Kathryn E Levine

Visiting Assistant Professor of French

[email protected]

413-597-2614

Hollander Hall Rm 244

At Williams since 2021

Office hours: Tuesday and Wednesday 1-2, and by appointment

Education

B.A. Mount Holyoke College (2007)
M.A. University of California, Berkeley (2011)
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley (2019)

Areas of Expertise

French medieval literature, especially 12th-century verse romance
Marginalized authorial voices in premodern literature
Critical heterosexuality studies and queer and feminist theory
Other interests: the history of the French language, translation studies, language acquisition

Courses

RLFR 101(F) SEM

Introduction to French Language and Francophone Cultures

RLFR 103(F) SEM

Intermediate Studies in French Language and Francophone Cultures

RLFR 107(S) SEM

Advanced French: Formation and Transformation

RLFR 214 SEM

Everything New is Old Again: Legacies of Medieval France (not offered 2022/23)

RLFR 218 / COMP 209(S) SEM

Translating French: An Introduction to Theory and Practice

Scholarship/Creative Work

book manuscript on violence and nurturance in early medieval romance in progress (title TBD)
forthcoming article in Romanic Review: “The Message of ‘Chèvrefeuille’: Reading for Tristanian Intertextuality in Marie de France”
Dissertation title: “The Lover’s Voice: The Poetics of Direct Discourse in Medieval French Romance”

Friedberg Fellowship Report

From arboreal walkways above, and public parks below

TJ Watkins '23 spent the summer in Paris researching the past, present and future of green space in the city, and how Parisians feel about this aspect of their urban lives.
".....In addition to assessing tree canopy walkways in Paris, I also quickly evolved the project to look at how tree accessibility could be improved. Because Paris is poised to be one of the leading cities to attack climate shifts, it is vital that tree accessibility be improved in the city, especially to target children and young people. During my first excursion to a park, at Buttes-Chaumont, I was identifying trees and ground cover around the park when I overheard a woman asking her kids to go play in the grass rather than on the pavement. It occurred to me at that moment that there is a large audience for more opportunities for kids to immerse themselves in trees by climbing, exploring, or learning about trees in any park. Not only do trees have much unrealized potential in addressing the climate crisis, but they also make for fun playgrounds."
(TJ studied at the Hamilton in Paris, France Program.)
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