Dr. Helen Solterer

Biography

Helen Solterer is a Professor in the Department of Romance Studies at Duke University, where she has been a faculty member since 2010. She specializes in premodern literature and culture, with a focus on the interplay between French and contemporary thought, as well as twentieth-century French cultural history and the representation of gender in literature. Solterer is currently completing a book titled "Almanach Timely Fictions," which explores the intersections of literature and graphic arts. Her published works include a contribution to the volume "Migrants Shaping Europe, Past Present: Multilingual Literatures, Arts, Cultures" and an edition of "James Joyce Remembered" (2022). She engages critically with early Arabic, French, Italian, and Spanish literatures, connecting historical narratives with contemporary cultural discussions.

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