Hanan Elsayed

Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies and African Studies

Area(s) of Specialization: 20th- and 21st-century French and Francophone literatures from Africa and the Mashreq; Sufi thought and poetics in literatures in French and Arabic; Early Islamic historiography; Race and identity in France; French colonial discourse and legacy

Professional Bio

Hanan Elsayed is associate professor of French and Francophone Studies and African Studies.

Selected Publications

Monograph

L’Histoire sacrée de l’Islam dans la fiction maghrébine (Paris: Karthala, 2016)

Co-edited Volume

Balibar and the Citizen Subject (Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh UP, 2017)

Articles and book chapters

“Race.” in Thinking with Balibar: A Lexicon of Conceptual Practice. Eds. Ann Laura Stoler, Stathis Gourgouris, Jacques Lezra. New York, NY: Fordham UP, 2020. Pp. 193-210.

“The Trial of Meursault: Inquests and Counter-Inquests.” Romanic Review 111.2 (2020): 316-332.

“Tombeau d'Ibn Arabi: ‘It is Ibn Arabi speaking’.” Expressions maghrébines 16. 2 (2017): 117-134.

“La Haine: Falling in Slow Motion.” In Balibar and the Citizen Subject. Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh UP, 2017. Pp. 235-252.

Introduction. Balibar and the Citizen Subject. Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh UP, 2017. Pp. 12-27.

“Early Islamic Historiography: The Background and Sources of Loin de Médine.” Approaches to Teaching the Works of Assia Djebar. Ed. Anne Donadey. New York, NY: PMLA, 2017.

“Coran et subversion dans Le Silence de Mahomet.” French Review 88.2 (2014): 89-102.

“‘Silence’ and Historical Tradition in Assia Djebar’s Loin de Médine.” Research in African Literatures 44.1 (2013): 91-105.

The book cover of L'Histoire sacrée de l'Islam dans la fiction maghrébine

https://www.karthala.com/accueil/3063-l-histoire-sacree-de-l-islam-dans-la-fiction-maghrebine-9782811116439.html

The book cover of Balibar and the Citizen Subject

https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-balibar-and-the-citizen-subject.html