Philippe’s research interests range across a variety of topics in twentieth and twenty-first century French and Francophone literature, film, and culture. He is particularly interested in literary innovation, post-apocalyptic fiction and film, immigration and national identity, and issues of social justice.
In June and July 2012 Philippe participated in a Summer Seminar in Paris sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, focusing on twentieth-century French history.
Recent publications include:
Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals
“Chrysalis Years”: Reading Christine Montalbetti During the Pandemic,” Contemporary French and Francophone Studies 26.3 (2022): 319-325.
“(Extra)Ordinary People and French National Identity in Xabi Molia’s Les Premiers: Une histoire des super-héros français,” Contemporary French and Francophone Studies 23.3 (2019): 351-359.
“Christine Montalbetti’s Road Trip,” French Forum 44.2 (2019): 225-240.
““Peering Through the Window”: Experiencing the Banlieue in Sarcellopolis (1964/2015),” Contemporary French and Francophone Studies 22.4 (2018): 445-453.
“Des nœuds dans le Web: la commémoration du 17 octobre 1961 sur Internet,” Entrelacs: Cinéma et Audiovisuel 12 (2016). Web. (English translation: “A Tangled Web: Commemorating October 17, 1961 in the Age of the Internet,” in Maya Boutaghou and Anne Donadey, eds., Représentations de la guerre d’indépendance algérienne, (Paris: Éditions Classiques Garnier, 2019): 139-158.
“Writing from the Margins: Marie Redonnet’s Call for Engagement,” Contemporary French and Francophone Studies 15.3 (2011): 271-278.
“Eccentricity in Silsie,” The French Review 81.1 (2007): 91-106.
Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters in Edited Volumes
“Comment parler après la fin? Zone one et Sans l’orang-outan,” in Catherine Coquio, Jean-Paul Engélibert, and Raphaëlle Guidée, eds., L’Apocalypse: Une Imagination Politique, (Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes, coll. “La Licorne,” 2018): 221-229.
Book Chapters in Edited Volumes
“A Tangled Web: Commemorating October 17, 1961 in the Age of the Internet,” in Maya Boutaghou and Anne Donadey, eds., Représentations de la guerre d’indépendance algérienne, (Paris: Éditions Classiques Garnier, 2019): 139-158. [This is a revised English translation of the article “Des nœuds dans le Web” listed above.]
Interviews in Peer-Reviewed Journals
“Interview avec Christine Montalbetti,” Contemporary French and Francophone Studies 17.5 (2013): 560- 562.
“L’Espace de la fiction,” with Christine Montalbetti, Critical Review of Contemporary French Fixxion 4 (2012): 126-137.
