Dr Charlotte Baker

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I am interested in contemporary French and Francophone writing. My research interests include literary representations of marginalised and stigmatised groups in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as disability, the body and identity. I am particularly interested in the realities and representations of black African people with albinism and I have published widely in this area. My current research examines Anglophone and Francophone literature from sub-Saharan Africa, with a particular focus on the West African dictator novel.

PhD Supervision Interests

I welcome doctoral proposals which engage with aspects of the following : Twentieth century French literature; Francophone African fictional writing; postcolonial theory; the body and identity; representations of marginalised and stigmatised groups in Africa; representations of disability; representations of madness and monstrosity. Proposals may take a comparative or interdisciplinary approach, or may focus on the literature of particular countries.

Current Teaching

FREN100/101: French Culture and Society

DELC211: Understanding Culture

FREN233: Shaping Contemporary France: Culture, Politics and the Legacy of History

FREN301: Final Year Advanced French Language

DELC345: Francophone Voices: Literature and Film from sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean and Canada

FASS604: The Analysis of Culture (Postgraduate)

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Research Grants

15 May 2013 - Wellcome Trust Medical History and Humanities Grant. Awarded £3,500 for a workshop, 'Interdisciplinary Approaches to Albinism'.

9 November 2012 - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Research Grant, Lancaster University. Awarded £900 for research trip to Paris

8 October 2012 - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Travel Grant, Lancaster University. Awarded £830 for participation in the 20th and 21st Century French and Francophone Studies International Colloquium. Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

1 January 2012 -Friends Programme. Awarded £2,500 for bursaries for Capturing Witches: Histories, Stories, Images conference

1 May 2011 - Society for French Studies (with Greg Kerr). Awarded £250 conference support for Minorités en vue colloquium

20 April 2011 - Yves Hervouet Fund for Anglo-French Relations (with Greg Kerr). Awarded £850 conference support for Minorités en vue colloquium, Lancaster University, 6 May 2011.

18 January 2010 - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Travel Grant, Lancaster University. Awarded £517 for participation in the ?Métissages: Cultural Exchanges' conference, Cape Town, South Africa

22 January 2009 - Lancaster University Small Grants Scheme. Awarded £4,120 for a pilot study ?Albinism in Apartheid South Africa'

15 January 2009 - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Travel Grant, Lancaster University. Awarded £650 for participation in the African Literature Association Conference, Vermont, USA

Membership of Associations

Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies (Executive Committee member)

African Literature Association

African Studies Association UK

Royal African Society

Society for French Studies

Research Interests

I am interested in contemporary French and Francophone writing and recent developments in the field of postcolonial theory.

My research interests include representations of marginalised and stigmatised groups in sub-Saharan Africa, theories and representations of disability, as well as comparative and interdisciplinary approaches to the body and identity. I am particularly interested in the realities and representations of black African people with albinism and I have published widely in this area.

I am currently preparing a monograph on the West African dictator novel.

2012

Chromatic Ambivalence: Colouring the Albino

Baker, C. 2012 Cultures of Colour: Visual, Material, Textual. Horrocks, C. (ed.). Oxford: Berghahn Books, p. 143-153 11 p.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter

Parasites and the Postcolonial in Williams Sassine's Saint Monsieur Baly

Baker, C. 2012 Parasites, Worms and the Human Body in Religion and Culture. Gardenour, B. & Tadd, M. (eds.). New York: Peter Lang, p. 123-134 12 p.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter

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Métissages: Williams Sassine's Saint Monsieur Baly, Wirriyamu, and Mémoire d'une peau

Baker, C. 2012 In: Postcolonial Text. 7, 2, 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

Réhabiliter l'humanité de 'ceux qui voient la nuit'": Albinism in Didier Destremau's Nègre blanc

Baker, C. 2012 In: L'Esprit Createur. 52, 2, p. 89-98, 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

2011

Enduring Negativity: Representations of Albinism in the Fictional work of Didier Destremau, Patrick Grainville and Williams Sassine

Baker, C. 02/2011 Oxford: Peter Lang. 226 p. (Modern French Identities).

Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Book

2010

Sassine 'Saint Monsieur Baly'.

Baker, C. 06/2010 Glasgow: Glasgow French and German Publications

Research output: Working paper › Other

"Être albinos": The Trope of Albinism in Williams Sassine’s Wirriyamu and Mémoire d’une peau.

