Lecturer in French

BA PhD (Birmingham)

Contact Details

• Tel: +44 (0)116 252 2688
• Email: ehj3@le.ac.uk
• Subject: French 

Research Summary

Dr Jones’s research interests focus on twentieth-century French and Francophone life writing, particularly the autobiographical works of Serge Doubrovsky, Hervé Guibert and Régine Robin. She has a strong interest in Cultural Geography and has published on the past, present and potential relationships between the disciplines of Geography and Literary Studies. Her current research project is to extend the analysis of space, place and identity into the field of Francophone women’s writing.

Research Student Supervision

Dr Jones is currently co-supervising an Mphil on Modern Day Slavery.

Teaching and Administration

Teaching:

• Core Skills for Modern Language Learners
• Twentieth-Century French Literature
• Understanding Modern France
• Modern French Language
• Life Writing
• Final Year Language

Administration:

• Modern Languages’ timetable officer

Recent Publications

‘Serge Doubrovsky: Life, Writing, Legacy’, special edition of L’Esprit Créateur, Fall 2009

Spaces of Belonging: Home, Culture and Identity in 20th-Century French Autobiography (Rodopi 2007)

Full listing of publications