Martine Hennard Dutheil de la Rochère

Martine Hennard Dutheil de la Rochère is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, affiliated with both the Department of English and the Interdisciplinary Center for Literary Studies. She previously served as Associate Dean of the Humanities and maintains an active research profile in literary studies.

Her research focuses on Angela Carter, fairy tale traditions from antiquity to the present, and literary translation (theory, practice, reception), with particular attention to the interplay between translation and individual creation. She has published extensively on authors including Dickens, Conrad, Nabokov, Rushdie, and Carter, exploring how literary traditions evolve across cultural boundaries.

Her scholarly work demonstrates consistent engagement with interdisciplinary approaches, connecting literary analysis with cultural studies, gender theory, and translation studies. Her publications reveal evolving interests from postcolonial literature (particularly Salman Rushdie) toward fairy tale studies and Angela Carter's translational practices.

Scientific distinctions:

• Doctorat Honoris Causa from the University of Angers (2019)
• Prix de Faculté for doctoral thesis from University of Lausanne (1998)

She serves as an international corresponding member for the BCLA (British Comparative Literature Association), sits on the Advisory Boards of the Chichester Center for Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction and the Angela Carter Society, and is a member of scientific committees including Palimpsestes. She also serves as reader for international peer-reviewed journals (JSSE, Palimpsestes, Marvels & Tales) and literary translation juries.