Ennaili, Leila
FACULTY
More about Leila Ennaili
Publications & Presentations
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.
Education
- 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
Research Interests
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