Patricia Victorin

Patricia Victorin is a Full Professor of Medieval Language and Literature at the University of South Brittany (Université de Bretagne Sud), affiliated with the research laboratory Heritage and Creation in Text and Image (HCTI, EA 4249). Her scholarly work bridges medieval literature with contemporary cultural studies, focusing on nostalgic poetics, medieval modernities, and the symbolism of birds in historical texts.

• HDR (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches) from Rennes II University (2013) on "Nostalgic Poetics: Traces and Remanences in Medieval Literature"
• PhD in Modern Literature from Paris (1999)

Victorin's research spans medieval onomastics, historiographic fiction, and interdisciplinary medievalism. She has extensively analyzed late Arthurian romances like Ysaïe le Triste and Le Conte du Papegau, emphasizing textual recycling and nostalgic narrative strategies. Her recent publications explore connections between medieval literature and 19th-century reception studies.

As an academic leader, she has served as:

• Head of the Department of Letters (2024-25)
• Director of Master's Research Program (2019-2022)
• Co-responsible for Sustainable Development at HCTI laboratory
• Member of the CNU (2019-2022)

Her editorial contributions include co-directing the journal Motifs and organizing interdisciplinary colloquia on topics like "The Historical Novel in Its Boundaries" (2023) and "Medievalism and Orientalism" (2023). Victorin actively participates in academic evaluations and has served on aggregation jury panels.