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Maya Boutaghou serves as Associate Professor of French in the Department of French at the University of Virginia's College of Arts & Sciences, where she examines transcolonial literary perspectives on national identity formation from the 19th to 21st centuries across Mediterranean regions including North Africa, Egypt, and Bengal.
Education:
- B.A. in Lettres Modernes and FLE, Université Michel de Montaigne, Bordeaux III
- DEUG in Langue et Civilisation Arabes (Classical Arabic), Université Michel de Montaigne, Bordeaux III
- M.A., Université Michel de Montaigne, Bordeaux III
- Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, University of Limoges
Research Focus: Dr. Boutaghou's scholarship centers on comparative postcolonial literature, analyzing how multilingualism and hybrid literary forms like the historical novel project cultural identities that challenge hegemonic narratives. Her work bridges gender studies and translation theory to explore Francophone women writers' contributions to cosmopolitan thought, particularly examining Berber identity and Arabic-French linguistic intersections in North African contexts. She argues that creolized cultural realities fundamentally disrupt unified models of national identity inherited from colonial empires.
Publication Trends: Her recent output (2016-2024) reveals deepening engagement with cinematic representations of colonial memory, reinterpretations of foundational texts like Renan's "Qu'est-ce qu'une nation?", and theoretical frameworks for understanding minor literature. Key threads include the role of soundscapes in Algerian cinema, literal readings of Fanon, and the interplay between Islamic hermeneutics and postcolonial subjectivity.
Scientific Recognition:
- Andrew W. Mellon Global South Fellow, Institute for the Humanities in the Global South (2016-2018)
- Andrew W. Mellon Summer Course Development, Wolfsonian Museum of Art (2014)
- Research Fellowship, University of Orléans (2012)
- Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship, UCLA (2008-2010)
Professional Impact: Dr. Boutaghou's Mellon fellowships supported transnational curriculum development and research on multilingual Francophone literatures. Her linguistic expertise (Arabic, French, English, Spanish) enables nuanced analysis of rhizomatic cultural connections between Global North and South, particularly through edited volumes like "Les lettres romanes" (2021) interrogating hermeneutic power in Francophone literatures.
