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Biography
Charlotte Mackay is a Lecturer in European Languages (French and Francophone Studies). She completed her PhD in French and Comparative Literature at the University of Melbourne and Sorbonne Université (Paris IV) in 2021 through a jointly-awarded Cotutelle degree. Charlotte researches Sub-Saharan Francophone literature, postcolonial/decolonial, diaspora, Black Atlantic, gender, trauma, memory and ecocritical studies. She has a specific interest in the writing of women authors from West and Central Africa and has published articles and book chapters on the fiction of Franco-Cameroonian writer Léonora Miano and on that of Franco-Senegalese writer Fatou Diome. Her first monograph based on her doctoral research, Atlantic Bound: Writing Afro-Atlantic Diasporic Consciousness in the Works of Léonora Miano and Fatou Diome, was published in Peter Lang's Imagining Black Europe series in 2025. Charlotte is passionate about incorporating diverse and marginalised voices into the study of French-speaking societies and cultures. She is the project leader for the European Languages Decolonial Working Group whose objective is to decolonise, diversify, decentre and indigenise European Language and Cultural study at Monash University.
Biography
Charlotte is willing to supervise research projects in any of the following fields:
French and Francophone literature, Sub-Saharan Francophone literature, postcolonial/decolonial, diaspora, Black Atlantic, gender, trauma, memory, fashion and ecocritical literary studies.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
French Literature, PhD, From Afropea to the Afro-Atlantic: A Study of four novels by Léonora Miano and Fatou Diome, University of Melbourne
Award Date: 30 Jul 2021
Sorbonne Universités (Sorbonne University)
Research area keywords
- French & Francophone Literature
- Post-coloniality
- Gender Studies
- Ecocriticism
- Black Atlantic
- Diaspora
- Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa
- African Literature
- Memory Studies
- Trauma Narratives
- Léonora Miano
- Fatou Diome
- Fashion
- Decoloniality
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 1 Active
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Decolonising and Indigenising European Languages at Monash University
Mackay, C., Viora, A., Uxo Gonzalez, C., Bowker, P., Weller, C., Chaplin, F. & Kah, N.
20/08/24 → …
Project: Research
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Afropean Aporias: Problematic cultural hybridity in Léonora Miano’s L’intérieur de la nuit and Fatou Diome’s Le Ventre de l’Atlantique
Mackay, C., Mar 2023, In: Research in African Literatures. 53, 2, p. 41-59 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Book Review: Jayne Tuttle, My Sweet Guillotine
Mackay, C., Mar 2023, In: The French Australian Review. 73, 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Creative Work › Other › peer-review
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"L’Écrivain, c’est le miroir de sa société”: Entretien avec la romancière camerounaise Djaïli Amadou Amal
Mackay, C., 2023, In: Nouvelles Etudes Francophones. 38, 1, p. 199-205 6 p.Translated title of the contribution :"The writer is the mirror of their society": Interview with Cameroonian novelist Djaïli Amadou Amal Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other
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Malaise dans la modernité: l’enfant-soldat dans la littérature subsaharienne contemporaine
Mackay, C., 25 Jan 2023, In: Australian Journal of French Studies. 60, 1, p. 62-75 14 p.Translated title of the contribution :Malaise in modernity : The child soldier in contemporary Sub-Saharan literature Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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The P.R.omised land: New Italians in Australia
Viora, A., Mackay, C., Chakraborty, M. N., Paulsen, H., Bowker, P., Cho, H., Gill, C., Jones, J., Angelucci, M., Kurniasih, Y. & Bradley, J., 2023Research output: Non-textual form › Commissioned or Visual Artwork › Other
Open AccessFile
Prizes
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2021 Peter Lang Emerging Scholars Competition in Black European Studies
Mackay, Charlotte (Recipient), 12 Dec 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Decolonising and Indigenising European Languages at Monash University: Professional Development of Educators (Faculty seed funding for education initiatives)
Mackay, Charlotte (Recipient), Viora, Angela (Recipient), Uxo Gonzalez, Carlos (Recipient), Weller, Christiane (Recipient), Bowker, Paul (Recipient), Chaplin, Felicity (Recipient) & Kah, Nina (Recipient), Aug 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Liverpool University Press’ 2022 Award for Outstanding Journal Reviewers
Mackay, Charlotte (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Winner Australian Society for French Studies Liaison and Community Outreach Fund 2022
Mackay, Charlotte (Recipient), 19 Aug 2022
Prize: Other distinction
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Winner Australian Society for French Studies Liaison and Community Outreach Fund 2023
Mackay, Charlotte (Recipient), 9 Aug 2023
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
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Women in French Australia Seminar Series
Charlotte Mackay (Organiser)
17 Jan 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
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Women in French North America Graduate Essay Prize 2024 (Event)
Charlotte Mackay (Peer reviewer)
Jun 2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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L’immigration clandestine vue d’Afrique subsaharienne
Charlotte Mackay (Invited speaker)
11 Sept 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
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Trauma and its Manifestations in the Arts
Charlotte Mackay (Organiser)
3 Sept 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
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Australian Journal of French Studies (Journal)
Charlotte Mackay (Associate editor)
Jun 2024 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
Press/Media
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Unpacking French Secularism at the 2024 Olympics
6/09/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment