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Professor Julia Waters is a faculty member in the Department of Languages and Cultures at the University of Reading, within the School of Literature and Languages. She serves as the French Year Abroad Coordinator and is a leading scholar in Francophone postcolonial studies, with a focus on literature from the Indian Ocean, particularly Mauritius. Her academic leadership extends beyond teaching and research to editorial and organizational roles in the field.
Her research interests include:
- Twentieth- and contemporary French and Francophone literature
- Francophone literatures of the Indian Ocean, especially Mauritius
- Women’s writing in French, including work on Marguerite Duras and Ananda Devi
- Feminist and postcolonial theory
- Literary representations of belonging, identity, and colonial memory
Her recent publications, spanning from 2024 to 2017, consistently explore themes of postcolonial identity, memory, space, and belonging in Mauritian and broader Francophone literature. She frequently analyzes the works of authors such as Ananda Devi, Nathacha Appanah, and Marguerite Duras, examining how place, gender, and colonial history shape narrative and identity. Her scholarship bridges literary analysis with cultural and postcolonial theory, contributing significantly to the understanding of Francophone literary production in postcolonial contexts.
Her scientific and professional affiliations include:
- President of the Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies
- General Editor, Francophone Postcolonial Studies series, Liverpool University Press
- Editorial Board member, Les Cahiers Marguerite Duras
- Editorial Board member, Recherches Francophones
- Member of Le Conseil International des Études Francophones
- Member of The Society for French Studies
- Member of la Société Internationale Marguerite Duras
- Member of the Association for the Study of Modern and Contemporary France (ASMCF)
- Member of the Association of University Professors and Heads of French (AUPHF)
- Member of The Centre for Contemporary Women's Writing
She actively supervises postgraduate research, currently advising Amel Ghenam on Afrofuturism and Black feminist speculative fiction, and has previously supervised Maria Tomlinson on representations of the female fertility cycle in contemporary women’s writing. Her teaching covers modern and contemporary French and Francophone literature and cinema, women’s writing, and translation at undergraduate levels. While no specific grants are mentioned in the provided texts, her extensive publication record and editorial leadership indicate a sustained research profile. There is no mention of laboratory or team-based research, consistent with her humanities discipline.
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