Evanghelía Stead

Evanghelía Stead is a University Professor of Comparative Literature and Print Culture at the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ Paris-Saclay) since 2010. She serves as Director of the TIGRE interuniversity seminar and was an Honorary member of the Institut Universitaire de France from 2016-2021. Her academic profile includes significant administrative roles such as co-director of the RCL course (Research and Literary Creation) for the Master of Letters and Languages program and former co-director of the Department of Letters.

• Doctorate in 1993
• HDR (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches) in 1998
• Agrégation of classical letters (16th/120) in 1994
• French government scholarship holder for DEA and doctorate (1984-1987)

Professor Stead's research spans multiple areas of comparative literature and print culture with expertise in the reception of heritage texts, Greek and Latin myths in modern literature, Western and Arabic literary traditions (particularly 'The Thousand and Second Night'), Goethe's Faust in visual culture, reading with images, and fin-de-siècle aesthetics. Her work bridges European and Arabic literary contexts with particular attention to periodicals as cultural mediators and the visual representation of literary works. She has organized international conferences including the 7th ESPRIT conference in 2018 on periodicals in the ecology of print and visual culture and the 2023 conference on Metamorphoses of the Arabian Nights.

Stead's publication record reveals a consistent scholarly trajectory focused on comparative literature, print culture, and text-image relationships. Her recent works demonstrate increasing sophistication in analyzing periodicals as cultural ecosystems rather than isolated publications, with attention to transnational networks and material circulation. The recurring themes across her publications include the adaptation of classical myths in modern contexts, the materiality of print culture, and the visual representation of literary works across European and Arabic traditions.

• 2019: Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscripts Hermann Broch fellowship
• 2016-2021: Senior member of the University Institute of France
• 2014-2015: EURIAS fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies, Freiburg-i.-Breisgau
• 2011: Visiting professor at the Università degli studi di Verona, Italy
• 2008: Visiting Professor at Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany

Professor Stead has supervised numerous doctoral theses and serves on multiple editorial boards including Università di Verona's doctoral studies series, InterArtes at IULM Milan, and several academic journals. She has managed significant research projects including 'Living Stories,' the CHCSC research platform since 2015, and has secured funding for international conferences that have established her as a leading figure in periodical studies. Her administrative leadership includes directing the RCL course and previously serving as co-director of the Department of Letters.

Stead directs the TIGRE interuniversity seminar (Texte et Image, Groupe de Recherche à l'Ecole), which has been active since 2004 and focuses on text-image relationships in cultural production. She is affiliated with the Center for the Cultural History of Contemporary Societies (CHCSC) and maintains connections with CERMOM (Middle East, Mediterranean Research Center) at INaLCO. Her research teams frequently collaborate across national boundaries, particularly with institutions in Italy, Germany, and Greece, reflecting her multilingual expertise and transnational scholarly approach.