Cogut Institute for the Humanities

Andrew Clark is a fourth-year doctoral candidate in the Department of French and Francophone Studies. His dissertation, “Unlived Experience in the French Novel, 1830–1997,” studies how the novel expresses imperiality through erasure, obfuscation, and indirect reference. Of particular interest to this project are works of historical fiction that do not explicitly treat colonial history but nevertheless betray important currents in contemporary imperial ideology. Special focus is given to the origins of the secular state and the role of fascism in post-war republicanism. Clark holds an M.A. in French from Boston College and a B.A. in Physics and Romance Languages from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His work has been published or is forthcoming in The French Review, Contemporary French & Francophone Studies, Science & Society, and French Studies.