Fransiska Louwagie is a Senior Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies at the University of Aberdeen. She currently serves as Vice-Chair External Engagement and Communication of the University Council for Languages (UCFL) and also sits on the editorial board of the Languages Gateway, the UK’s online languages portal. Her research focuses on memory studies, literary and visual studies, literary multilingualism, and self-translation. She is the author of Témoignage et littérature d’après Auschwitz (2020) and has co-edited several volumes and thematic issues, including: Un ciel de sang et de cendres. Piotr Rawicz et la solitude du témoin (2013); Key Cultural Texts in Translation (2018), Ego-histories of France and the Second World War: Writing Vichy (2018); Tradition and Innovation in Franco-Belgian bande dessinée (202); Migration, Memory and the Visual Arts: Second-Generation (Jewish) Artists (2023).
Clémence O'Connor is a Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies at the University of Aberdeen. Within Modern Languages, Translation and Interpreting disciplines she acts are SCILT liaison, runs the Language Ambassador scheme, and coordinates student exchanges with partner universities abroad as well as a range of international student traineeships. She sits on a range of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion committees and networks. She has published interdisciplinary research on multilingualism and multiculturalism in contemporary French poetry, and on the importance of including insights from other languages and cultures in the response to global challenges like the climate and biodiversity crisis.
