Pauline Moret-Jankus

Pauline Moret-Jankus is an Associate Professor of Modern Literature and a scholar of French literature with a PhD from Durham University. She currently teaches literature in an international middle and high school while leading the “Teaching Proust” research working group.

Education

• PhD in French Literature – Durham University, England

Research Interests

Dr Moret-Jankus explores the fertile crossroads where biology meets literature, with a special focus on Marcel Proust’s À la recherche du temps perdu. Her investigations range from race and taxonomy in Proust to broader 19th-century French scientific thought. She also studies the pedagogy of literature, seeking to integrate scholarly research on Proust with classroom practice.

Her work examines how biological concepts—species, race, heredity—shape literary imagination and narrative form. She interrogates the ethical and aesthetic dimensions of these intersections, employing feminist, queer-theoretical, and post-colonial lenses.

Publications Overview

Across her five most recent publications, Moret-Jankus consistently combines close textual analysis with theoretical breadth, moving from Proustian bestiaries and questions of consent to 19th-century biological discourse and racial aesthetics. The trajectory reveals an intensifying concern with ethics, gender, and scientific epistemology within modern French literature.

Scientific Awards

No specific awards are listed in the provided material.

Teaching & Grants

Dr Moret-Jankus has held university posts at Durham University, Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, and Université Grenoble Alpes (ATER in French didactics). She has also taught at the French Institute in Dresden and École Polytechnique. While no explicit grant information is given, her ongoing “Teaching Proust” project functions within the Proust Team research collective.

Laboratories & Teams

She leads the “Teaching Proust” working group within the broader Proust Team, an interdisciplinary collective dedicated to Proust studies and pedagogy.