Beatrice Mousli Bennett

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1 Beatrice Mousli Bennett University of Southern California Francophone Research & Resource Center Leavey Library, West 35th Street Los Angeles, CA T. (213) Curriculum vitae October 2015 ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Professor (teaching), USC Department of French & Italian Director, USC Francophone Research & Resource Center Director of Undergraduate Studies, USC Department of French & Italian EDUCATION 2012 Master of Professional Writing, USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Habilitation à diriger des recherches, Pour une autre histoire littéraire: réseaux et sociabilités littéraires au début du XX e siècle. Advisor: Prof. Jeanyves Guérin, Paris-III Sorbonne Nouvelle Docteur ès Lettres, Université de Paris IV-Sorbonne; diss.: Intentions, revue littéraire, ; Advisor Prof. Marie-Claire Bancquart. (Mention Très Honorable avec les félicitations du jury ) 1989 D.E.A. de Lettres Modernes, Université de Paris IV-Sorbonne (mention Bien ) 1989 Diplôme d Etudes Supérieures Spécialisées (D.E.S.S.) en Documentation-Information, Institut d Etudes Politiques de Paris Maîtrise de Lettres Modernes, Université de Paris IV-Sorbonne (mention Bien ) 1984 Baccalauréat ès-lettres, Paris (mention Assez bien ) AWARDS, GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS 2013 Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Development grant, USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences 2011 Advancing Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences grant, University of Southern California, July 2011 June Next Level Initiative grant, USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences 2007 Chevalier de l Ordre des Palmes Académiques, French Minister of Education. [Knight in the order of the Academic Palms] B. Mousli Bennett - 1

2 2006 Prix Anna de Noailles de l Académie Française for Max Jacob published by Editions Flammarion Grand Prix de la Biographie de l Académie Française, for Valery Larbaud, published by Editions Flammarion Institute of European Studies Faculty Award Centre National des Lettres (CNL): Bourse d aide à la création, for the writing of the book Editions du Sagittaire, (IMEC editions, published in March 2003) Ministère des Affaires Etrangères de la République Française: Bourse Stendhal 1990 New York University: Teaching Assistant Fellowship 1989 Academic Year Abroad Fellowship (awarded by Université Paris IV-Sorbonne and spent at SUNY New Paltz) RESEARCH, WRITING & TEACHING Research and Teaching Interests Intellectual history 1870 to the present, in France and in the United States History of publishing, Life and history of literary magazines, from 1850 to present Literary history: theory & practice Writing lives: theory & practice - Literary translation Forthcoming Publications and Papers book Susan Sontag, editions Flammarion, Paris, Spring BOOK CHAPTER "An Unlikely Trio: writing the lives of three modernist French poets in The Companion of Literary Biography, edited by Richard Bradford. London: Wiley & Blackwell, spring TRANSLATION Olivia Rosenthal, They Are for Nothing in Our Tears, La Presse, Provincetown, ARTICLES Traduction / Translation: Tlemcen, Los Angeles, entre langue et espace, special issue on translation, Expressions Maghrébines, June Scholarly publications monographs Philippe Soupault. Paris: Editions Flammarion, (Finalist for the Goncourt de la Biographie 2010) B. Mousli Bennett - 2

