Gwen Le Cor

Gwen Le Cor is a Professor of American Literature and Specialized English at Université Paris 8. She leads the Communicating in and about Sport project (2024) and co-leads the Hydrology of Media (HOM) project (2020–2022), exploring water’s cultural and scientific representations. She is a member of MULTICOM (ERUA-funded) and the Collège de Terminologie du Sport since 2024.

Research Focus: Literature and Science, Contemporary American Literature, Specialized English (scientific/sports), E-learning, and AI applications in language education. Her work bridges arts, sciences, and humanities through projects like HOM and Text/ures (2014–2016).

Grants & Projects: Labex Arts-H2H (2014–2016), EUR ArTeC (HOM), and ERUA initiatives. Organized 37th GERAS conference (2016) and international symposia on digital media and literature.

Awards: None explicitly listed.

Academic Contributions: Advises three ongoing doctoral theses. Authored/co-edited works like What Makes an Image? (2020) and Genres in Specialized English (2023). Her research spans trauma aesthetics, posthumanism, and interdisciplinary methodologies.