Dr Carolyn Stott

B.A. (Hons), Ph.D. University of Adelaide
Dip. T., B.Ed. South Australian College of Advanced Education,
Lecturer
Room 753, Brennan MacCallum Building A18

+61 2 9351 3584

Dr Stott was educated in Adelaide, South Australia and is a graduate of the University of Adelaide. She recently completed her Ph. D. in French on the representation of the Parisian suburb of Belleville in literature and popular culture. She was appointed as Lecturer in French Studies in January 2010. She has also taught at Macquarie University, and before moving to Sydney held positions teaching French at University of Adelaide and Flinders University in South Australia. Prior to working in the tertiary sector, she taught in secondary schools in Adelaide and regional South Australia. She has also worked in international student exchange, translating and interpreting and festival and event management.

Research areas

• Detective fiction and roman noir;
• Paris – history, sociology, literature;
• Technical French for students of Oenology;
• Immigration, race and identity;
• Transition in languages education from the secondary to the tertiary sector.

Current Projects

• Writing a book based on Ph.D. findings about the representation of a Parisian suburb in literature and popular culture, with particular emphasis on its representation in the Malaussène series by contemporary author Daniel Pennac.

Selected publications

Book Chapters

• "Belleville au pluriel: Representations of a Parisian suburb in the Néo-polar", Jo McCormack, Murray Pratt and Alistair Rolls (eds) Hexagonal Variations: Difference, Plurality and Cultural Change in Contemporary France (Amsterdam; New York: Rodopi, 2011)

Articles

• "The Image of the Tattoo in Pennac’s Belleville: The Search for a Permanent Fixture in a Changing Landscape", Nottingham French Studies, Vol 41, No 2, Autumn 2002

Areas of teaching and research supervision

Teaching

• Coordinator, FRNC1621 and FRNC1622

Research

• as per my research interests.