3 Beyond the Iconic: Contemporary Photographs of Paris In collaboration with Guy Bennett and Catherine Tambrun, Los Angeles: Angel City Press, Max Jacob. Paris: Editions Flammarion, (Prix Anna de Noailles de l Académie Française 2006) Les Editions du Sagittaire. In collaboration with François Laurent. Paris: IMEC éditions, Charting the Here of There: French & American Poetry in Translation in Literary Magazines, In collaboration with Guy Bennett. New York: Granary Books, (French edition: Poésies des deux mondes. Un dialogue franco-américain à travers les revues Translated by Jean- Michel Espitallier & Marina Dick. Paris: Ent revues, 2004) Virginia Woolf. Paris: Editions du Rocher, Valery Larbaud. Paris: Editions Flammarion, (Grand Prix de la Biographie de l Académie Française 1998) Intentions: histoire d une revue littéraire des années vingt. Paris: Editions Ent Revues, edited volumes Women in the Public Sphere in the 21 st Century. Edited in collaboration with Eve-Alice Roustang-Stoller. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, Los Angeles, a Different Look at a Different City. Edited in collaboration with Guy Bennett. Los Angeles: Seismicity Editions, A Review of Two Worlds: French and American Poetry in Translation. Los Angeles: Seismicity Editions, Voyager avec Valery Larbaud. Paris: Editions La Quinzaine/Louis Vuitton, Ferdinand Brunetière: L Evolution des genres dans l histoire de la littérature. Paris: Editions Pocket, Ce Vice Impuni la Lecture: Domaine anglais suivi de Pages retrouvées. Collected essays of Valery Larbaud. Paris: Editions Gallimard, Henri Hoppenot Valery Larbaud: correspondance. Cahiers des Amis de Valery Larbaud, n 35, (1998) Michel Bulteau: Entretiens. Lyons: Editions de l Aube, Adrienne Monnier et Henri Hoppenot: correspondance. Paris: Editions des Cendres, Valery Larbaud, Les Archontes et Les Portiques. Paris: Editions des Cendres, Mathilde Pomès Valery Larbaud: correspondance. Cahiers des Amis de Valery Larbaud, I, n 30 (1993) 1 69; II, Cahiers n 31 (1994) translations Book: Olivia Rosenthal, We are not here to disappear, Seismicity Editions, Spring Chapbooks: Olivia Rosenthal, The Tears, Toad Press, August Philippe Soupault, Westwego. Los Angeles: Mindmade Books, In magazines: Olivia Rosenthal, "Vertigo". OR: A Literary Tabloid 10 (Spring 2013): articles Chère amie, chère princesse fée : les correspondances féminine de Max Jacob. Cahiers Max Jacob, October 2013: B. Mousli Bennett - 3

4 Correspondance inédite ( ) ; Lettres de Max Jacob à René Lacôte. édition établie, présentée et annotée par Béatrice Mousli, Cahiers Max Jacob (October 2012): Une conversation brusquement interrompue: Claudel, Gide, Whitman. Europe (October 2011): Maxime Lévy apôtre ou martyr? Max Jacob, héros accidentel du Bon apôtre de Philippe Soupault. Cahiers Max Jacob (October 2008): Ecrire la ville: Los Angeles dans les livres. Urbanisme, dossier spécial Los Angeles (July August 2008): Ecrivains-éditeurs: l exception Sagittaire. Revue d Histoire Littéraire de la France (October December 2007): La revue ne prend plus d abonnement. La Revue des Revues (February 2007): Mohamed Dib, une traduction américaine. Expressions Maghrébines (Fall 2005): Editrice et Critique. Le Magazine Littéraire, special issue Virginia Woolf (December 2004): Histoire de l édition, histoire littéraire: le cas des éditions du Sagittaire. Texte (Toronto), special issue The Book (August 2003): Valery Larbaud. notice dans Le Dictionnaire des Grands Ecrivains, Le Robert (December 1999): De quelques revues et maisons d éditions littéraires à Los Angeles. In collaboration with Guy Bennett. La Revue des revues 25 (Fall 1998): Valery Larbaud et Marguerite Audoux, l amateur et la couturière. Notre Berry (Fall 1998): Jules Romains Valery Larbaud, tracé d une constellation: d Intentions au Mouton Blanc. in Bulletin des Amis de Jules Romains (November 1996): Georges Perec, architecte d une nouvelle prose poétique. Le récit poétique après 1945, Presses Universitaires de Clermont-Ferrand (October 1996): Pour une revue européenne: Valery Larbaud et Franz Hellens. Courant d Ombres 4, special issue F. Hellens (March 1996): Futuribles: naissance et histoire d une revue de prospective. La Revue des Revues 20 (Spring 1995): [in collaboration with Corinne Roëls] Le Grand Camarade: Valery Larbaud et Walt Whitman. Europe 798 (October 1995): Valery Larbaud et Léon Werth: le bourgeois et l anarchiste. Cahiers Valery Larbaud 32 (May 1995): Francisco Contreras, vingt ans de Lettres hispano-américaines dans le Mercure de France. Digraphe 73, special issue The Centenary of the Mercure de France (1995): Esquisse d une chronologie, autour de Thomas de Quincey. Digraphe 71, Special issue Th. de Quincey (1994): De l Allemagne. Ibid.: Pierre André-May; directeur de revue en 1922 interview. Digraphe 70 (1994): Kateb Yacine: le Poète comme une Torpille. Ibid.: Le Mouton Blanc, revue unanimiste. La Revue des Revues 17 (Fall 1994): Quelques précisions à propos d un article de Valery Larbaud sur Jean Royère, directeur de La Phalange. La Revue des Revues 12 (Fall 1992): Valery Larbaud et les revues littéraires françaises. Ibid.: 17 25; Bibliographie. 31. Intentions Ibid.: Larbaud/Royère, un échange de lettres. Les Cahiers de l Herne 61 (1992): Don Ramon et Valerio. International conference on Ramon Gomez de la Serna, Clermont- Ferrand, B. Mousli Bennett - 4

