Meredith Lehman
201 W 21st B7600
4.152 Homer Rainey Hall
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas 78712
[email protected]
EDUCATION
2016
Ph.D., French Studies, University of Texas at Austin
Dissertation: “Out of Place: Exilic Absence in the Writing and
Photography of Hugo, Zola, and Loti”
Committee: Dr. Alexandra K. Wettlaufer (chair), Dr. Michael
Charlesworth, Dr. Joan Neuberger, Dr. Hervé Picherit, Dr. Lynn
Wilkinson
2012
M.A., French Studies, University of Texas at Austin
2012
Institut d’Etudes Françaises d’Avignon, Bryn Mawr College
2012
Teaching Certificate in First-Year Interdisciplinary Instruction
2007
B.A., Art History and French Studies, University of California at Santa
Barbara
2005–2006
Université Lyon II
RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS
19th–century Interdisciplinary French Studies: visual culture studies, literature, history of
photography, theories of representation, word and image, art criticism, narratives of exile
PUBLICATIONS
(in preparation)
“‘Les souvenirs de l’absent’: Victor Hugo and the Language of Exile.” For
submission in Dix-Neuf.
2016
“Émile Zola’s Family Photography and the Quest for Artistic Legitimacy.”
Excavatio XXVIII (Winter 2016).
2014
“Re-reading Zola Through the Lens of his Photographs.” In selected
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proceedings from Rethinking the Real—Fiction, Art and Theater in the
Time of Émile Zola. Eds. Valerie Minogue and Patrick Pollard. London:
The Émile Zola Society.
BOOK REVIEWS
(forthcoming)
Manon Mathias, Vision in the Novels of George Sand. George Sand
Studies 35 (2017).
2015
Helen Constantine, trans., The Conquest of Plassans by Émile Zola.
Modern Language Review 110.3 (July 2015): 869–870.
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2016–Present
Lecturer, Department of French and Italian, The University of Texas at
Austin
2015–Present
Gallery Teacher in Visual Thinking Strategies, Blanton Museum of Art
2015–Present
Managing Editor, Nineteenth-Century Contexts: An Interdisciplinary
Journal
2012–2016
Instructor, Department of French and Italian, The University of Texas at
Austin
2010–2011
Teaching Assistant, Department of French and Italian, The University of
Texas at Austin
PRESENTATIONS
2017
“‘Les souvenirs de l’absent’: Victor Hugo and the Language of Exile.”
Panel entitled: “Taking Pictures, Telling Stories: Photography’s
Encounters with Literature.” American Comparative Literature
Association. Utrecht, Netherlands.
2016
“Women, Photography, and Second-Empire France: Geneviève-Elisabeth
Disdéri’s Brest et ses Environs.” Nineteenth-Century French Studies
Colloquium. Providence, RI.
2016
“Legitimizing the Illegitimate: Emile Zola’s Family Portraits.” Modern
Language Association. Austin, TX.
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2015
“Romanticizing Exile: Victor Hugo on the rocher des Proscrits.”
Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies Conference. Atlanta, GA.
(session organizer for the panel entitled “Looking Back, Moving Forward:
Re-Imagining the Past for the Future”)
2014
“Representing Exile: Hugo and Zola’s Photographic Turn.” NineteenthCentury French Studies Colloquium. San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2013
“Picturing Paris: New Horizons in Zola's Aesthetics of Representation.”
Nineteenth-Century French Studies Colloquium. Richmond, VA.
2013
“The Author Behind the Camera: Rethinking Zola’s Naturalism.” Émile
Zola Society Colloquium. London, England.
2012
“Phantasy & Reality: The Limits of Space and Time in the Work of Émile
Zola and Georges Méliès.” Nineteenth-Century French Studies
Colloquium. Raleigh, NC.
2012
“Picturing an Industrialized Experience: The Development of bande
dessinée and the Railway in Nineteenth-Century France.” Interdisciplinary
Nineteenth-Century Studies. Lexington, KT.
(session co-organizer for the panel entitled “Images of Static Spaces in a
Spinning World”)
2011
“The Threat of the Unclassifiable Art Form: Bande Dessinée in the
Nineteenth Century.” Normes et Formes Graduate Student Conference.
