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Catherine Bernard is a Professor of British Literature and Contemporary Visual Culture at Université Paris Cité. Her research focuses on contemporary British literature, modern and contemporary art, modernism, and the politics of aesthetic forms. She is currently working on a monograph exploring resistance imaginaries in literature and visual arts, alongside studies on materialism's ethics in art and fiction.
Education:
- 1982-1986: École Normale Supérieure de Fontenay-St Cloud
- 1985: Agrégation in English
- 1991: PhD (Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3): *La représentation précaire* (published as *Graham Swift. La parole chronique*)
- 1998: Habilitation (Université Paris X-Nanterre): *Dire et lire le présent*
Her research interests span trans-artistic analysis, modernist legacies, and interdisciplinary approaches to contemporary cultural production. Recent work bridges literature and visual arts to examine materialism, ethics, and resistance. She co-leads the *Cultural Intelligence and Innovation* Master’s program and holds editorial roles in journals like *The European Journal of English Studies*.
Awards & Recognition: Nominated for the 2019 AFEA/SAES Research Prize for *Matière à réflexion* (2018).
Administration & Leadership:
- Co-convenor of LARCA’s *Arts and Visual Culture* seminar
- Former chair of the French Society of Woolf Studies and SAÉAC
- Department of English and American Studies board member
Her academic service includes over 30 years of editorial leadership, including *Cahiers Charles V* and roles in major Anglophone studies journals. Current research emphasizes interdisciplinary cultural analysis and pedagogical innovation in humanities education.
