Wendy Michallat

Dr. Wendy Michallat is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Languages, Arts and Societies, University of Sheffield. Her academic career spans over two decades with leadership roles as Deputy for Learning and Teaching and Liaison for USIC and DLL. She is affiliated with the Centre for Korean Studies and contributes to editorial boards of the Journal of European Comic Art and French Cultural Studies.

• Education: BA (Hons), MA, PhD

Her research focuses on 20th century French cultural history, particularly:

• French comics (Bande Dessinée) and youth culture
• Women's experiences in inter-war and wartime France
• LGBT+ narratives in Francophone society
• Life-writing testimonies of occupation
• British working-class women's engagement with French studies
• Post-war cultural revival in France (Trente Glorieuses)

Dr. Michallat's publications reveal consistent themes in comic art analysis, gender studies, and historical documentation. She has mentored multiple collaborative research projects and leads the Madeleine Blaess Project examining wartime diaries.

She actively contributes to academic governance as:

• External Examiner at University of York
• Former Executive member of Society for French Studies (2004-2012)
• Former Executive member of Association for the Study of Modern and Contemporary France

Contact: Jessop West, 1 Upper Hanover Street, Sheffield S3 7RA | +44 114 222 2879