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Professor Mary Orr holds the Buchanan Chair of French at the University of St Andrews, the first woman to do so. She is founding director of the Centre for Cross-Cultural 19th-century Studies (c19c). Her career spans academic roles at institutions including Cambridge, Exeter, and Southampton, where she held leadership positions in research administration.
Education: MA in French and German (St Andrews), PhD in French (Cambridge, Queens' College) on intertextuality in Claude Simon's work.
Research focuses on 19th-century French literature/science intersections, women's writing, and transnational cultural studies. Current projects include Belgium's colonial scientific projects and a monograph on Sarah Bowdich Lee, a pioneering naturalist. Teaching emphasizes Flaubert's France, 19th-century narratives of the sea, and scientific literature.
Advised over 12 PhD students across French studies, comparative literature, and webscience. Supervisory topics include French prose, women's writing, and transnational science studies.
Labs/Teams: Leads the Centre for Cross-Cultural 19th-century Studies and collaborates with Dr Sarah Arens on Belgium's colonial science research.
