David Waterman

David Waterman serves as Professor of Applied Foreign Languages at La Rochelle University within the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (UFR FLASH) and the CRHIA research center. His office (A203) is located at 1 parvis Fernand Braudel, La Rochelle Cedex 1, with contactable telephone (05.46.45.68.15) and email (david.waterman@univ-lr.fr) as of the 2020 update.

His research spans Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, and Translation Studies, with concentrated focus on semiotic theory and the philosophical concept of 'trace' in language systems. This interdisciplinary work bridges literary criticism, discourse analysis, and foreign language pedagogy, examining how foundational linguistic elements manifest across cultural and historical contexts.

Waterman's scholarly output centers on his 2018 monograph 'Trace(s)' published by Presses Universitaires de Limoges, which investigates trace as a structural motif in deconstructionist frameworks. The work contributes to broad disciplinary conversations in literary theory and semiotics, evidenced by its editorial board review and inclusion in an ISSN-registered academic series (978-2-84287-786-6).

He maintains active affiliation with CRHIA (Centre de Recherche en Histoire des Identités Atlantiques), participating in the university's research ecosystem focused on Atlantic historical identities and interdisciplinary humanities scholarship.