Mame-Fatou Niang-Modern Languages - Carnegie Mellon University

Mame-Fatou Niang

Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies

Address:
Department of Modern Languages
Carnegie Mellon University
160 Baker Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Office: BH A60K
Phone: (412) 268-1073
Department Member Since: 2012

Bio

I conduct research on contemporary France, Sub-Saharan Africa, Francophone female writers, Postcolonial and Transnational Studies, Media, and Urban Planning. My recent research examines the development of Afro-French identities, and the works of second- and third-generation female immigrant writers of the banlieue.

Education

Ph.D., Louisiana State University

Publications and Conferences

  • Haiti Kenbe la! Haiti ou l’écriture de l’urgence. In N. El Nossery and A. Hubbell (Eds.), La représentation de l’indicible dans le monde francophone. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. (Forthcoming).
  • « Reformulations of Blackness in 21st-century France » American Comparative Literature Association. 28th Annual Conference. Toronto, Canada. 4-7 April 2013. (Forthcoming)
  • « Mapping the Body: Spatial Identity in Djebar’s La femme sans sépulture and Bessora’s 53 cm.» The Southern Comparative Literature Association, 36th Annual Conference. Hilton Hotel, Baton Rouge, LA.  21 October 2010.
  • « Touche pas à mon « céfran »: Paroles de banlieue. » American Comparative Literature Association. 25th Annual Conference. Monteleone, New Orleans, LA. 4 April 2010.

Courses Taught

  • 82-201 – Intermediate French
  • 82-415 – The City in French and Francophone Literatures