5 February 5 7, 1997 (Published in Ramon Gomez de la Serna, CRLMC, Presses Universitaires de Clermont-Ferrand [1999]: ) Intentions. Round table, Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris, October 12, Roger Vailland, un nouvel exote. Round table: Bourg-en-Bresse, September 29, (Published in Cahiers Roger Vailland 4 [December 1995]: ) Valery Larbaud, exote européen. International conference, Strasbourg: Tradition française et modernité européenne chez Valery Larbaud. October 22 24, (Published in Valery Larbaud[:] espaces et temps de l humanisme, CRMLC, Presses Universitaires de Clermont- Ferrand [1995]: ) book reviews Valery Larbaud, Journal. La Quinzaine Littéraire, September 1, 2009: Valery Larbaud, Du Navire d Argent. La Revue des Revues 34 (2003): First Festival of Literary Magazines, France and America, New York, 4 6 october La Revue des Revues 32 (2002) Les Cahiers du Rhône dans la guerre ( ): La résistance du Glaive de l Esprit, La Revue des Revues 27 (Fall 1999): Nouveau Monde, Autres Mondes: surréalisme & Amériques [on the book edited by Lachenal and Ritter, 1995]. Europe (November December 1995): 236. Paroles Intimes [on Louis Chadourne: Carnets]. La Quinzaine Littéraire 664 (February 16 28, 1995): Deux notes de lecture: Reading National Geographic et Les Helvétistes. La Revue des Revues 17 (1994): L indicible blessure [on Sarah Kofman: Rue Ordener, rue Labat]. Digraphe 72 (1994): Au Midi de la Passion [on Paul Claudel: Partage de Midi]. Ibid.: Ramon Gomez de la Serna. Digraphe 70 (1994): Un homme venu du...sudeste. (Movie review) Digraphe 69 (1994): Perec, une vie: note de lecture sur la biographie de Georges Perec par D. Bellos. Ibid.: Note de lecture: Charles Krance: L.-F. Céline, The I of the Storm. Le Magazine Littéraire, 317 (January 1994): 65. A propos d Amants heureux amants. Digraphe 66 (1993): Commerce : une revue internationale moderniste (par Sophie Levie, 1989). La Revue des Revues 12 (Fall 1992): Outside the Book: contemporary essays on literary periodicals (ed., David Carter, 1991). La Revue des Revues 11 (1991): conference papers and panels chaired Through the Mirror: Translating Autofiction, Literature and Global Culture: The Voice of the Translator University of California, Santa Barbara, January 23-24, Into the writing zone : Writing Susan Sontag s biography, Oxford Centre for Life-Writing: Inaugural Conference The Lives of Objects, September 2013, Wolfson College, Oxford University. B. Mousli Bennett - 5

