Arielle Flodrops

Arielle Flodrops is a doctoral candidate in the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences at the University of Rouen Normandy, conducting research within the ERIAC unit (UR 4705), while serving as an ATER (temporary teaching and research fellow) in English at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne where she teaches British civilization and language courses across multiple institutions.

• Bachelor's degree in LLCE English
• Master's degree in Languages, Ideas and Societies – Anglophone Studies, British Civilization (with honors); dissertation: "British Neopaganism and Modern Society: Between Individuality and Society"

Her research investigates 21st-century transformations in British religious practice, focusing on neopaganism's negotiation of legitimacy through human sciences and media engagement. Flodrops analyzes periodicals like Pagan Dawn and Catholic Herald to explore how individuality reshapes religious identity and institutional authority in contemporary Britain, revealing tensions between alternative spiritualities and secularization trends.

Flodrops' publications demonstrate a cohesive scholarly trajectory examining British religiosity through reviews of seminal secularization texts and original analysis of neopagan movements. Her work bridges historical religious studies with contemporary sociological inquiry, emphasizing media's role in shaping modern spiritual narratives and resistance to religious decline.

She holds prestigious affiliations including:

• Elected Early Career Member of the Royal Historical Society
• Member of the Society of Anglicists in Higher Education (SAES)
• Member of the Centre for Research and Studies in British Civilization (CRECIB)

As a doctoral researcher, Flodrops does not supervise students or lead independent grants but actively contributes to ERIAC's collaborative framework through conference presentations, co-organized events like the 2022 Young Researchers’ Day at Caen, and participation in research networks examining religious minorities and media representations.

Based at ERIAC, she engages with multiple research axes including "Spaces, cultures, politics" and "Forms, experiences, interpretations", while contributing to projects like the "Rouen School of Phenomenology" and "Gender & Screens". Her ongoing thesis "There am I in the midst of them" employs discourse analysis of religious periodicals to document how British believers navigate faith in an individualized society.