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Madison Mainwaring serves as Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies at the University of Notre Dame, specializing in nineteenth-century literature and cultural history across France and North Africa through the lens of performance studies and feminist theory.
Education:
- Ph.D., Yale University
- M.F.A., Warren Wilson College
- M.A., École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
- B.A., Middlebury College
Her research interrogates how minority groups appropriate performance for self-representation, challenging cultural hierarchies and methodological orthodoxies. Current projects include Reclaiming the Silences of Dance: Women and Ballet in Nineteenth-Century France, which analyzes female experiences at the Paris Opera through administrative archives and performance artifacts, and Choreographing Empire: Dance and the Maghreb, a transnational study of gender, race, and citizenship in the Afro-European diaspora. Her work consistently centers women's agency in artistic expression and historical narrative construction.
Recent publications (2022-2024) reveal thematic continuity in ballet history, gender representation, and transnational cultural exchange, spanning from 19th-century France to contemporary hip-hop. These works demonstrate methodological innovation through interdisciplinary archive analysis and bridge academic scholarship with public discourse via contributions to major media outlets.
Scientific Awards:
- Naomi Schor Award from Nineteenth-Century French Studies
- Larry Schehr Memorial Award from Nineteenth-Century French Studies
- MacDowell Fellowship
- Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship of Phi Beta Kappa
- Chateaubriand Fellowship of the French Embassy
- Marguerite Peyre Prize from Yale University
Her research has been supported by prestigious fellowships including the Chateaubriand and MacDowell programs, while her public scholarship in The Atlantic, The New York Times, and France 24 extends academic insights to broader audiences through analyses of figures like Britney Spears and Catherine Deneuve. A collective biography of French New Wave actresses is currently under contract with Public Affairs and Bloomsbury Continuum.
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