Kirk Anderson
Associate Professor of French
Office: Meneely 210
Phone: 286-3628
Email: kanderso@wheatoncollege.edu
Degrees
Ph.D., Princeton University
M.A., Princeton University
B.A., St. Olaf College
Main Interests
French pop music, Paris World's Fairs, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Occupation and Collaboration, Relation of History to Literature,
Research Interests
Currently working on an edition of Colette's "La Femme cachée" for college students and a large www site for French poetry, both text and sound. Just began research on French "yéyé" music as a form of cultural adaptation.
Teaching Interests
software applications for language pedagogy, the Enlightenment, French civilization, 20th century French literature
Other Interests
Participant in NEH summer seminar on "Images of Nation in Interwar France," University of Iowa, June-August 1994. Wheaton Faculty intern at the Yupparaj Wittayalai school in Chiang Mai, Thailand, May-July 1993.
Selected Publications, Creative Work or Performances
"Writing the Expo: Parisian literati and the 1900 World's Fair", paper delivered at Carleton College, 14 Jan 2000.
"'Familistère rénové or 'Révolution moyenneuse': a Utopian Céline?" The French Review, April 1995.