Samb CV

Mamadou SAMB, Ph.D.
[email protected]
CURRENT POSITION
Assistant Professor of Francophone African Studies
Department of World Languages and Cultures
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Fall 2016-now
EDUCATION
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN
-Ph.D. in French Studies & Francophone Studies (dissertation topic in French & Francophone Literature)
2013
TEACHING
University of Massachusetts-Lowell Fall 2016 -now
French II and Culture (WLFR.1020-202)
French III and Culture (WLFR.2110-201)
University of Minnesota Department of French and Italian
2003-2011
Introduction to French and Francophone literature 3101
Intermediate French 1003
Advanced French Conversation and Communication
Intermediate French 1004
Intermediate French 1003
Introduction to the Francophone World
Beginning French 1002
Beginning French 1001
Awards
Department of French and Italian Summer Fellowship. University of Minnesota. Summer 2007
Department of French and Italian Summer Fellowship University of Minnesota 2006
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Presentations at Conferences (selected)
« Approche théorique d’une écocritique francophone », Conseil International d’Études Francophones (CIÉF),
Dakar, Sénégal, 8-12 June 2016.
« Mémoires transfrontalières et constructions identitaires dans l'écriture de Dany Laferrière et d'Émile Ollivier ».
Colloque international: Territoires et/ou Mémoires francophones contemporains: Rabhoud University, Nimeguen,
12-13 March 2015.
« Le parti-pris de la nature dans l’écriture d'Albert Camus ». Colloque international Albert Camus: Topographie et
Toponymie: Boise State University, 18-19 April 2013.
“Concurrence and Complementarity: Orality and Cinema in African and Caribbean Studies.” Postcolonial Oral
Traditions: Boubacar Boris Diop and Chimananda Adichi University of British Columbia, April 5-7, 2012.
“La question de l’enfance volée dans La Petite peule de Mariama Barry.” Girls in French and Francophone
Literature and Film, 40th Annual French Literature Conference, March 15-17, 2012, University of South Carolina,
Columbia, SC (USA)
“Anatomizing Trauma: Patriarchal Discourses and Feminine Voices in Sub-Saharan Francophone and Caribbean
Narratives.” 10th Annual Graduate Student Conference, Michigan State University, October 31st 2009.
PUBLICATIONS
Book Chapters
“Oralité et cinéma africain” in Traditions Orales Postcoloniales. Luc Fostin and Moustapha Fall Eds. Paris:
L'Harmattan, 2014. 185-195. Print.
Article in Peer-Reviewed Journals
« La question de l’enfance volée dans La Petite peule de Mariama Barry et dans La Petite vendeuse de soleil de
Djibirl Diop Mambety ». French Literature Series. 41 (2015): 111-121. Print.
Proceedings
« Mémoire et ethnologie: Du Gauchissement des Règles Anthropologiques dans l’œuvre de Michel Leiris ».
Proceedings of Celebrating Memory: The 50th Conference of the Linguistic Circle of Manitoba & North Dakota.
September 27th-29th, 2007 NDSU (North Dakota State University), Fargo.
Interviews
Diop, Boubacar Boris. « Le mariage de l’Afrique avec Molière a été un échec total ». Entretien avec Boubacar Boris
Diop. Africultures, novembre 2014.
Work in Progress
Book
Regard croisé sur l’anthropologie et la littérature dans l'œuvre de Michel Leiris
Current Memberships to Professional Organizations
Modern Language Association (MLA)
African Literature association (ALA)
African Studies Association (ASA)
Conseil International d’Études Francophones (CIEF)
New England Modern Language Association (NeMLA)