Nicoleta Alexoae-Zagni

Nicoleta Alexoae-Zagni holds a Lecturer position at the University of Paris 8, conducting research within the TransCrit research unit (‘Imagining Communities’) and affiliated with the FAAAM group at Paris Nanterre University. Her work focuses on Asian American writing, ethnic studies, and postcolonial studies, with a particular emphasis on transnational literary production and identity construction. She completed her doctoral thesis on self-writing in Maxine Hong Kingston and Shirley Geok-lin Lim at Université Paris Diderot in 2011. Recent research explores Taiwanese-American literature and non-English contributions to American literature, such as Yan Geling’s works. Her publications critically engage with diasporic narratives, feminist life writing, and the intersections of history and autobiography.

Her research outputs include co-editing On the Legacy of Maxine Hong Kingston (2014) and two volumes in the Palgrave Studies in Life Writing series (2018 and forthcoming 2021). Articles analyze transnational temporalities, immigrant identities, and the role of visual media in self-representation. Current projects investigate Taiwanese-American literary politics following her research at Taiwan’s Academia Sinica.

Her scholarly contributions span academic collaboration, editorial work, and interdisciplinary analysis of cultural hybridity. No specific grants or awards are listed, though her prolific publication record reflects sustained academic engagement.