
Bienvenue
Claire-Marie Brisson is a Doctoral Candidate (ABD) in her fourth year at The University of Virginia. Her thesis topic focuses on identity, transnationality, and the edification of cultural values in French Canada in the twentieth century.
Areas of Interest
French and Francophone Studies
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National identity and nationalism
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Cultural memory and lieux de mémoire
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Social and Cultural History of France (20th and 21st centuries)
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Social and Cultural History of French North Americans and First Nations (Québec, Franco-Ontarians, Franco-Albertans, Franco-Manitobans, Mi’kmaq, Abenaki, Acadians, Detroit, New England, Louisiana)
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Radio as Literature
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Semiotics and Critical Theory
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Transnational and Global Studies
German Studies
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Cultural and Historical History (20th and 21st centuries)
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Propaganda and Nazism
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West and East German identity
Engineering and Design
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Visual theory and criticism
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Design thinking
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Global technology and its intersection with the Humanities
Other interests: sociological method, political science, political theory.
Events & Announcements
Calendar
ACLA Conference Presentation
March 2020
Chicago, IL
“Serviam: Adrien Arcand’s Vision of a Fascist Canadian State.”
Panel: Revisions of Fascism II: Comparative Fascisms
Conference Organizer and Moderator
Date TBD, 2020
Charlottesville, VA
Society of Fellows - The University of Virginia
Topic: Obsolescence in Academia