Christian Flaugh
PhD
Artistic and Scholarly Interests
Francophone, Africana, and Caribbean studies; decolonizations and globalities; disability studies; gender studies; performance studies; subjectivity and embodied knowledge; public representation and perception
Education
- PhD, French Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- MA, French, Middlebury College (Vermont and Paris)
- BA, English, Hope College
Selected Publications
- Revolting Subjects: Publics and Pedagogies of Global Performance (in progress).
- “Andikape Mobility: Haitian Subjectivity at the Juncture of Disability, Gender and Insecurity.” Cultural Dynamics 30.3 (2018): 133-53.
- Marie Vieux Chauvet’s Theatres: Thought, Form, and Performance of Revolt. Co-editor, Lena Taub Robles. Brill, Caribbean Series, 2018. Reviews: European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 109 (2020); Journal of Haitian Studies 26.1 (2020); New West Indian Guide 94.3-4 (2020).
- Operation Freak: Narrative, Identity, and the Spectrum of Bodily Abilities. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2012. Reviews: University of Toronto Quarterly (Spring 2014); French History (September 2016); Modern Language Studies (Summer 2017).
- “Engaging Reality and Popular Performance in the théâtre humain of Guy Régis.” Journal of Haitian Studies 22.1 (2016): 89-123.
- “Of Colonized Mind and Matter: The Dis/Abilities of Negritude in Aimé Césaire’s Cahier d’un retour au pays natal.” Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies, “Disabling Postcolonialism,” 4.3 (October 2010); 291-308.
Courses Taught
- FR 302: French Literature 2: 1789 to Today
- FR 475/TH 421/TH 521: Paris 1900-Buffalo 1901: Exposing Race Archives
- FR 453/RLL 526/TH 453/TH 513: Bodies in Revolt
- FR 527: Bodies, Texts, and Aesthetics
- FR 566: Decolonizations
- FR 580: African and Caribbean Literature in the World
Affiliations
- Member: African Literature Association, Caribbean Studies Association, Haitian Studies Association, Modern Language Association Performance Studies international
- Co-organizer: UB Humanities Institute Performance Research Workshop
- Treasurer, Performing Arts and Theatre Caucus of the African Literature Association (PATCALA)