Isabelle Veronique Bes Hoghton

Dr. Isabelle Veronique Bes Hoghton is a full Professor of French Philology at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB). Her research focuses on 19th-century travel literature, island mythography, gender studies, and language didactics in tourism contexts.

• Doctorate in Philology (University of Barcelona, 2011)
• Bachelor's degree (Université de Toulouse Le Mirail, France)

Her work explores the intersection of travel narratives, collaborative authorship (e.g., Eugène Sue, George Sand, Jules Verne), and cultural representations of the Balearic Islands. She contributes to interdisciplinary research via the RELATMIT group ('Travel narrative and island myth'), analyzing historical and contemporary perspectives on Mediterranean island tourism.

Teaching activities span multiple programs including Tourism, Business Administration, Economics, English Studies, and Spanish/Catalan Philology degrees, covering French language instruction (levels I-III) and final degree projects in Tourism.