Dr Cécile Bishop

Cécile Bishop's research focuses on Post-Colonial Francophone literatures and visual culture, with a particular interest in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean. Her work explores the role of the aesthetic in shaping the cultural legacies of colonialism. Her first book, Postcolonial Criticism and Representations of African Dictatorship: The Aesthetics of Tyranny, was published by Legenda in 2014. She has also published articles and essays in journals including French Studies, International Journal of Francophone Studies, Photographies, Word and Image. In 2019, she co-edited a Special Issue of the journal L’Esprit Créateur on Race and the Aesthetic in French and Francophone Cultures. She is currently working on a book manuscript entitled Forms of Blackness: Race and Visibility in the French-Speaking World. After having held positions at Royal Holloway (University of London) and New York University, Cécile was appointed to the position of Associate Professor of Post-Colonial Francophone Literatures and Culture at the University of Oxford in 2021.  

African Languages, Literatures and Cultures Network