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
2011
Teaching Materials: Reading Lessons, Listening Activities, and
Assessment Tasks. Pedagogy Workshop for Teachers of French.
University of Texas, Austin, TX.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Courses Taught at the University of Texas at Austin:
Fall 2016
French 326L: Introduction to French Literature II: French Revolution–
Present
Reading and analysis of French literature from the end of the eighteenth
century to the twenty-first century with a focus on different genres and
artistic movements. Students learn how to engage critically with important
works through close-readings and an attention to the cultural and historical
context. This course is taught in French and is a Global Cultures flagged
course designed to increase familiarity with non-U.S. cultural groups.
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French 611C: Intermediate French
An intensive intermediate course with an emphasis on four basic skills:
listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students interact with French
language and culture in an immersive environment, using authentic
materials and learner-centered activities. This course is taught in the target
language, helping students attain an Intermediate to Novice–High level of
French according to ACTFL standards.
Summer 2016
FR601C: Beginning French
An intensive beginning course with an emphasis on four basic skills:
listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students interact with French
language and culture in an immersive environment, using authentic
materials and learner-centered activities. This course is taught in the target
language, helping students attain a Novice–High to Novice–Mid level of
French.
Spring 2015
FR611C
Fall 2014
FR611C
Summer 2014
FR601C
Spring 2014
FR611C
Fall 2013
FR601C
Spring 2013
FR601C
Fall 2012
FR601C
Spring 2011
French Civilization 345: New Trends in the French Graphic Novel
(Teaching Assistant)
This course examines different genres of the French graphic novel,
focusing on innovations, styles, and themes. Works are chosen to provide
an overview of topics that address France’s colonial history, immigration,
and war. This course is taught in English.
Fall 2011
Undergraduate Studies 303: Films and Filmmakers of Italy (Teaching
Assistant)
This course surveys major films of twentieth-century Italian cinema and
considers stylistic and thematic developments from neorealism to
postmodernism. Students learn critical techniques and methods of visual
analysis in this writing flagged course. This course is taught in English.
Curriculum Development:
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French 601C and French 611C: Creation of communicative cultural and listening
activities to accompany Français Interactif
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS
2015–2016
Julia Emerson Walther Fellow, University of Texas at Austin
2012
Tournées Film Festival Grant, FACE (French-American Cultural
Exchange) Foundation
2012
Julia Emerson Walther Excellence Award, University of Texas at Austin
2012
Innovative Contributor Award for Departmental Service, University of
Texas at Austin
2012
Institut d’Études Françaises d’Avignon Scholarship, Bryn Mawr College
2011
Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning Graduate
Student Award for teaching materials developed to accompany Français
Interactif, University of Texas at Austin
2011
Outstanding Performance in French 382L (French Women in Fiction and
Film), University of Texas, Austin
DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
2013–2014
Vice President of French and Italian Graduate Student Organization
2012–2013
Committee Organizer for Tournées Film Festival
2012
Graduate Student Organizer for Eighteenth-Century Writing Workshop
2012
Graduate Student Representative in Modernist Search Committee
2011–2012
Graduate Student Committee Representative for Department of French
and Italian
OUTREACH
2013
Intellectual Entrepreneurship Pre-Graduate School Mentor: Program
designed to familiarize first generation, underrepresented, and
economically disadvantaged students with graduate school experience to
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increase diversity in higher education.
2013, 2012, 2011
Explore UT Organizer: French Department community outreach for
students and teachers in Texas.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies
Émile Zola Society
Modern Language Association
Association Internationale Zola et Naturalisme (AIZEN)
LANGUAGES
English (native)
French (near-native)
German (novice)
Italian (novice)
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
Dr. Alexandra K. Wettlaufer, Professor
University of Texas at Austin
[email protected]
Dr. Hervé Picherit, Assistant Professor
University of Texas at Austin
[email protected]
Dr. Joan Neuberger, Professor
University of Texas at Austin
[email protected]
Dr. Michael Charlesworth, Professor
University of Texas at Austin
[email protected]
Ray Williams, Director of Education
Blanton Museum of Art
[email protected]
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