BAK John S.
Informations générales
contact
UFR Arts, Lettres et Langues – Nancy, 3 place Godefroy de Bouillon, BP 3397, 54015 Nancy cedex, France
Bât. E, salle 2 / Bldg. E, Room 2
Parcours
Domaines de recherche/Research Interests
- Théâtre et littérature dramatique américain
American Drama and Theatre - Reportage littéraire
Literary Journalism - Autobiographie
Life-Writing (the cross-roads between fiction and memoir) - Etudes gothiques
Gothic Studies
Diplômes/Degrees
- Postdoctoral Habilitation Université Paris Sorbonne, France (2006)
- Ph.D. Ball State University, USA (1993)
- M.A. Ball State University, USA (1989)
- B.A. University of Illinois at Urbana, USA (1987)
Projets en cours/Current Projects
In 2022, John and his colleague Lesley Cowling from Wits University in Johannesburg were awarded a two-year PHC PROTEA grant to conduct research on literary journalism's ties between France and South Africa. The first year will be dedicated to the Boer Wars and the second year to post-Apartheid literary nonfiction. The project just finished in 2024 but the team is still working together on future projects.
He is currently working on a new literary journalism project entitled "Comics/Manga Journalism," which will look at the synergy between France and Japan in terms of their comics literary journalism.
In addition to directing the Literary Journalism and War project, ReportAGES, he is writing a monograph on Tennessee Williams’s paintings.