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Marion Schmid is Professor of French Literature and Film in the French and Francophone Studies section of the Department of European Languages and Cultures at the University of Edinburgh's School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures. A graduate of the Sorbonne Nouvelle (LèsL) and University of Cambridge (PhD), she joined the University of Edinburgh in 1997 and was promoted to Professor in 2012. She has held Visiting Professorships at institutions including École des Arts de la Sorbonne in Paris, University of São Paulo, and Université François Rabelais in Tours. She currently serves as Treasurer and Member of the Steering Group of the Cultural Literacy Research Network and continues to serve on the Executive Committee of the Association of University Professors and Heads of French+ after previously serving as President (2018-2021) and Vice-President (2021-2024).
Her educational background includes:
- Bachelor of Literature, Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris (1990)
- PhD, University of Cambridge (1995)
- Habilitation à diriger les recherches, University of Tours (2007)
Professor Schmid's research focuses on modern French literature, New Wave and post-New Wave cinema, and the intersections between film, literature and visual arts, with particular expertise in Marcel Proust, Chantal Akerman, and cinematic intermediality. Her scholarship examines how artistic cross-fertilization shapes and revitalizes the moving image, exploring adaptation processes and the relationship between different art forms. Her work bridges literary studies, film theory, and visual culture, with special attention to questions of medium specificity and creative adaptation across artistic boundaries, particularly examining how literary works translate to cinematic form while maintaining distinctive aesthetic qualities.
Analysis of her publications reveals consistent engagement with French cinematic movements, particularly the New Wave and its aftermath, alongside deep analysis of Proustian aesthetics and Chantal Akerman's filmography. Her scholarly trajectory shows evolution from textual analysis toward broader theoretical frameworks for understanding artistic cross-fertilization across media, with increasing focus on intermedial theory examining how film dialogues with literature, painting, architecture, and photography. Recent work demonstrates sophisticated theoretical approaches to cinematic adaptation and medium specificity while maintaining concrete engagement with specific filmmakers and literary works.
Her notable scientific recognition includes:
- Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes académiques (2016) from the French government
- Leverhulme Research Fellowship (2005) for work on Marcel Proust and the Decadent movement
Professor Schmid has extensive PhD supervision experience, currently advising nine doctoral students across diverse topics in intermedial studies and having previously supervised numerous PhD candidates to completion. Her research has been supported by significant grants including the AHRC-funded International Research Network 'Film and the Other Arts: Intermediality, Medium Specificity, Creativity' (2015-17). She co-directs the MSc Intermediality program and serves on multiple editorial boards including Modern Languages Open. Between 2010 and 2014, and again in 2015/16, she served as Head of French at Edinburgh.
She is actively involved in multiple research networks including the international Proust research group at the Institut des Textes et Manuscrits Modernes (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris), the Linnaeus University Centre for Intermedial and Multimodal Studies, and the Sapientia University Centre for Cinematic Intermediality and Visual Culture. Her collaborative projects often bridge institutions across Europe and beyond, fostering interdisciplinary approaches to intermedial studies through international conferences, joint publications, and cross-institutional research initiatives.
