Siham Bouamer, Ph.D.
Siham Bouamer Assistant Professor of French and Francophone studies and the Coordinator of the French Program. She holds a Ph.D. in French Literature and a certificate in women, gender, and sexuality studies from Washington University in St. Louis. Her research specialization is in francophone and postcolonial studies with a special focus on nineteenth- to twenty-first-century French and North African literature and film, especially transnational movements from/to the Maghreb. She also has a broad comparative interest in my research by reaching into disciplines such as Arabic, cultural, gender, and queer studies.
Currently, she is working on her first book project focusing on French women’s travel narratives on Morocco during the protectorate. Other research focuses on contemporary 20th & 21st-century French cultural, film, and literary studies; Maghrebi French queer and women writers; critical pedagogy with an emphasis on diversity and decolonialization in French studies.
At SHSU, she has taught across the curriculum, ranging from introductory to advanced language and culture studies courses and have developed new courses in film, culture, business, and healthcare. She also regularly teaches courses for the Honors College.
Research Interests
- Colonial and postcolonial studies
- Women, gender and sexuality studies
- Maghrebi studies
- Second Language Acquisition
Selected Publications
Abdellah Taïa’s Queer Migrations: Non-Places, Affect, Temporalities. Eds. Denis M. Provencher and Siham Bouamer. Lexington Books, 2021. Series: After the Empire: The Francophone World and Postcolonial France. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781793644862/Abdellah-Taïa’s-Queer-Migrations-Non-places-Affect-and-Temporalities
“He Loves me/He Loves me not: Cruel Optimism in Abdellah Taïa’s L’armée du salut”. In Abdellah Taïa’s Queer Migrations: Non-Places, Affect, Temporalities. Eds. Denis M. Provencher and Siham Bouamer. Lexington Books, 2021: pp. 113-126.
“Aïcha la rebelle, Aïcha la nomade: Résistance au féminin sous l’occupation coloniale espagnole au Maroc,” Transitions: Journal of Franco-Iberian Studies, vol. 13 (2020), pp. 69-96.
“A Comparative Analysis of Cultural Representations in Collegiate World Language Textbooks (Arabic, French, and German)” with Yazan, B., Uzum, B., Zahrawi, S., Bouamer, S., & Malakaj, E. Linguistics and Education, vol. 65 (2021), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.linged.2020.100901
“Du néoréalisme italien au néoréalisme marseillais: Entretien avec Jean-Bernard Marlin sur son film Shéhérazade (2018),” Francosphères, vol. vol. 9.2 (2020), pp. 193-202.
“Integration à tout prix: Islam, Islamism, and the Hijab, in Yamina Benguigui’s Aïcha,” French Studies, pp. 1–16 (2020), doi:10.1093/fs/knaa219.
“Parcours initiatique musical dans Infidèles de Abdellah Taïa.” Expressions Maghrébines (“Image, Texte, Son: Esthétiques Transmédiales du Maghreb Contemporain”), vol. 19 (été 2020), pp. 107-124.
“Monstrous Moroccan Women in French Women’s Travel Narratives during the Protectorate.” Intertexts, vol. 23.1-2 (2019), pp. 65-90.
“Souvenirs du Maroc et nostalgie du pré-protectorat dans Ce Monde disparu. Souvenirs de Madeleine Saint-René Taillandier.” Études Francophones (“Déclin, deuil et nostalgie”), vol. 30 (Printemps 2019), pp. 116-135.
Recent conferences
2021
CFC Intersections Inaugural Conference (conference co-organizer).
“Queer Realms of Memory,” Winthrop-King International Conference (plenary session-co-organizer)
“Decentering French Curriculum, Programming, and Publishing: Queer as the New Normal and Normative,” 20th and 21st French and Francophone Studies International Colloquium (panel co-organizer).
“Cultural (Mis)appropriation in the Francophone World,” Modern Language Association Convention (co-organizer and respondent)
“Mythologization of the Colonial Past in French Women’s Travel Narratives on Morocco,” Modern Language Association Convention.
2020
Diversity, Decolonization, and the French Curriculum Conference (conference co-organizer)
“Forgetting the National Anthem: Queer Musical Pride of Belonging in Abdellah Taïa’s work,” 20th and 21st French and Francophone Studies International Colloquium. (Canceled due to Covid-19).
“Decolonizing the French Curriculum: Strategies for Recruitment,” Modern Language Association Convention.
“Beyond the Banlieue: Decolonizing Paris on Screen,” The Centre for Modern European Literature at the University of Kent (Invited talk).
“Racial Justice and Modern Languages,” The Centre for Modern European Literature at the University of Kent (Invited talk).
“Diversity and Inclusion in the French Classroom,” AATF-Saint Louis Chapter (Invited talk).
2021
Co-organizer:
Co-organizer and respondent: “Cultural (Mis)appropriation in the Francophone World,” Modern Language Association Convention.
Co-organizer: “Sites of Queer Memory in de Abdellah Taïa’s Work,” 20th and 21st French and Francophone Studies International Colloquium (March 2020-cancelled due to Covid-19).
List of courses regularly taught at SHSU
FREN 4370: Social Issues in Contemporary France Through Film
FREN 4370: Migration in French Cinema
FREN 4370: Multiculturalism in French Film
FREN 4370: Francophone Cultures Through Film
FREN 3380: Contemporary French Culture and Civilization
FREN 4377: French for Business Communication
FREN 4382. French for Healthcare
FREN 3365: French Grammar and Stylistics
FREN 1411 and 1411: Elementary French I and II
French 2311 and 2312: Intermediate French I and II
HONR 3375: Honors Dialogues Seminar (Global Migration, Islamophobia, #MeToo, Fake News, Black Lives Matter)