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Biography
Nicolas Portugal is originally from Arras, France.
He received his B.A. in Anglo-American literatures, cultures, and languages from the Université d'Artois, France, and his M.A. in American literature(s) from the Université de Lille, France.
As a Ph.D. Candidate in French studies, he examines the representations of terrorism in contemporary French fiction.
Research Interests
20th and 21st-century French literature(s) and culture(s)
Cultural studies (French and American cross-cultural relations)
Urban studies
Trauma studies, Memory studies, Terrorism studies
Environmental studies, Ecocriticism
Ethics of Care studies
Education
P.h.D. in French Literature and Culture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (expected May 2022)
M.A. in Anglo-American Literatures and Cultures, Université Charle de Gaulle, Lille, France.
B.A. in Anglo-American Literatures and Cultures, Université d'Artois, Arras, France.
Study Abroad: University College of Dublin, Ireland.
Grants
Departmental K.A. Looney Awards for Teaching Excellence, 2020.
Knudson Fellowship, Summer 2021.
SLCL Dissertation Completion Fellowship, 2021-2022.
Graduate College Mentoring Certificate, 2022.
Awards and Honors
List of teachers ranked as excellent by their students: Fall 2017, Spring and Fall 2018, Spring and Fall 2019, Spring and Fall 2020.
FRIT Fellowship, University of Illinois, Summer 2019.
FRIT Fellowship, University of Illinois, Summer 2020.
FRIT Fellowship, University of Illinois, Summer 2021.
Courses Taught
FR 101: Elementary French I
FR 102: Elementary French II
FR 103: Intermediate French I
FR 104: Intermediate French II
FR 205: Oral French (advanced)
FR 207: Writing and Grammar Workshop (advanced)
IFLIP (Intensive Foreign Language Instruction Program) - French for beginners
IFLIP - Advanced French
Additional Campus Affiliations
European Union Center
Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory
PRESENTATIONS
2021. “From ‘Nous sommes tous Américains’ to ‘#JeSuisCharlie’: (Re)shaping communities through transnational and affective networks in the wake of a terrorist attack” Symposium on How Does Culture Move? Mobility and Stasis in Global Cultural History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2021. “(Dé)Connexions et contrôle du réel : La fiction au service de l’image manquante dans Par les écrans du monde de Fanny Taillandier.” Online Conference of French and Francophone studies. University of Louisiana at Lafayette & CNRS-Université Paris 3.
2020. "La littérature française à l’aune du 11 septembre 2001." University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
2019: "« Zone de libre-échange » : Imaginer l’acte terroriste par la pratique du sexe dans Partouz de Yann Moix." Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures. University of Ohio, Cincinnati.
2018: "Trahison de classe par la sexualité? Parcours d’une double-oppression dans Retour à Reims de Didier Eribon et En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule d'Edouard Louis." New York University, Institute of French Studies.