Matthieu Dalle
Biography
Matthieu Dalle is the Director of Undergraduate Studies in French at the University of Louisville. He holds a Master’s Degree in Journalism from CELSA-Université de la Sorbonne and a PhD in French Civilization from The Pennsylvania State University. He was the Director of UofL’s French Graduate program between 2010 and 2019. He has taught courses at all levels of the French curriculum as well as in the UofL Honors program, and was the recipient of both the College of Arts & Sciences and the University-wide Distinguished Teaching Professor Awards in 2021-2022. His areas of scholarly expertise are late 20th century French cinema and 21st century French political and cultural history. He is also the Director of the UofL French Film Festival, an annual event he created in 2009, which brings to on and off-campus audiences quality French and francophone films introduced by invited speakers and complemented by post-screening discussions.
Research Interests
Originally a French media scholar, Matthieu Dalle has expanded his research over the years to include French and francophone cinema as well as contemporary French political and cultural history. He has published articles in The French Review, Contemporary French Civilization, French Cultural Studies, Études Francophones and more, and a book chapter on the first years of the Emmanuel Macron presidency in a volume on unity and diversity in contemporary France published by the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF) in 2020. Since 2018, he is the author of the annual “Bloc-notes culturel” article (a 20 to 25-page analytical “year in review” piece) in The French Review, the leading French Studies journal in the US.
Degrees and Certifications
Pennsylvania State University, State College, , -