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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):

  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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

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