Arianne MARGOLIN

Adjunct Instructor, French

arianne.margolin@colorado.edu

University of Denver
Department of Languages and Literatures
Strum Hall 391G
Denver, CO 80208-0931
Office: (303) 871-2185
Fax: (303) 871-4555

EDUCATION
PhD French Literature, University of Colorado-Boulder, expected December 2015.
Doctorat de lettres modernes, Universit dAix-Marseille 1, expected December 2015.
- Cotutelle internationale de thse supervised by Stphane Lojkine (Aix) and Christopher Braider
(Colorado).
- Dissertation: LObservation comme dispositif dans la vulgarisation scientifique de lge
classique.
MA Modern Languages and Literatures, French Option, University of Montana, 2008.
- Thesis: Le Laboratoire pistolaire dans les oeuvres scientifiques de la marquise du Chtelet.
- Study Abroad, Ecole suprieure de laudiovisuel (ESAV), Universit de Toulouse 2, 2007-2008.
BA French, BA Physics (University Honors Scholar), University of Montana, 2006.
- Senior Thesis: Depicting the Yehudiya: Diffrence in North African Jewish Literature.
- Semester study abroad, Al-Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco, Fall 2002.

TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

Early-Modern French Studies (16th-18th centuries)
Comparative Literature and Philosophy (Andalusia/Morocco, England, France, Tuscany,
German States)
Francophone Science-Fiction and Utopian Writing
Literature and Science
Image-Text and Media Studies
Thorie des dispositifs
Regional Literature of Provence
Hybrid Course Development for Language Learning

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Instructor of French, University of Denver, Department of Languages and
Literatures, 2014-present.
Language and structure courses:
FREN 1001, FREN 1002, FREN 1003: Elementary French I, II, and III
Graduate Part-Time Instructor, French, University of Colorado-Boulder, French and Italian
Department, 2008-2011; 2013-2014.
Language and structure courses:
FREN 1010, FREN 1020, FREN 1050: Beginning French I and II, Beginning French
Review
FREN 2110: Intermediate French I
Major/Minor Literature courses:
FREN 3110: Main Currents of French Literature I (undergraduate and graduate sections)
Hybrid/Online courses
FREN 2120: Intermediate French II (designed a prototype, winter 2014)
FREN 2110: Intermediate French I (hybrid)
FREN 1010: Beginning French I (summer online/hybrid)
General Education/Guest Lecturer, Humanities for Engineers Program
HUEN 1830: History of Modern Technology (guest lecturer)
Assistante de langue anglaise, Lyce Montgrand, Marseille, France, 2012-2013.
Conversation courses in English Language, Anglo-American Studies, Literature of the
American West, and Scientific English.
Instructor of French, Anderson Technology Center, University of Colorado, Summer 2009
Beginning French language course.
Graduate Research Assistant/French Translator, Regional Learning Project, Continuing
Education, University of Montana, 2006-2007.
Translation of original letters written in French by Belgian Jesuits and Native Americans in
19th-century Montana and Idaho.
Practice Assistant in French, Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures Department,
University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 2003; 2007.
FREN 202: Intermediate French II
FREN 101: Beginning French I

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PUBLICATIONS
A. BOOK PROJECTS:
The Epistolary Laboratory of the Marquise du Chtelet.
Provisional book title. English-language version of my masters thesis (2008) in
which I develop the role of Emilie du Chtelets epistolary writing as a means of
popularizing Newtonian and Leibnizian science in eighteenth-century France.
B. JOURNAL & BOOK ARTICLES:
Dcouverte, dviance, dcentrement : la slnographie comme lieu de reprsentation du Messager
des toiles lAutre Monde , Malice. Ed. Anne Page et Stphane Lojkine (Aix-en-Provence:
Universit dAix-Marseille), under review.
Instrument, observation, erreur : le Songe de Kepler Malice. Ed. Sylvie Roquemora-Gros (Aixen-Provence: Universit dAix-Marseille), forthcoming summer 2015.
How Do I Know Unless I Go There? Cyranos Thought Experiments as Scientific Method and
Scientific Fiction, Rediscovering French Science-Fiction in literature, film and comics from Cyrano to
Barbarella. Ed. Philippe Mather et Svlvain Rhault (Regina: Cambridge Publishing Scholars,
autumn 2015).
Le choc des images: exprience de pense dans le rcit scientifique galilen, La Science en fiction,
Ed. Galle Loisel et Eric Lyso (Clermont-Ferrand: Universit Blaise Pascal), under review.
Le feu, la pomme et la gravure : la mdiatisation du dbat Newton-Leibniz-Descartes chez
Voltaire et chez milie du Chtelet, Biblio17 : La Mdiatisation du littraire des XVIIe et
XVIIIe siecles. Ed. Florence Boulerie (Tubingen: Springer, 2013), 253-266.
Le Laboratoire pistolaire de la marquise du Chtelet, The Age of Interdisciplinary Images and Ideas:
Conference Proceedings of the Eighteenth Century Revisited. Ed. Arianne Margolin and Shannon
Schreiner (Missoula: University of Montana Printing Services, 2009). 28-51.
C. BOOK COLLABORATIONS:
The Age of Interdisciplinary Images and Ideas: Conference Proceedings of the Eighteenth Century Revisited, Ed.
Arianne Margolin and Shannon Schreiner, Missoula: University of Montana Printing
Services, 2009. 129 pages.
D. BOOK REVIEWS:
Meredith K. Ray, Daughters of Alchemy. Harvard University Press, 2015. Italian Studies Journal (under
review).
E. TECHNOLOGY REVIEWS:
YouSeeU: Asynchronous Technology for Oral Proficiency in Foreign Language, FLT
Mag Technology Highlights, Ed. Courtney Fell and Edwige Simon. University of Colorado
Foreign Language Technology Program, November 2014.

