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Dr. Elizabeth Benjamin is a Lecturer in French at Coventry University's Faculty of Arts and Humanities, specializing in French/Francophone memory studies, cultural policy, and ethics in visual media. She directs the BA Philosophy program and teaches across Languages, Politics, and History degrees. Benjamin holds a PhD in Modern Languages (University of Birmingham, 2015) and previously taught at Université de Lorraine and Birmingham.
Research Focus: Her work examines how monuments, comics, and literature shape collective memory, particularly analyzing Paris's role in marginalizing narratives. She employs digital methods like AR/VR for inclusive heritage mapping and collaborates with public history initiatives like the Gallery of Living History.
Publications: Recent work (2021-2024) demonstrates interdisciplinary focus on contested memoryscapes, ethical representation in comics, and digital memorialization. Key themes include spatial justice, transnational nostalgia, and the politics of commemoration, often using Paris as a critical case study.
Professional Engagement: Benjamin serves as Book Reviews Editor for Modern & Contemporary France and is active in the Memory Studies Association, French Studies, and gender-inclusion initiatives. She contributes public scholarship via The Conversation and supervises PhDs in cultural history/philosophy.
