Khalid Lyamlahy - Scholar of Medieval & Modern Languages
We talked to Khalid Lyamlahy about his work as a Francophone North African literature teacher at the University of Chicago. We also discussed his research about the works of contemporary Moroccan Francophone writers and the concepts of nostalgia and revolt.
About Khalid Lyamlahy
Khalid Lyamlahy is Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies at the University of Chicago. He holds a PhD from the University of Oxford (St Anne’s College) and a Master's degree in engineering from Ecole des Mines d'Alès Engineering School in Alès (Southern France). He worked for eight years as a civil engineer and project manager in Paris and London before moving to academia. His current work explores North African Francophone literature in relation to political, social, and cultural debates in the region and beyond. His research interests include contemporary fiction and poetry in French, literary and postcolonial theory, and translation. His scholarly publications have appeared in Research in African Literature, The Journal of North African Studies, the Irish Journal of French Studies, and Revue Roland Barthes, as well as in collective volumes with Peter Lang and Classiques Garnier. His current research explores questions of identity and alterity in post-2011 Maghrebi fiction. Besides his academic work, he has published a novel, Un Roman Étranger (Présence Africaine Editions, 2017) and is a regular contributor to several literary magazines in France and the US.
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