Annick Durand
Associate Professor, Chair, Language Studies Department
- Email: Annick.Durand@zu.ac.ae
- Telephone: +971 04-4021549
- Address: Dubai Academic City, C-L2-009
Introduction
A native of the south of France, Annick Durand received a Ph. D. in Comparative Literature from New York University. She has been presenting and publishing on Maghrebine literature in French, Expatriates in Tangier, and Orientalism. She joined Zayed University in Dubai in 2004, where she has been working as Associate Professor while serving in various administrative positions (Assistant-Chair, Chair, Associate Dean).
Previous positions:
1990 – 2000: Associate Professor of French and Comparative Literature, Chair of the French Program, Rivier University (USA).
Languages
English; French; Italian (conversational); Arabic (elementary)
Research and Professional Activities
Maghrebine literature in French; Expatriates in Tangier; Orientalism.
Teaching Areas
Composition sequence (ENG 140, 145, 240); Global Studies sequence; Literature (Film & Literature; Modern and Contemporary Literature)
Durand, A. (2018). Transgressing the Rules of Autobiography. Nina Bouraoui’s La voyeuse interdite (Forbidden Vision). In M. Atack & A. S. Fell (Eds.), French Feminisms 1975 and After: New Readings, New Texts (pp. 197-215). Peter Lang.
