Name and title:
Imane Terhmina, Assistant Professor, Romance Studies
Academic focus:
Francophone African literature and culture, postcolonial theory, affect theory, political philosophy, petrofictions/eco-topias, Afropolitanism
Current research project:
I am currently working on a book manuscript that traces bureaucracy as a narrative trope in literature and film from North, West, and Central Africa, in order to explore competing conceptions of legal rights and citizenship and articulate alternative political imaginaries.
Academic background:
- Ph.D., French studies, Yale University, 2020
- B.A., Biology and French, Mount Holyoke College, 2014
Last book read:
“Sartoris” by William Faulkner
In your own time/when not working:
You can usually find me in used book stores, antiques shops, hiking, or experimenting with new recipes.
Courses you’re most looking forward to teaching:
Afrotopias; African Sea Routes: Crossing Seas and Mapping Identity; Contested Bodies: The Aesthetics of Global Health in Francophone Africa
What most excites you about Cornell:
The student’s contagious enthusiasm, being part of such a vibrant community, and exploring the view at sunrise from the surrounding hiking trails.