6 Chaired the panel : Biography Oxford Centre for Life-Writing: Inaugural Conference The Lives of Objects, September 2013, Wolfson College, Oxford University. Tracing Selves in 21st-Century French Women s Experimental Writing: the case of Olivia Rosenthal. Traces, Fragments, Remains / Traces, Fragments, Restes, 20th and 21st Century French and Francophone Studies International Colloquium, Atlanta, March 28 30, Chaired the panel : Beyond Disneyland: Research Opportunities in Southern California Biographers International Organization Conference, USC Davidson Center, May 19, If Tomorrowland Is Forever Then, If I Lived Here, Would I Be Home Now? &Now Festival, UC San Diego, Oct. 15th, Selecting a subject. Compleat Biographer Conference (First conference of the Biographers International Organization), University of Massachusetts, Boston, May 15, Géographies Larbaldiennes Talk given in the LISAA seminar, University of Marne-la-Vallée, France, June 8, Westwego: de l influence de Philippe Soupault sur les poètes états-uniens. Congrès de l Association Française des Etudes Américaines (centenary of the association), Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, May 24 26, Ecrire Editer, ou l art du succès: les conseils de Pierre Mille et Fernand Divoire. Journée d étude de la Revue d Histoire Littéraire de la France, Fondation Del Duca, Paris, December 1, Pages from the Ashes: Publishing the Watts Writers Workshop. Fourth International Conference on the Book, Emerson College, Boston October 20 22, Philippe Soupault américaniste. Conference Les Revues modernistes anglo-américaines: lieux d échange, lieux d exil. Université de Paris-III, June 3 4, 2005 (Published in Revues modernistes anglo-américaines: lieux déchanges, lieux d exil, éditions Ent revues [2006]: ). Another bridge: magazines and translations / La traduction en revue: un nouveau pont jeté par-dessus l Atlantique. SHARP World Conference, Lyons (France), July 22, Philippe Soupault éditeur et revuiste. Conference Philippe Soupault ou l ombre frissonnante. Institut Catholique de Paris, November 13 14, (Published in Philippe Soupault ou l ombre frissonnante, éditions Jean-Michel Place [2000]: ) G.-K. Chesterton Valery Larbaud: rencontre littéraire ou religieuse? International conference on Valery Larbaud, Vichy, May 31 June 1st, (Published in De la traduction sur les chemins de Saint Jérôme, éditions du Centre de Recherches sur les Littératures Modernes et Contemporaines (CRMLC), Presses Universitaires de Clermont-Ferrand [1998]: ) Georges Perec: Espèce d utopie ou le souvenir d espace(s). Conference on Histoire et Géographie du Récit Poétique. April 2 6, (Published in L Histoire et la géographie dans le récit poétique, CRLMC, Presses Universitaires de Clermont-Ferrand [1997]: ) invited lectures Philippe Soupault, une poétique du vingtième siècle. Société d études françaises de Bâle, Université de Bâle, Dec. 13, Philippe Soupault, une biographie. Médiathèque de Montpellier, France, Dec. 10, Publishing a Literary Biography in 2010: the example of Philippe Soupault. Université de Marne-la- Vallée, France, Dec 8, Philippe Soupault à la poursuite de lui-même, de Chaville à Paris en passant par Tunis, Mexico, New- B. Mousli Bennett - 6

