Scholarship and Biography

A former student at the École normale supérieure (Ulm) and an agrégée de lettres modernes, Clémentine Fauré-Bellaïche holds a Phd in French Literature from Yale University. She is an Associate Professor in French and Francophone Studies at Brandeis University, where she specializes in 20th- and 21st-century French and Francophone literature. Her first book, A "Protestant Air" - Gide, Sartre, Barthes, and The Religion of Literary Modernity, was published by Cornell University Press in June 2026.

Honors

Theodore and Jane Norman Fund for Faculty Research and Creative Projects
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 2016, 2020
Mandel Faculty Grant
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 2018
Fellowship
National Endowment for the Humanities (United States, Washington D.C.) - NEH, 2018
Theodore and Jane Norman Fund for Faculty Scholarship
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 2025
Mandel Faculty Research Grant
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 2026

Organizational Affiliations

Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies, Department of Romance Studies, Brandeis University

Affiliated Faculty, Interdepartmental Program in International and Global Studies, Brandeis University

Education

Yale University
Ph.D.