Francoise Lionnet

Françoise Lionnet
Born	Mauritius
Occupation	professor, essayist, scholar
Education	PhD, University of Michigan
Subject	Mascarene Islands, Francophone studies, comparative literature, feminism, postcolonial studies, African studies, autobiography
Notable works	Autobiographical Voices: Race, Gender, Self-Portraiture; Postcolonial Representations: Women, Literature, Identity

Françoise Lionnet is a professor at UCLA in Comparative Literature, French and Francophone Studies, and Gender Studies, as well as the current director of the African Studies Center and Program Co-Director of UCLA's Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities: Cultures in Transnational Perspective. She is a leading scholar in Francophone and comparative literary studies, and has published groundbreaking work in the fields of feminist literature, postcolonial studies, autobiography, and African, African-American, Caribbean and Mascarene Island studies. She is the former president of the ACLA.

Lionnet was born in Mauritius, to a Franco-Mauritian and Seychellois family. She grew up speaking French and Creole, and learned English at the age of 4. This, in addition to the island's multicultural society and her diverse educational experience, has informed her research interests and comparatist approach throughout her career. Educated in Mauritius, Reunion Island, France, England, Germany, and the US, she received her PhD from the University of Michigan and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Cornell Society for the Humanities.

Prior to joining UCLA, Françoise Lionnet held the Pierce Miller Professorship in Literary Studies at Northwestern University until 1998. She also held visiting and special professorships at Duke University, University of Nottingham, UK, and the EHESS in Paris.

Françoise Lionnet is currently a professor at UCLA in Comparative Literature, French and Francophone Studies, and Gender Studies, as well as the director of the African Studies Center and Program Co-Director of UCLA's Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities: Cultures in Transnational Perspective.

She has edited and co-edited volumes for literary journals including Yale French Studies, Signs, L'Esprit créateur, Comparative Literary Studies, , and International Journal of Francophone Studies. In addition to editing, Lionnet has been a regular contributor to these and many other scholarly journals throughout her career.

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