Community Service:
One of three creators of the non-profit organization Michiana VegFest in 2018 and one of the main organizers of its annual free festival, which draws thousands of guests—this organization includes searching for sponsors, speakers, chefs, and exhibitors, collaborating with the Browning Cinema: March 2018, at U of Notre Dame; April 2019, at Century Center; (COVID interruption) October 2022, at Century Center; April 2024, at Gillespie Center. Position: Co-Chair, 2018-2023. Advisor: 2024-
Teaching (including off-campus):
“A Passage to Morocco through Contemporary Literature and Film,” LLRO 34650 / GSC 34565 / FTT 34650, Rabat, Morocco, May-June 2017.
Publications:
Forthcoming 2024: “Anna de Noailles et son héritage romantique : Promenade dans le Vallon de Lamartine.” Proceedings of the conference “Anna de Noailles comme icône de la modernité / Anna de Noailles als Ikone der Moderne,” Universität Giessen, 12-13 December 2022.
Editor: Femmes d’islam en littérature, film et art. Coll. Études transnationales, francophones et comparées. Paris: L’Harmattan, 2019.
Book Reviews:
Taylor, Benjamin. Proust: The Search. Coll. Jewish Lives. Yale University Press, 2015. H-France Review 17:98 (July 2017).
Elsayed, Hanan. L’Histoire sacrée de l’islam dans la fiction maghrébine. Karthala, 2016. The French Review 92.1 (Oct. 2018): 253-254.
Academic Lectures and Conference Presentations:
Invited lecture : “Anna de Noailles et son héritage romantique.” Conference “Anna de Noailles comme icône de la modernité / Anna de Noailles als Ikone der Moderne,” Universität Giessen, Germany, 12-13 December 2022.
Invited presentation and discussion: film Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (“Portrait of a Lady on Fire”), Browning Cinema, Feb 10, 2022 (part of the Nanovic Institute Film Series: Women at Work in European Cinema).
Other Service to the University and Community:
Three donations to the Hesburgh Libraries Rare Books Collection: “Anna de Noailles Collection,” 2016, 2021, 2023. The collection includes over 300 items (correspondence, autographed books, photographs, unpublished writings, critical writings), most of unique value. As of December 2023, the total value has been formally estimated at close to $150,000.00.
Creation and maintenance of website on Anna de Noailles: annadenoailles.org (includes annual payments for the domain name and the website hosting outside the U of Notre Dame).