7 York, Berlin, Prague et Rio de Janeiro A discussion with Raphaël Sorin on the Twentieth anniversary of Ph. Soupault s death. Centre Culturel de Chaville, France, Dec 7, Charting the Here of There: the Continuing Dialogue. Doheny Memorial Library, University of Southern California, March 6, Towards an History of the Book. Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, March 7, L écriture au féminin: la plume francophone. Institut d Etudes Européennes, November 22, Le Sagittaire, une maison d édition parisienne de l entre-deux-guerres. Stanford University, January 15, Two Women and their Bookstores: the Avant Garde on the Left Bank. Pomona College, April 27, De l oubli à la mémoire: l écriture contre l histoire. University of Southern California, February 2, conferences organized Los Angeles: un autre regard sur une ville autre. Co-organized with Guy Bennett. Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, June Women in the Public Sphere: French and American Perspectives. Co-organized with Eve-Alice Roustang- Stoller. USC, Spring Poésie et revues, un dialogue franco-américain. Co-organized with Guy Bennett and Ent revues. Paris, Reid Hall, June 3 4, A Review of Two Worlds: French and American Poetry in Translation. Co-organized with Guy Bennett and Paul Vangelisti. Doheny Memorial Library, USC Los Angeles, April 4 6, exhibits curated Beyond the Iconic: Contemporary Photographs of Paris. Co-curator with Guy Bennett. Los Angeles Public Library Central Branch, March 1 June 1, Charting the Here of There: French & American Poetry in Translation in Literary Magazines, Co-curator with Guy Bennett. Doheny Memorial Library, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, February 7 May 9. Reviews of Two Worlds: French and American Literary Magazines, Co-curator with Guy Bennett. New York Public Library, October 4 December 7, Creative Writing chapbook Metamorphoses of Palm Trees. Los Angeles: Mindmade Books, 2011, 27p. magazine publications From Redon s Colors : Bordeaux, OR: A Literary Tabloid 10 (Spring 2013): 3. From Redon s Colors : London OR: A Literary Tabloid 9 (Fall 2012): 9. Metamorphosis of a Palm Tree: Kaleidoscope of an Exile. in The New Review of Literature, vol.5 n 2 (Spring 2008): B. Mousli Bennett - 7

8 readings Sunny with a Chance of Sigalert. MPW (USC Master of Professional Writing) Student Faculty Reading Series, Vroman s Bookstore, Pasadena, January 28, I d rather be writing. Readings by Otis Writers. in association with the exhibition, Omage: The Artists, Designers & Writers of Otis. Gallery Track 16, Santa Monica, Saturday August 23, L.A. writing. &Now Festival, Chapman University, April 17, Metamorphosis of Palm Trees. Readings by Otis Writers. in association with the exhibition, Omage: The Artists, Designers & Writers of Otis. Gallery Track 16, Santa Monica, Saturday August 27, Media Creation ABC L.A. : Portrait d une Ville en 26 lettres. In collaboration with Guy Bennett. Atelier de Création Radiophonique, Radio France, France Culture, September 27, 2009, 69 mns. Research Positions and Assignments June 2006 present, Contributing Researcher, Littératures savoirs et arts (LISAA), Université de Marnela-Vallée. June 2004 present, Contributing Researcher, Modernist Little Reviews. Paris III- Sorbonne Nouvelle. June , Contributing Researcher at the Institut Mémoire de l Edition Contemporaine, (IMEC), Paris. Stendhal Fellow: 8 weeks of research in private archives and university libraries in Los Angeles, California, June September February 1995 January 1997, Chargée de mission at Futuribles International; [responsible for establishing a bibliographical, computerized database, and for editing a newsletter, covering political, economic, and social developments in France and Europe] contributing editor of Futuribles (monthly review). May July 1994: research editor for Editions Julliard : Contributing Researcher, Catalogue of 20 th -Century French manuscripts, at the Institut Mémoires de l Edition Contemporaine (IMEC) : internships in business documentation (Paris: Caisse des Dépots, Lancôme International) : various assignments at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Teaching and service University of Southern California Fall 2014 present: Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of French & Italian B. Mousli Bennett - 8

