Andrea OberhuberView profile
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Andrea Oberhuber is a Professor in the Department of French-Language Literatures at the University of Montreal's Faculty of Arts and Sciences. She has been teaching at the university since June 2001, specializing in French and Quebec literature from the 19th to 21st centuries, with particular expertise in women's writing, photoliterature, and historical avant-garde movements including Futurism, Dada, and Surrealism. Her educational background includes studies in Romance and German philology at the University of Innsbruck and the University of Paris IV-Sorbonne. Her doctoral thesis focused on women's chansons in France from 1968-1993 and was published in 1995 by Erich Schmidt Verlag in Berlin. Following her doctorate, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Institut für Romanistik (University of Innsbruck) and served as a lecturer at the Centre d'études canadiennes before joining the University of Montreal faculty. Professor Oberhuber's research spans women's writing across three centuries of French and Quebec literature, photoliterature, intermediality, gender studies, and cultural transfer. She has pioneered work on the intersection of literature and visual arts, particularly in surrealist contexts, and more recently has explored themes of 'care' in literature from 1870-1945. Her scholarship often examines how women writers have navigated and transformed literary traditions through collaborative practices and innovative forms of expression. Her extensive publication record reveals a consistent focus on women's literary contributions, particularly in avant-garde movements. The most recent works show an evolution toward examining collaborative practices among women artists, the materiality of the book as artistic object, and the representation of care in literature. Her research demonstrates strong interdisciplinary connections between literature, visual arts, and gender studies, with particular attention to how women have shaped cultural production through unconventional means. Victor-Barbeau Prize (essay category) from the Académie des lettres du Québec for 'Faire œuvre à deux. Le Livre surréaliste au féminin' (2023) Professor Oberhuber has supervised over 50 graduate students through their Master's and PhD programs, demonstrating her significant commitment to mentoring the next generation of scholars. Her research has been supported by multiple grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture (FRQSC), including the current project 'Quand la littérature et la médecine s'accompagnent et nous accompagnent' (2024-2029). She also serves as director of the 'Paragraphes' publication series. She co-founded and serves as editor-in-chief of the digital journal MuseMedusa, which specializes in research-creation. She also co-directs the website 'Héritages de Claude Cahun et Marcel Moore,' which serves as a platform for information on conferences, publications, and exhibitions dedicated to the artist couple Claude Cahun (1894-1954) and Marcel Moore (1892-1972).