Baker, C. 06/2010 In: International Journal of Francophone Studies. 13, 1, p. 9-22, 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article

For a minute, their sense of the ways of the world was ruptured. Just by looking: The Black African Albino in the Novels of Didier Destremau, Patrick Grainville and Williams Sassine.

Baker, C. 01/2010 Guilt and Shame: Essays in French Literature, Thought and Visual Culture. Chamarette, J. & Higgins, J. (eds.). 79 ed. Oxford: Peter Lang, p. 201-214 14 p. (Modern French identities).

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter

2009

My Sole Reality, My Only Refuge, My Unique Prison: The Body of the Black African Albino in Williams Sassine’s Mémoire d’une peau.

Baker, C. 11/2009 Crossing Cultural Boundaries: Taboo, Bodies and Identities. Hernandez, L. & Krajewski, S. (eds.). Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars, p. 117-130 14 p.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter

A visible difference: images of black african people with albinism.

Baker, C. 09/2009 Expressions of the Body: Representations in African Text and Image. Baker, C. (ed.). Oxford: Peter Lang, p. 279-296 18 p.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter

Expressions of the body: representations in African text and image.

Baker, C. 09/2009 Oxford: Peter Lang. 372 p.

Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Book

'Francophone African and Maghreb Literature 2007/8'.

Baker, C. 2009 The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies. Maney Publishing for the MHRA, Vol. 70

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter

2008

Writing over the illness: the symbolic representation of albinism.

Baker, C. 2008 Social Studies of Health, Illness and Disease: Perspectives from the Social Sciences and Humanities. Twohig, P. & Kalitzkus, V. (eds.). Amsterdam: Rodopi, p. 115-128 14 p.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter

Postcolonial slavery: an overview of colonialism's legacy.

Baker, C., Baker, C. (ed.) & Jahn, J. (ed.) 2008 Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 182 p.

Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Book

The West African dictator novel
01/01/2013 →
I am preparing a book which explores the way in which Anglophone and Francophone African writers have engaged with and subverted the power of the dictator in post-independence West Africa. ... Read more»