9 Spring 2004 present: Director of the Francophone Research and Resource Center July present: Professor (teaching), Department of French & Italian. Fall 2009 Spring 2013: Associate professor (teaching), Department of French & Italian. Spring 1999 Spring 2008: Full-time Lecturer, Department of French & Italian. COURSES TAUGHT In French: Core courses for majors and minors (introduction to literature, advanced conversation, culture and civilization) Race, Gender and Power in Francophone literature and cinema Suburbs; a Reading of French Youth Studies in an Author (Marguerite Yourcenar, Philippe Soupault, Max Jacob, Georges Perec) Women Writings Literary Autobiography Surveys of nineteenth and twentieth and twenty-first century French and Francophone literature. In English: Arts and Letters 100 (General education classes) : Writing Lives: The Art of the Portrait (Fall 2011 / Spring & Fall 2013) DIRECTED STUDIES - Directed studies at the undergraduate level for students preparing an honor thesis in French. - Directed independent studies with graduate students preparing for PhD in Creative Writing, on translation (from French into English) and early Twentieth Century fantastic literature (Fall 2012, Fall 2013) FRANCOPHONE RESOURCE AND RESEARCH CENTER: founding director (since 2004) Website: SERVICE College and university committees : Member of the College committee on Non Tenure-Track Promotions. 2013: Member of the University review committee for the Zumberge Individual Grant program : Member of the College committee on Non Tenure-Track Promotions. Spring 2010: Member committee of the USC Extraordinary Community Service Award. DEPARTMENT COMMITTEES Fall 2014 present: member of the French & Italian NTT Mentoring Committee Spring 2014 present: Chair, Curriculum Committee Fall 2012: NTT Merit review committee : Curriculum committee B. Mousli Bennett - 9

10 Fall 2013: NTT Merit review committee OTHER DEPARTMENTS COMMITTEES Fall 2014: NTT Promotion committee, Department of Spanish & Portuguese Service to the university community Spring 2004 present: Faculty advisor of the USC French student association formerly ( ) le p tit coin. August 2006: Faculty advisor to the SCitizen project, A Day at All Peoples (scheduled during Welcome Week, this program introduces Freshmen to the social issues affecting our community and assists them in taking action to promote awareness about them). Spring : President of the USC Faculty Women s Club Spring 2005 Spring 2006: Vice-president of the USC Faculty Women s Club, in charge of programming service learning Fall 2004 present: advisor to the service learning program in the Department, offering in all upper-division classes a service learning opportunity with the USC Joint Educational Project. Phd guidance committee : Charles Joseph, Etre et écrire (de) Los Angeles : Wanda Coleman Outside member, Departement de littérature anglaise et américaine, Université du Mans CURRICULAR DEVELOPMENT Revision of both the major and minor curricula in French, redesigning the core courses (advanced grammar, composition, introduction to literature and conversation). Development of two new upper-division courses: Study of An Author and Modern Civilization and Cultures PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: ACTFL OPI Workshop, USC, Dec , 2011 ACTFL Rater certified, Spring 2012 ACTFL Language proficiency test in French: rated superior. MASTER OF PROFESSIONAL WRITING (MPW), USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, graduated in December 2012 Fellow, USC Non-Tenure Track Faculty career development program, Previous teaching experience B. Mousli Bennett - 10

11 Fall 2001 Spring 2009: Visiting Faculty, MFA Graduate Writing Program, Otis College of Art and Design. Courses Taught (in English, graduate level) History of the book, History of Publishing a Writer s Approach. (required class, taught every Spring) A Review of Two Worlds: French & American Writings. On Memory: literary seminar Spring 2002 Spring 2004: Visiting Faculty, Liberal Studies Department, Otis College of Art and Design. Courses Taught (in English, undergraduate level) Creative Non-fiction: Novel, Autobiography and Self-fiction. Contemporary Ethnic American Fiction The Other: A Strange Reflection of Ourselves : IES (Institute for International Education for Students), Paris Center Instructor, teaching literature and civilization Coordinator for the student orientations and undergraduate advisor 1997 / 1998: Instructor, University of Southern California, Paris Center. Summer 1991, Summer 1992: New York University Summer program in Paris : Teaching Assistant, New York University 1990: Instructor, SUNY New Paltz (Spring), Assistant Coordinator SUNY New Paltz Summer semester in France. Professionnal Membership Société des Gens de Lettres, France, membre sociétaire (SGDL) Modern Language Association of America (MLA) Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing (SHARP) Biographers International Organization (BIO) Association des Amis de Max Jacob (editorial board) Association Internationale des Amis de Valery Larbaud American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) B. Mousli Bennett - 11