Audrey Brunetaux

Education

• Ph.D, M.A., Michigan State University
• M.A., B.A., University of Poitiers, France
  
  

Areas of Expertise

• 20th/21st Century French Literature, Culture and Cinema

• Contemporary French Cinema / Women filmmakers

• Race and Gender studies / Decoloniality

• Autobiography / Representation of the Self in Visual Arts

• French Intersectional Podcasts

• Vichy France and the Holocaust / Holocaust Cinema

• Trauma Studies

• Black Feminisms

• Decolonial Foodways

Publications

Her research focuses on 20th/21st-century French literature, culture and cinema with an emphasis on Holocaust narratives and films. Her publications cover a wide range of topics related to Vichy France and the Shoah and have appeared in academic journals such as History & Memory; Holocaust Studies: Journal of Culture & History; French Review; Women in French Studies; French Historical Studies to name a few. Dr. Brunetaux has worked extensively on Holocaust writer/survivor Charlotte Delbo and has co-edited a volume of essays on "Seeing Charlotte Delbo/Seeing the Shoah", exploring the concept of visuality in Delbo’s texts. She has presented her research at numerous national and international conferences. Given her interest in film and new media, Dr. Brunetaux's current research projects examine and challenge France’s systemic racism and color-blindness through a critical analysis of French film, performance, visual arts, and new media. She’s currently co-editing two special issues on “France and Post-racial Utopia” with Contemporary French & Francophone Studies: SITES, and a special issue of Contemporary French Civilization Intersections “Podcasting Disruptive Voices: New Narratives of Race, Gender & Sexuality.”