Maria Beliaeva Solomon
استادیار · 19th-Century French Literature
University of Maryland, College Parkمعرفی
Dr. Maria Beliaeva Solomon is an Assistant Professor in the French and Francophone Studies program at the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, University of Maryland. She holds affiliate appointments in the Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities. Her research bridges 19th-century French literature, abolitionist media, and digital humanities.
- PhD in French Literature, Thought and Culture (New York University, 2019)
- MA in Comparative Literature (Rutgers University, 2013)
Her work focuses on 19th-century French and Francophone literature, examining intersections of media history, racial violence, and literary circulation. She is the Project Director of The Revue des Colonies: A Digital Scholarly Edition and Translation, a collaborative DH project reconstructing the first French abolitionist journal by people of color. The project has been featured in Samedi Magazine and funded by major institutions like the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and NHPRC.
Recent publications in Romantisme, L'Année balzacienne, and Scholarly Editing analyze topics spanning Balzac’s political crisis narratives, Dumas’ abolitionist themes, and Romantic dandyism. Her work also includes digital pedagogy initiatives at the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities.
- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Planning Grant
- NHPRC Grant
- ACLS Fellowship
- Bibliographical Society of America Support
Dr. Beliaeva Solomon leads international teams for DH projects and co-organized symposia on antiracism in education. Her 15 most recent articles (2005–2025) explore transatlantic abolitionist networks, 19th-century media transformations, and literary responses to colonialism, with keywords spanning French Literature, Digital Humanities, and Postcolonial Theory.