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E. COMPTE-RENDUS:
Le Laboratoire pistolaire dans les uvres de la marquise du Chtelet, In : Thses, Cahiers
Voltaire 8 (Ed. Stphanie Gavorty Ghanne, Ferney-Voltaire, France : Centre international
d'tude du XVIIIe sicle, 2009), 227-228.

CONFERENCES
A. PAPER PRESENTATIONS:
Chteaux and Salons: The Research Laboratory in Eighteenth-Century France, Laboratory History
Conference 9, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 10-12, 2015.
Sailing to the Heavens: Nicole Oresmes Popular Response to Dantes Paradiso, Medieval
Thought Experiments: Poetry and Speculation in Europe, 1100-1450, New College, University of
Oxford, April 13-14, 2015.
The Image of the Book of the World: Galileo, Error, and the Birth of Popular Cosmology,
American Association of Italian Studies, University of Colorado-Boulder, March 26-28, 2015.
Dcouverte, dviance, dcentrement : la slnographie comme lieu de reprsentation du Messager
des toiles lAutre Monde , Dissidence, dviance, dcentrement : France, Grande-Bretagne, Amriques
aux 17e et 18e sicles, Universit dAix-Marseille 1, March 20-21, 2015.
Beyond the Textbook: Two Case Studies in Blending Intermediate and Advanced French for
Communication Purposes (presented with Dr. Patricia Mosele), Colorado Learning and Teaching
With Technology, University of Colorado-Boulder, August 6-7, 2014.
Le choc des images : exprience de pense et observation scientifique dans le rcit scientifique
classique, La Science en fiction, Universit Blaise Pascal, Clermond-Ferrand, May 15-16, 2014.
How Do I Know Unless I Go There? Cyranos Thought Experiments as Scientific Method and
Commentary on the Mind-Body Problem, Pan ! Dans lil de la Lune : Confrence sur la sciencefiction franaise, University of Regina, November 2-3, 2012.
Le feu, la pomme et la gravure : la mdiatisation du dbat Newton-Leibniz-Descartes chez
Voltaire et chez milie du Chtelet, La mdiatisation du littraire dans lEurope des XVIIe et
XVIIIe sicles, Universit Michel de Montaigne, Bordeaux, France, May 24-25, 2012.
Observare or Experiri? Observation as Literary Device in Galileos Starry Messenger and Dialogues
Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Science and Method in the Humanities, Rutgers University,
March 2, 2012.
Creating the Virtual Laboratory: Thought Experiment in Descartess Discours de la mthode and
Cyranos LAutre Monde, Seventh Annual Laboratory History Conference, Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, June 6-8, 2011.

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CONFERENCES (Continued)
Voltaires Apple, Northeastern Modern Language Association Conference, McGill University, Montral,
Qubec, April 8-11, 2010.
Ut Pictura Scientia: The Virtual Experiment in the Marquise du Chtelet's Epistolary Laboratory,
Fifth Annual Laboratory Conference, Johns Hopkins University-Baltimore, June 3-5, 2009.
The Universe as Beautiful and Sublime in Early Eighteenth-century Scientific Popularizations,
South Central Eighteenth Century Studies Conference, Corpus Christi, TX, Feb. 4-8, 2009.
Nature and the Pittoresque: On Translating Pierre-Jean De Smet, S.J., 1840-1880, International
Auto/Biographical Association Conference, University of Hawaii-Manoa, June 23-26, 2008.

