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Olivier Le Blond
Curriculum Vitae Department of Romance Languages and Literatures University at Buffalo
906 Clemens Hall, North Campus Buffalo, NY 14260-4260
Phone : (304)282-1221 Email : ocle@buffalo.edu
Skype : olivier-le-blond
EDUCATION
PhD Candidate French literature (ABD - 2008 – present)
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Dissertation: “Homosocialité Francophone: Écriture Identitaire dans la Littérature Contemporaine du Maghreb arabo-musulman.” Defense scheduled on February 4th 2014
Dissertation Committee : Prof. Christian Flaugh (Chair), Prof. Carine Mardorossian, Prof. Jean-Jacques Thomas.
M.A. French Language and Literature, minor TESOL (spring 2008)
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Licence Langues, Littératures et Civilisations Étrangères (fall 2002) English
Université Paris 13, France
D.E.U.G. (Diplôme d’Études Universitaires Générales) (fall 2001) English
Université Paris 13, France
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Assistant to the Director of the French Language Program (fall 2013 – present)
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures University at Buffalo, State University of New York Duties include: Supervision of the creation of exams
Observation of the new Teaching Assistants Help in the reassessment of the language program General problem solving
Instructor, French (fall 2013 – present)
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures University at Buffalo, State University of New York
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Teaching Assistant, French (fall 2008 – spring 2013)
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Teaching Assistant, French (fall 2006 – spring 2008)
Department of Foreign Languages West Virginia University
Teaching Assistant, French (fall 2003 – spring 2004)
Department of Modern Languages and Cultures Albion College, Albion MI
GRANTS, AWARDS and FELLOWSHIPS
Melodia E. Jones Chair, Summer Research Fellowship, Romance Languages and Literature
Department, University at Buffalo, State University of New York (summer 2013)
Excellence in Teaching Award for Graduate Teaching Assistants, Graduate School, University at
Buffalo, State University of New York (March 2013)
Recruitment Fellowship, Romance Languages and Literature Department, University at Buffalo,
State University of New York (fall 2008 – spring 2012)
Travel Grant, Modern Language Association (January 2012)
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
Chair : ‘‘Identités Sexuelles du Maghreb/Sexual Identities of the Maghreb” International 44th Annual Northeast Modern Language Association Convention Boston, MA; March 21-24, 2013
‘‘Déterritorialisation et reterritorialisation du sujet dans l’Armée du Salut d’Abdellah Taïa’’ Crossing, Frictions, Fusions : 20th and 21st Century French and Francophone Studies International Colloquium
Long Beach, CA; March 29-31, 2012
“(Re)penser l’identité nationale: l’écriture Queer dans le roman francophone marocain” International 42nd Annual Northeast Modern Language Association Convention
New Brunswick, NJ; April 7-10, 2011
“Négation de la masculinité et confusion des genres dans Sarrasine et La Fille aux yeux d’or de Balzac.”
2010 Kentucky Foreign Language Conference
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Far West Popular Culture and American Culture Association 20th Annual Conference Las Vegas, Nevada; January 25-27, 2008
COURSES TAUGHT
University at Buffalo, State University of New York:
FR 212 - French Culture, language and literature 2nd semester (spring 14, 10, fall 09) FR 152 - Intermediate French 2nd semester (spring 12)
FR 151 - Intermediate French 1st semester (fall 11, 10)
FR 104 - Transitional Elementary French (spring 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 09, fall 12, 08, summer 11) FR 102 - Elementary French 2nd semester (spring 14, 13, 11, fall 09, summer 13, 08)
FR 101 - Elementary French 1st semester (fall 13, 12, 11, 10)
West Virginia University:
FRCH 204 - Intermediate French 2 (fall 07, spring 07) FRCH 203 - Intermediate French 1 (fall 06)
FRCH 200 - Intensive Intermediate French (spring 08) FRCH 102 - Elementary French 2 (fall 07, spring 07) FRCH 101 - Elementary French 1 (fall 06)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE / CITIZENSHIP
President, The French Connection (Graduate Student Association)
Buffalo – University at Buffalo, State University of New York, fall 2011 to present. Creator and coordinator of La Table de conversation française
Buffalo – University at Buffalo, State University of New York, fall 2009 to present
Organizing Committee Member & Moderator, Graduate Conference: “Minding the Gap”: On Bridges, Breaches and Borders
Buffalo – University at Buffalo, State University of New York October 11 & 12, 2013
Coordinating Member, Aimé Césaire’s 100 First Lights: Aesthetics, Alternative Subjectivity, and Global Human Relations Symposium
University at Buffalo, State University of New York September 27-28, 2013
Editorial Board, SUNY Buffalo Graduate Romance Studies Journal, Plasticity 3D: Dismantlement University at Buffalo, State University of New York
April 2013
Vice President, The French Connection (Graduate Student Association) University at Buffalo, State University of New York
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Buffalo – Hyatt Regency, University at Buffalo, State University of New York October 5-8, 2011
Assistant Media Production and Audio/Visual Management, International Colloquium: L’oulipo à 50 ans/Oulipo @ 50
Buffalo – Hyatt Regency, University at Buffalo, State University of New York October 5-8, 2011
Moderator, Graduate Conference: Humanities at the Limit Buffalo – University at Buffalo, State University of New York November 4 & 5, 2011
Organizing Committee Member, International Colloquium: Urbanités Littéraires/Cityscapes – Literary Escape
Buffalo – Niagara Marriott, University at Buffalo, State University of New York September 10-13, 2009
Assistant Media Production and Audio/Visual Management, International Colloquium: Urbanités Littéraires/Cityscapes – Literary Escape
Buffalo – Niagara Marriott, University at Buffalo, State University of New York September 10-13, 2009
Jury member, Western New York French competition with the Alliance Française de Buffalo. March 2009
MEMBERSHIP
MLA, Member, 2011 – present ACTFL, Member, 2011 – present AATF, Member, 2011 – present NeMLA, Member, 2010 – present
LANGUAGES
French Native English Fluent
Spanish Reading knowledge Italian Reading knowledge
5 REFERENCES
Dr. Christian Flaugh, Associate Professor of French, SUNY at Buffalo
cflaugh@buffalo.edu - (716) 645-0879
Dr. Jeannette M. Ludwig, Associate Professor of French, SUNY at Buffalo
jmludwig@buffalo.edu - (716) 645-0877 x1175
Dr. Jean-Jacques Thomas, Professor of French, Melodia E. Jones Chair, SUNY at Buffalo
