Isaac Joslin grew up speaking French, first in Besançon, France, and later in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa. With a background in French and Continental philosophy he earned his PhD in 2010 from the university of Minnesota, focusing on colonial and postcolonial francophone African literatures, cinemas, and cultures. He has travelled for research to Senegal, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Rwanda, and Burundi, and has taught a variety of courses on Francophone literatures and cultures. Currently Assistant Professor of French at Arizona State University, his research interests include Francophone African literatures and cinemas, aesthetics and theories of representation, theories of cultural hybridity, gender studies, youth and childhood studies, diaspora studies, and pedagogical approaches for teaching African literatures and cultures. He has published scholarly articles in The International Journal of Francophone Studies, Contemporary French and Francophone Studies, African Literature Today, The French Review,Oeuvres et Critiques, Nouvelles Études Francophones, and The Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics, and his current research project is a monograph entitled Future Tense: Rethinking development discourse through African Humanities.
Aside from his professional pursuits, teaching and researching in the areas of Francophone and African Studies, he enjoys travelling to different parts of the world, speaking French with his family, dabbling in creative writing and piano playing, as well as enjoying the outdoors.
“Aesthetics and Intertexts of Resistance and Liberation in the African Diaspora: Hip-hop and Créolité.” Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics. (forthcoming 2019)
“Futurité en francosphère: de la fiction à la science-fiction.” Oeuvres & Critiques (forthcoming 2019).
“La poétique de Sony Labou Tansi: pour une écocritique équatoriale.” Nouvelles Études Francophones 33:1 (May 2018), 210-225.
“The New Francophonie: Teaching French from an African-Centered Perspective” The French Review 88:4 (May 2015), 127-139.
“ Le mariage de l’Afrique avec Molière a été un échec total , ”Entretien avec Boubacar Boris Diop. Africultures , (5 novembre 2014) article numéro 12521.
“L’écriture de Ken Bugul : pour un ‘genre’ de roman cinématographique africain,” Nouvelles Études Francophones 28:1 (printemps 2014), 162-175.
“Teaching about Africa through literature, film, and music,” African Literature Today Vol. 29 (November 2011), 101-110.
“Postcolonial Disruptions: Reading the Baroque in Calixthe Beyala’s Tu t’appelleras Tanga,” Contemporary French and Francophone Studies: Sites 14:5 (December 2010), 485-93.
“Baroque practices in postcolonial African literature and theory: from Achille Mbembe’s On the Postcolony,” International Journal of Francophone Studies 12:4 (December 2009), 639-54.
Spring 2022 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
SLC 202 | Expl Culture: Words/Image/Stor |
FRE 493 | Honors Thesis |
SLC 494 | Special Topics |
FRE 494 | Special Topics |
SLC 598 | Special Topics |
FRE 598 | Special Topics |
Fall 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
FRE 312 | Oral and Written Expression II |
HUL 494 | Special Topics |
AFR 494 | Special Topics |
FRE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
HUL 598 | Special Topics |
AFR 598 | Special Topics |
FRE 598 | Special Topics |
SLC 792 | Research |
Spring 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
FRE 322 | Fre Cultural Masterpieces II |
SLC 425 | Colonialism to Climate Change |
SLC 598 | Special Topics |
SLC 792 | Research |
Fall 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
FRE 322 | Fre Cultural Masterpieces II |
SLC 494 | Special Topics |
FRE 494 | Special Topics |
SLC 598 | Special Topics |
FRE 598 | Special Topics |
Spring 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
SLC 202 | Literary & Cultural Theory |
FRE 499 | Individualized Instruction |
Fall 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
SLC 202 | Literary & Cultural Theory |
FRE 494 | Special Topics |
FRE 598 | Special Topics |
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
FRE 321 | Fre Cultural Masterpieces I |
FRE 322 | Fre Cultural Masterpieces II |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
SLC 194 | Special Topics |
FRE 194 | Special Topics |
AFR 194 | Special Topics |
FRE 494 | Special Topics |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
FRE 311 | Oral and Written Expression I |
FRE 321 | French Literature |