Postcolonial Bodies
(Participant) 16/11/2012
Activity: Participation in conference
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Book Reviews Editor
(Member) 16/11/2012
Activity: Membership of peer review panel or committee
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French Studies
(Peer reviewer) 10/4/2011
Activity: Publication peer-review
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Journal of African American Studies
(Peer reviewer) 8/11/2012
Activity: Publication peer-review
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International Journal of English and Literature
(Peer reviewer) 18/11/2012
Activity: Publication peer-review
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Journal of Arts and Social Sciences
(Editorial board member) 18/11/2012 → 1/1/2015
Activity: Editorial activity
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Bulletin of Francophone Postcolonial Studies
(Editorial board member) 16/11/2012 → 1/11/2013
Activity: Editorial activity
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Round table
(Member) 19/9/2010
Activity: Invited talk
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Interview with Pap Ndiaye, author of La Condition Noire (2008)
(Host) 5/11/2008
Activity: Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Capturing Witches: Histories, Stories, Images
(Organiser) 17/8/2012 → 19/8/2012
Activity: Participation in conference
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Africa: Cultural Translations
(Organiser) 21/5/2010 → 22/5/2010
Activity: Participation in conference
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20th and 21st Century French and Francophone Studies International Colloquium
(Participant) 29/3/2013
Activity: Participation in conference
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Researching Africa: Postgraduate Research Workshop
(Organiser) 24/4/2013
Activity: Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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« Back Keywords African Literature, Albinism, Colonialism, Disability studies, Embodiment, Francophone Africa, French, Identity, Interdisciplinary collaboration, Literary and cultural theory, Literature, Postcolonial literature, Postcolonial theory, Race, Representation, Subjectivity, The body, Twentieth-century literature Dr Charlotte Baker Lecturer Bowland North Lancaster University Bailrigg Lancaster United Kingdom LA1 4YN Email: Email Hidden Tel: +44 1524 592661 Location: B65, Bowland North Affiliations Centre for Transcultural Writing and Research Profile Publications Projects Activities I am interested in contemporary French and Francophone writing. My research interests include literary representations of marginalised and stigmatised groups in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as disability, the body and identity. I am particularly interested in the realities and representations of black African people with albinism and I have published widely in this area. My current research examines Anglophone and Francophone literature from sub-Saharan Africa, with a particular focus on the West African dictator novel. PhD Supervision Interests I welcome doctoral proposals which engage with aspects of the following : Twentieth century French literature; Francophone African fictional writing; postcolonial theory; the body and identity; representations of marginalised and stigmatised groups in Africa; representations of disability; representations of madness and monstrosity. Proposals may take a comparative or interdisciplinary approach, or may focus on the literature of particular countries. Current Teaching FREN100/101: French Culture and Society DELC211: Understanding Culture FREN233: Shaping Contemporary France: Culture, Politics and the Legacy of History FREN301: Final Year Advanced French Language DELC345: Francophone Voices: Literature and Film from sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean and Canada FASS604: The Analysis of Culture (Postgraduate) Profile Research Grants 15 May 2013 - Wellcome Trust Medical History and Humanities Grant. Awarded £3,500 for a workshop, 'Interdisciplinary Approaches to Albinism'. 9 November 2012 - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Research Grant, Lancaster University. Awarded £900 for research trip to Paris 8 October 2012 - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Travel Grant, Lancaster University. Awarded £830 for participation in the 20th and 21st Century French and Francophone Studies International Colloquium. Georgia Institute of Technology, USA 1 January 2012 -Friends Programme. Awarded £2,500 for bursaries for Capturing Witches: Histories, Stories, Images conference 1 May 2011 - Society for French Studies (with Greg Kerr). Awarded £250 conference support for Minorités en vue colloquium 20 April 2011 - Yves Hervouet Fund for Anglo-French Relations (with Greg Kerr). Awarded £850 conference support for Minorités en vue colloquium, Lancaster University, 6 May 2011. 18 January 2010 - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Travel Grant, Lancaster University. Awarded £517 for participation in the ?Métissages: Cultural Exchanges' conference, Cape Town, South Africa 22 January 2009 - Lancaster University Small Grants Scheme. Awarded £4,120 for a pilot study ?Albinism in Apartheid South Africa' 15 January 2009 - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Travel Grant, Lancaster University. Awarded £650 for participation in the African Literature Association Conference, Vermont, USA Membership of Associations Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies (Executive Committee member) African Literature Association African Studies Association UK Royal African Society Society for French Studies Research Interests I am interested in contemporary French and Francophone writing and recent developments in the field of postcolonial theory. My research interests include representations of marginalised and stigmatised groups in sub-Saharan Africa, theories and representations of disability, as well as comparative and interdisciplinary approaches to the body and identity. I am particularly interested in the realities and representations of black African people with albinism and I have published widely in this area. I am currently preparing a monograph on the West African dictator novel. 2012 Chromatic Ambivalence: Colouring the Albino Baker, C. 2012 Cultures of Colour: Visual, Material, Textual. Horrocks, C. (ed.). Oxford: Berghahn Books, p. 143-153 11 p. Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter Parasites and the Postcolonial in Williams Sassine's Saint Monsieur Baly Baker, C. 2012 Parasites, Worms and the Human Body in Religion and Culture. Gardenour, B. & Tadd, M. (eds.). New York: Peter Lang, p. 123-134 12 p. Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter Download file Métissages: Williams Sassine's Saint Monsieur Baly, Wirriyamu, and Mémoire d'une peau Baker, C. 2012 In: Postcolonial Text. 7, 2, 12 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article Réhabiliter l'humanité de 'ceux qui voient la nuit'": Albinism in Didier Destremau's Nègre blanc Baker, C. 2012 In: L'Esprit Createur. 52, 2, p. 89-98, 10 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article 2011 Enduring Negativity: Representations of Albinism in the Fictional work of Didier Destremau, Patrick Grainville and Williams Sassine Baker, C. 02/2011 Oxford: Peter Lang. 226 p. (Modern French Identities). Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Book 2010 Sassine 'Saint Monsieur Baly'. Baker, C. 06/2010 Glasgow: Glasgow French and German Publications Research output: Working paper › Other "Être albinos": The Trope of Albinism in Williams Sassine’s Wirriyamu and Mémoire d’une peau. Baker, C. 06/2010 In: International Journal of Francophone Studies. 13, 1, p. 9-22, 14 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article For a minute, their sense of the ways of the world was ruptured. Just by looking: The Black African Albino in the Novels of Didier Destremau, Patrick Grainville and Williams Sassine. Baker, C. 01/2010 Guilt and Shame: Essays in French Literature, Thought and Visual Culture. Chamarette, J. & Higgins, J. (eds.). 79 ed. Oxford: Peter Lang, p. 201-214 14 p. (Modern French identities). Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter 2009 My Sole Reality, My Only Refuge, My Unique Prison: The Body of the Black African Albino in Williams Sassine’s Mémoire d’une peau. Baker, C. 11/2009 Crossing Cultural Boundaries: Taboo, Bodies and Identities. Hernandez, L. & Krajewski, S. (eds.). Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars, p. 117-130 14 p. Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter A visible difference: images of black african people with albinism. Baker, C. 09/2009 Expressions of the Body: Representations in African Text and Image. Baker, C. (ed.). Oxford: Peter Lang, p. 279-296 18 p. Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter Expressions of the body: representations in African text and image. Baker, C. 09/2009 Oxford: Peter Lang. 372 p. Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Book 'Francophone African and Maghreb Literature 2007/8'. Baker, C. 2009 The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies. Maney Publishing for the MHRA, Vol. 70 Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter 2008 Writing over the illness: the symbolic representation of albinism. Baker, C. 2008 Social Studies of Health, Illness and Disease: Perspectives from the Social Sciences and Humanities. Twohig, P. & Kalitzkus, V. (eds.). Amsterdam: Rodopi, p. 115-128 14 p. Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter Postcolonial slavery: an overview of colonialism's legacy. Baker, C., Baker, C. (ed.) & Jahn, J. (ed.) 2008 Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 182 p. Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Book 2007 'Francophone African and Maghreb Literature 2006' The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies Volume 69. Baker, C. 2007 Maney Publishing for the MHRA Research output: Other contribution Enduring negativity: literary and anthropological perspectives on the black African albino. Baker, C. & Djatou, M. 2007 Crossing Places: New Research in African Studies. Baker, C. & Norridge, Z. (eds.). Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 63-75 13 p. Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter A constantly shifting identity: the problematic nature of the albino body. Baker, C. 05/2007 Bodies of Thought. Janes, D. (ed.). Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 71-83 13 p. Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter Crossing places: new research in African studies. Baker, C., Baker, C. (ed.) & Norridge, Z. (ed.) 2007 Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 144 p. Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Book The West African dictator novel 01/01/2013 → I am preparing a book which explores the way in which Anglophone and Francophone African writers have engaged with and subverted the power of the dictator in post-independence West Africa. ... Read more» Postcolonial Bodies (Participant) 16/11/2012 Activity: Participation in conference Read more» Book Reviews Editor (Member) 16/11/2012 Activity: Membership of peer review panel or committee Read more» French Studies (Peer reviewer) 10/4/2011 Activity: Publication peer-review Read more» Journal of African American Studies (Peer reviewer) 8/11/2012 Activity: Publication peer-review Read more» International Journal of English and Literature (Peer reviewer) 18/11/2012 Activity: Publication peer-review Read more» Journal of Arts and Social Sciences (Editorial board member) 18/11/2012 → 1/1/2015 Activity: Editorial activity Read more» Bulletin of Francophone Postcolonial Studies (Editorial board member) 16/11/2012 → 1/11/2013 Activity: Editorial activity Read more» Round table (Member) 19/9/2010 Activity: Invited talk Read more» Interview with Pap Ndiaye, author of La Condition Noire (2008) (Host) 5/11/2008 Activity: Public lecture/debate/seminar Read more» Pre-film presentation of AmÃ©lie (Speaker) 31/10/2009 Activity: Invited talk Read more» Capturing Witches: Histories, Stories, Images (Organiser) 17/8/2012 → 19/8/2012 Activity: Participation in conference Read more» MinoritÃ©s en vue colloquium (Organiser) 6/5/2011 Activity: Participation in conference Read more» Africa: Cultural Translations (Organiser) 21/5/2010 → 22/5/2010 Activity: Participation in conference Read more» 20th and 21st Century French and Francophone Studies International Colloquium (Participant) 29/3/2013 Activity: Participation in conference Read more» Researching Africa: Postgraduate Research Workshop (Organiser) 24/4/2013 Activity: Participation in workshop, seminar, course Read more»
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