EDUCATION
2019 – current PhD, Transnational and Comparative Literature, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
2015 – 2017 Master of Arts, Research Master Literary Studies, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands (cum laude).
Fall 2016 Exchange, University of Québec in Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Canada.
July 2016 Summer school, “Réciprocité et décolonisation: rapports à l’œuvre dans les processus de création autochtones”, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada.
2014 – 2015 Master of Arts, Francophone Literature, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
2011 – 2015 Bachelor of Arts, French Language and Culture, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Winter and spring 2014 Exchange, Université François Rabelais, Tours, France.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2021 – 2022 Graduate Research Assistant for Marie Carrière (Feminist Literary Ecologies), University of Alberta, Edmonton.
2021 – 2022 Graduate Research Assistant for Micah True (Decolonizing the Jesuit Relations from New France), University of Alberta, Edmonton.
2021 (Winter & Fall) Graduate Research Assistant for Laura Beard (International Auto/Biography Association; The Untied States), University of Alberta, Edmonton.
2020 (Fall) Graduate Research Assistant for Sathya Rao (Canadian Minority Media Database), University of Alberta, Edmonton.
2020 (Winter) Graduate Research Assistant for Laura Beard, University of Alberta, Edmonton.
2017 Student Assistant (Graduate) for Alicia Montoya (“Measuring Enlightenment: Disseminating Ideas, Authors, and Texts in Europe (1665-1830)”), Radboud University, Nijmegen.
2015 – 2016 Student Assistant (Graduate), Department of Romance Languages and Cultures, Radboud University, Nijmegen.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2022 (Fall) Principal Instructor for C LIT 101 (World Literature I), Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, University of Alberta.
2019 (Fall) Graduate Teaching Assistant & Apprenticeship for FREN 212 (Intermediate French II), Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, University of Alberta.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2022 (May-June) Event Technician, Congress 2022, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
2021 (May-June) Customer Service Representative/ Association Assistant, Congress 2021, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
2017 – 2019 French Translator, Mantel, Arnhem, Netherlands.
2018 -2019 Secretary and member of Works council, Mantel , Arnhem.
2017 Receptionist, Multimedia Service Centre, Radboud University, Nijmegen.
2015 Receptionist, Flower Camping La Source, Thérondels, France.
ACADEMIC SERVICE
2021 – current Editor-in-Chief, graduate student journal Connections: A Journal of Language, Media, and Culture.
2021 – current PhD Graduate Student Representative, Graduate Committee, Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, University of Alberta.
2021 – current Peer Reviewer, Spectrum.
2019 – current Editor, section Transnational and Comparative Literature, graduate student journal Connections: A Journal of Language, Media, and Culture.
2021 – 2022 Graduate Student Representative, Faculty of Arts Committee on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, University of Alberta.
2020 – 2021 Graduate Student Representative, Awards Committee, Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, University of Alberta.
2020 – 2021 President, MLCS Graduate Students Council.
2020 – 2021 Department Council Representative, MLCS Graduate Students Council.
2016 International Radboud Ambassador, Radboud University, Nijmegen.
2015 – 2016 Writer and editor, Communication committee, Student organization ¿Ouisi?.
ACADEMIC AWARDS
INTERNAL AWARDS
2022 Andrew Stewart Memorial Graduate Prize ($5000).
2021 Alberta Excellence Graduate Scholarship ($12,000).
2019 Ellie Swart Memorial Graduate Scholarship in Classics ($2300).
2019 Jana Hennessy Memorial Graduate Scholarship ($2500).
2019 University of Alberta Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship ($10,000).
2016 Stichting Nijmeegs Universiteitsfonds (SNUF), Summer school grant (€1000).
2016 Stichting Nijmeegs Universiteitsfonds (SNUF), Individual Travel Grant (€1000).
EXTERNAL AWARDS
2021 Margaret Brine Graduate Scholarship, Canadian Federation of University Women Edmonton (Honourable Mention)
2014 Erasmus+ EU grant.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2022 – current Association for Canadian and Quebec Literatures (ACQL/ALCQ).
2021 – ongoing Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures (ASAIL).
2020 – ongoing Indigenous Literary Studies Association (ILSA).
2015 – 2017 Huizinga Institute, Netherlands Research School for Cultural History.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
2021 French Language Facilitator, Intermediate French, Student Volunteer Campus Community, University of Alberta, Edmonton.
2014 – 2015 PR and communication committee, LGBTQ organization Dito, Nijmegen.
2013 – 2016 Columnist, LGBTQ organization Dito, Nijmegen.
LANGUAGES
Dutch Native speaker
French Excellent proficiency
English Excellent proficiency
German Basic proficiency (reading and listening)
MALOU BROUWER 