at Dalhousie University, co-appointed in European Studies and Canadian Studies. He holds positions as an Associate Fellow in Early Modern Studies and Associate Editor (Web) for Dalhousie French Studies. His expertise spans 15th-17th century Contact Literature, Ephemeral Literature, and Apocalyptic Literature, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to Early Modern scholarship. He teaches courses on medieval literature, apocalyptic themes in popular culture, and French/European literary traditions, including FREN 2666 The End of the World.

Dr. Masse earned his BA and MA from McGill University, PhD from the University of Toronto, and Postdoctoral Fellowship at Paris IV Sorbonne. His research interrogates how Early Modern literature reflects intercultural conflicts, mass-produced news media, and eschatological thought. He has co-edited special journal issues on Infox, Fake News (2021) and Travel Literature (2012), and authored works on Guillaume Postel’s cosmology, Japanese diplomatic envoys in Europe, and zombie motifs across centuries.

His recent scholarship (2021–2022) analyzes apocalyptic geographies, early modern print culture, and cross-cultural exchanges. Teaching and research interests coalesce around how Early Modern texts mediate encounters between cultures, religions, and epistemologies. Dr. Masse’s work bridges literary analysis with historical, cultural, and media studies methodologies.