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Brinda J. Mehta Professor, French & Francophone Studies Program Head Trefethen Chair
At Mills since 1992
Office: Mills Hall 326 Phone: 510.430.2212 Email: mehta@mills.edu View Faculty's CV
| Faculty Office Hours |
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Days |
Time |
Room |
M W |
1:00 - 2:00 1:15 - 2:15 |
MH 326 |
| Spring 2008 Schedule |
| Days |
Time |
Description |
Room |
| M |
09:00AM-09:50AM |
FREN 004 Intermediate French IV |
STR 26 |
| M |
11:00AM-12:15PM |
LET 111 Theorizing Cultural Studies |
STR 26 |
| T |
08:30AM-09:20AM |
FREN 004 Intermediate French IV |
STR 26 |
| W |
09:00AM-09:50AM |
FREN 004 Intermediate French IV |
STR 26 |
| W |
11:00AM-12:15PM |
LET 111 Theorizing Cultural Studies |
STR 26 |
| TH |
08:30AM-09:20AM |
FREN 004 Intermediate French IV |
STR 26 |
| TBA |
TBA |
LET 191 Senior Thesis |
TBA |
Education
- PhD in French Literature, Brown University, Providence, RI
- MA in French Literature with Distinction, University of Bombay, Bombay, India
- BA in French Literature with Honor, Elphinstone College, Bombay, India
Courses Taught
- FREN 003: Intermediate French III
- FREN 004: Intermediate French IV
- FREN 102: Introduction to Francophone Literature
- FREN 162: Aesthetics of the Body in Literature
- FREN 168: Francophone Caribbean Women
- FREN 170: Orientalism in the Novel
- FREN 191: Senior Thesis
- LET 111: Theorizing Cultural Studies in the Americas
- LET 115: African and Caribbean Literatures
- LET 142: French and Francophone Women Writers
- LET 149: Post-Colonial Conditions: Contemporary Women's Writings from Africa
- LET 150: Reconfiguring South Asian Diasporic Identity
- LET 155: Reading War in Postcolonial Literature from North Africa and the Middle East
Professional Interests
Post-colonial African and Caribbean literatures, cultural and diaspora studies, transnational feminist theory, Francophone studies, post-colonial theory, psychoanalytic literary theory, women and Islam, Indo-Caribbean writers, Arab and Muslim writers from North Africa and the Middle East, 19th-century French realist fiction
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Program Information
Overview
» Faculty and Staff
Requirements
Courses
Full Course List
French & Francophone Studies Course List
FREN 001 - FREN 192
Schedule of Courses for
the Current Semester
Activities & Resources Awards
Peer Tutoring
Contact Information
P: 510.430.2212 F: 510.430.3314 E: french@mills.edu
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