- Early Career Researcher and Casual Academic, The University of Queensland
Beth (she/elle) is Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies at the University of Queensland. Her research focuses broadly on francophone literature and visual cultures (20th-21st centuries); gender studies; global feminisms; and decolonial and transnational theory. Her first book, Unfixing the Self in Contemporary Women's Phototexts of the Francophone World, is forthcoming with Edinburgh University Press. Her current research focuses on contemporary narratives of sexual and gender violence in French.
Experience
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2026–presentLecturer, The University of Queensland
Education
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2024University of Queensland, PhD in Contemporary Francophone Literature
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2019Université de Montréal, Masters in French Literature
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2016University of Melbourne, Honours in French
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2015University of Melbourne, Graduate Diploma in Art History
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2014University of Queensland, Bachelor of French and English Literature
Grants and Contracts
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2020Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship
- Role:
- PhD Stipend
- Funding Source:
- Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Australian Government
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2020Kathleen Campbell-Brown Scholarship
- Role:
- PhD Top-Up
- Funding Source:
- University of Queensland
Contact Beth for
- General
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- Speaking request
- Consulting / Advising
- Research collaboration
- Research supervision
- Location: Brisbane, Australia
- Website
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beth-kearney-1554a1266/
- X (formerly Twitter): @https://twitter.com/beth26809020?lang=en
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