Dr. Caroline Isabelle Caron

Biography

Caroline-Isabelle Caron joined the History department faculty at Queen's University in 2002. She specializes in 19th and 20th-century Francophone cultural history. Her research focuses on representations of the past and the genealogies of commemorations, as well as representations of the future through the lens of science fiction. Caron examines the societal anxieties of 20th-century Quebec as reflected in speculative fiction media of the mid-20th century and investigates the collective narratives of Acadian and Québécois communities. She concluded a major research project on Acadian commemorations from the 19th and 20th centuries in Nova Scotia, exploring how these commemorations inform the cultural landscape. Her work aims to understand how cultural representations shape collective experiences and memories.

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