Marie-Pierre ULLOA
Marie-Pierre Ulloa is a lecturer in French and Francophone Studies in
the French and Italian Department, Division of Literatures, Cultures,
and Languages at Stanford University, teaching courses on the Francophone
World ( History, Literature and Cinema).
She is the author of Francis Jeanson, a Dissident Intellectual
from the French Resistance to the Algerian War (Stanford University Press, 2008).
She holds a degree in History from the
University of La Sorbonne, a MA in History and Political Science and an
Advanced Post-Graduate Diploma in History (summa cum laude)
from Sciences Po in Paris, where she wrote her dissertation on
intellectual dissidence from World War II to post-Algerian War through
the case study of French existentialist philosopher Francis Jeanson.
She wrote her thesis on North African migrant stories from Maghreb to
California (EHESS, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Ph.D,
summa cum laude).
She is a regular contributor to La Vie des Idées / Books and Ideas.
She has an ongoing research project on the Maghrebi Diaspora in the United States.
She was awarded the honorific title of "Chevalier de l'Ordre des
Arts et des Lettres" by the French Republic in 2013, one of the highest
cultural honors France offers, for her contribution to the production and visibility of French and Francophone culture in the United States.
Research interests
- History of migration, exile and diaspora
- North African history
- Francophone world
- Decolonization and politics of memory
- History and culture of Sephardic Jews
- Oral history
- Film Studies
Publications
Books
- Francis Jeanson, a Dissident Intellectual
from the French Resistance to the Algerian War, based on extensive
new archival materials, published by Stanford University Press in 2008, also published:
- in French, Francis Jeanson, un intellectuel en dissidence. De la Résistance à la guerre d’Algérie, Paris: Berg International (PUF), 2001.
- in Arabic, Francis Jeanson, Casbah Editions, Algiers, 2009.
Articles
- Lost in fire, lost in letters : Archives of the Algerian War, Dibur - Arcade, Issue 3, December 2016
- Camus in America, Books and Ideas - Vie des Idées, October 2016
- Cinema is more authoritarian than literature, interview with filmmaker Amos Gitai, in Books and Ideas January 2016.
- Des Ballerines de papicha à l’Envers des autres de Kaouther Adimi : Veillée d’armes mascunine fémiline, Expressions Maghrébines, Vol. 14, N.2, numéro spécial “Sexte et révolutions”, Décember 2015.
- Le cinéma est plus autoritaire que la littérature, interview with filmmaker Amos Gitai, in La Vie des Idées, May 2015.
- Ecrans américains, écrin maghrébin : le corps féminin maghrébin au cinéma à travers la réception de Satin Rouge, Viva Laldjérie et Rachida en Amérique du Nord in REMMM 135, Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée, December 2013.
- L'Amour, made in France?, interview with Marilyn Yalom, by Ivan Jablonka & Marie-Pierre Ulloa, Books & Ideas, December 2013.
- Les intellectuels et la guerre d'Algérie: entre Sartre et Mounier, in Esprit, March 2012
- Désaccords sur les stratégies anticoloniales: Francis Jeanson et Esprit in Esprit, March 2012
- Francis Jeanson,
in Le Maitron, dictionnaire
biographique : mouvement ouvrier, mouvement
social, de 1940 à 1968 (Gh-Je), tome VI. Dir. Claude Pennetier.
Editions de l'Atelier, 462 p., 2010.
- Francis Jeanson et les porteurs de valises - une
memoire en images, des images en memoire
In Espion, Resistant, Terroriste : figures cinematographiques, textes reunis par Robert Belot et Laurent Heyberger, Cahiers de Recits, revue du laboratoire RECITS, Universite de technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard, UTBM (2009) - Memory
and Continuity: the Resistance, the Algerian War and the Jeanson Network
in Alec G. Hargreaves, ed. Memory, Empire, and Postcolonialism: Legacies of French Colonialism. After the Empire: The Francophone World and Postcolonial France.
Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, (2005) - La France à Stanford: 51ème Congrès de la Society for French
Historical Studies
In Vingtième Siècle, revue d'histoire, numéro 87, juillet/septembre (2005)
Grants
- Research Grant, Mediterranean Studies Forum, Stanford, 2011-2013
- Research Grant, Taube Center for Jewish Studies, Stanford, 2011-2014
- Translation Grant, French Ministry of Culture - Centre National du Livre, 2008
- Hemingway Grant, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States, 2007
Awards
- Award of Excellence for recognition of significant contribution to the diffusion of knowledge of Algerian history and culture conferred by the Algerian-American Association of Northern California (2005)
- Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de la République Francaise (2013)
Professional Services
- Referee for Stanford University Press, and for La Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée
- Fellowship Selection Committees for the Humanities Center
(2009-2012), the Haas Center, and the Taube Center for Jewish Studies
(2012-2013)
Stanford University Service
- Associate Director, Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies (2006-2008)
- Associate Director, Mediterranean Studies Forum (2006-2008)
- Senior Executive Officer, International Programs, Humanities Center (2009-2012)
- Associate Director for Academic Programming, Taube Center for Jewish Studies (2012-2014)
Affiliations
- French and Italian Department, Stanford University
- Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Cadis, Paris
- Mediterranean Studies Forum, Stanford University
- Taube Center for Jewish Studies, Stanford University
- Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, Stanford University
Collaborative Projects
- Eurogolfe Forum, Europe, the Gulf and the Mediterrenean. Reviving Common Legacies, Mapping our New Region, Venice, Italy (2008)
- Mediterranean Film Festival, Stanford University (2008)
- Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk at Stanford, Stanford University (2007)
- Sephardi Studies Project, Stanford University (2006-2007)
- French Film Festival, Stanford University (2005, 2006)
- Arab Film Festival, San Francisco (2004, 2005)