The Epistolary Laboratory as dispositif littraire of the Marquise du Chtelet, The Eighteenth
Century Revisited Conference, University of Montana-Missoula, April 18-19, 2008.
Diffrence in Francophone Jewish Literature, University of Montana Conference on Undergraduate
Research, University of Montana-Missoula, April 21, 2006.
Building the Foundations of Montanas Jewish Community: Joseph Soss and the Montana
Capitol, Western Jewish Studies Association Conference, California State University-Long Beach,
March 19-20, 2006.
Depicting the Yehudiya: Diffrence in Francophone Jewish Literature, Islam, Women, the Veil, and
the West, University of Montana-Missoula, April 28-30, 2005.
B. CHAIRED PANELS:
Beyond the Textbook: Two Case Studies in Hybridizing Intermediate and Advanced French for
Communication Purposes, (co-chaired with Patricia Mosele), COLTT Conference 2014, August
6-7, 2014.
Linguistic Analysis of Specialized Language, Symposium on Languages for Special Purposes,
University of Colorado-Boulder, April 18, 2014
C. INVITED LECTURES:
Newtons Translator, Voltaires Equal: A Brief History of Emilie du Chtelet, DU Francoscope
Fall Quarter 2014 Lecture, University of Denver, October 28, 2014.
Invited participant, Wissensgeschichte/History of Knowledge Workshop, University of ColoradoBoulder/ETH Zurich (Boulder), October 10-12, 2014
The Re-Collections of Daylight Dreamers: A Literary Study of Michael Faraday and
James Clerk Maxwell, History of Modern Technology, University of Colorado-Boulder,
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Students with Disabilities and Language-Teaching Strategies, French and Italian Departmental
Teaching Workshop, University of Colorado-Boulder, August 16, 2011.
Algebra, Geometry, and Rhetoric in Jacques Peletier du Manss Louanges, Science-Literature
Intersections Colloquium, University of Colorado-Boulder, April 26, 2010.
Mathematics, Magic, and Manipulation: A Study of Eustache Le Sueurs La Prdication de SaintPaul Ephse, French and Italian Department Colloquium, University of ColoradoBoulder, April 12, 2010.
ACADEMIC SERVICE
A. DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE:
Conference Organizer, Mysterious Phantoms: Space and Time in Virtual Worlds, French and Italian
Department, University of Colorado-Boulder, 2010-2011.
Graduate Student Organizer, Graduate Student Research Lectures, French and Italian Department,
University of Colorado-Boulder, 2010-2011.
B. SERVICE TO PROFESSION:
French to English Translator, Women in French, Webpage Comptes Rendus, Fall 2012.

SCHOLARLY AWARDS & GRANTS

A. FUNDED:
Travel Bursary, Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literatures, Spring 2015.
$250 allocated for conference paper at the International colloquium Medieval Thought
Experiments: Poetry and Speculation in Medieval Europe, 1100-1450 at the University of
Oxford, April 14-15, 2015.
Universit dAix-Marseille Travel Award (CIELAM EA 4235), Spring 2015. $600
allocated towards travel expenses in participation to the International Colloquium
Dissonance, deviance, dcentrement : France, Grande-Bretagne, Amriques aux 17e et
18e sicles in Aix-en-Provence (France), March 20-21, 2015.
Graduate Student Travel Subsidy, Fall 2012. $300 allocated for a paper
communication at the International Colloquium Pan ! Dans loeil de la lune :
conference sur la science-fiction franaise at the University of Regina, Canada,
November 2-3, 2012.

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University of Colorado Graduate Student Government Group Grant, Spring 2011. $250
allocated for a national graduate student conference Mysterious Phantoms: Space and
Time in Virtual Worlds hosted by the French and Italian Department at the University
of Colorado-Boulder, April 13-14, 2011.
Graduate Student Travel Subsidy, Summer 2009. $300 allocated for a paper
communication at the interdisciplinary colloquium Fifth Annual Laboratory
Conference at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, June 3-5, 2009.
University of Montana Presidential Research Grant, 2007-2008. $1000
allocated for a paper communication at the international conference International
Auto/Biographical Association Conference at the University of Hawaii-Manoa, Honolulu,
June 23-26, 2008.
B. WRITTEN:
YouSeeU Grant for Academic Research, 2013-2014. Project for designing oral activities
for intermediate-level French courses using YouSeeU software. $11,300.
University of Colorado Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Fall 2012. Fellowship
assisting in the conclusion of research and revising of the dissertation fellowship
LObservation comme dispositif dans la vulgarisation scientifique de lge classique.
Universit dAix-Marseille Dissertation Study-Abroad Fellowship (subvention de
mobilit), 2011-2012. Cotutelle international de thse fellowship assisting in the conclusion of
research and revising of the dissertation fellowship LObservation comme dispositif dans
la vulgarisation scientifique de lge classique.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Association of Italian Studies (AAIS), 2014-present.
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS), 2015-present.
Centre Interdisciplinaire dEtude des Littratures Aix-Marseille, 16e-18e sicles. (CIELAM), 2010present.
History of Science Society, 2011-present.
Laboratory History Research Group, 2009-present.
Mediterranean Studies Group, 2012-present.
Modern Language Association (MLA), 2015-present.
Society for Interdisciplinary French Seventeenth-Century Studies, 2013-present.

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LANGUAGES

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English (American): Native

French: Near-native
Arabic, German: Intermediate
Italian, Latin, Classical Greek: Reading knowledge

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