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Ennaili, Leila

FACULTY

More about Leila Ennaili

Publications

  • “Transitioning Out of the Great War through Cinema: Self-Reflection and Distancing in L’Atlantide (1921) by Jacques Feyder” French Politics, Culture & Society. 40:1, 26–47, 2022.
  • "Accented Mappings of France in a Globalized World: Le Havre (2011) and Samba (2014) Through the Lens of Cinéma-monde." Eds. Michael Gott & Thibaut Schilt. Cinéma-monde: Decentred Perspectives on Global Filmmaking in French, Edinburgh University Press, 216-236, 2018. 
  • "Filmer les migrants à Calais : une représentation aux frontières de la mémoire et de l'Europe." Eds. Marianne Bessy and Carole Salmon. Racines et déracinements au grand écran: trajectoires migratoires dans le cinéma français du XXIème siècle. Leiden: Brill Rodopi, 148-169, 2016.
  • "Galadio de Didier Daeninckx et la question de l'identité nationale." Modern & Contemporary France, 23:1, 17-33, 2015.
  • "Autopsy d'Un Sujet français." Nouvelles Études Francophones, 28:2, 161-176, 2013.

Presentations

  • “Representing the Migrants Experience at the Border: The Interplay of Photographs, Writings and Temporalities in Mathieu Pernot’s Les migrants.” Popular Culture Association 2022 Conference, April 14, 2022.
  • En Thérapie sur le petit écran : réparer la nation après les attentats.” 20th and 21st Century French and Francophone Studies International Colloquium, Pittsburgh, PA, March 24-26, 2022.
  • “Going against the Current: Representing the ‘Migrant Crisis’ in La mer à l’envers.The American Comparative Literature Association Annual Meeting, April 8-11, 2021.
  • Ph. D. – French Studies – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011
  • Master's Degree in English Language, Literature and Civilization - Université de Metz, France, 2003

Border studies, immigration in France, 20th and 21st cent. French Literature, French colonial culture, Francophone literature and cinema.

Courses Taught

Language courses

  • Elementary French I
  • Elementary French II
  • Intermediate French I
  • Intermediate French II
  • Advanced Composition and Conversation I

Topic courses

  • Foreigners in France (20th-21st C.)
  • Contemporary French Literature
  • Francophone Literatures & Cultures
  • French Youth: Finding a Place in the Republic
  • Expression and Theater
  • Environmental Issues in France
  • French for Business
  • France’s Gastronomies