Dr Nadia Kiwan
Lecturer in French
BA Hon (Bristol), PhD (Bristol), Doctorat (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris)
Personal Details
| Telephone: | +44 (0)1224 274201 |
| Fax: | +44 (0)1224 272624 |
| E-mail: | n.kiwan@abdn.ac.uk |
| Address: | Department of French School of Language & Literature University of Aberdeen Taylor Building Old Aberdeen AB24 3UB |
Biography
I joined the French Department at the University of Aberdeen in January 2006.
Research Interests
My research interests focus on contemporary French and Francophone cultures and societies. I am particularly interested in migration, identity, new social movements, new forms of migrant cultural production and citizenship. I would be keen to supervise postgraduate students in any of these areas.
Current Research
Diaspora as Social and Cultural practice: a Study of Transnational Networks across Europe and Africa
(with Professor Ulrike H. Meinhof, University of Southampton)
Awarded by: AHRC programme 'Diaspora, Migration and Identity'
Duration: 1st November 2006-2010
Summary: This project focused on the ways in which (post-)migrant cultural practitioners, performers, and musicians originating from North-Africa and Madagascar are able to use multiple translocal and transnational networks across African, European and wider global spaces. It suggests that artists who create or enter such networks make use of, but go far beyond the traditional 'bi-focal', ethnically and spatially defined communities that link originating and sending countries, as studied in much Diaspora research. Our research marks a key development in the empirical study of networks, by investigating links between migrant cultural practitioners which develop outside of established cultural/historical ties. http://www.tnmundi.soton.ac.uk
Teaching Responsibilities
I coordinate undergraduate Level 2 courses FR2009/FR2011 'French Identities: Individual and Nation'; FR2509/FR2511, 'French Identities: Centre and Periphery'; Honours options 'The Politics of Difference in Contemporary France' and 'Paris: Transnational City of Culture'. At postgraduate level, I am involved in teaching on the M.Litt. in Visual Culture and M.Litt. in Comparative Literature.
External Responsibilties
Member of Association for the Study of Modern and Contemporary France Executive Committee (2004-2007); Treasurer (2005-2007)
Member of Editorial Board for Modern and Contemporary France (2009-2011)
Member of International Advisory Board for Performing Islam
Member of Advisory Committee of UK Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies in Scotland
Publications
- Kiwan, N. ‘Multiplicités marocaines : la « nouvelle scène» musicale entre transnationalisnation et localisation ?’, Article, 2013, Cahiers d’études africaines
- Kiwan, N. ‘Musulmans et laïques: some paradoxical dimensions of the public debates on Islam in France’, Article, 2013, Performing Islam, ISSN/ISBN: 20431015
- Kiwan, N. La Convergence des régimes discursifs et l’appartenance religieuse dans l’espace public, Article, 2012, Revue de l’Observatoire de la Société Britannique
- Kiwan, N. & Meinhof, UH. Cultural Globalization and Music, Book, 2011
- Kiwan, N. & Meinhof, UH. Music and Migration, Article, 2011, Music and Arts in Action, 3, 3, ISSN/ISBN: 1754-7105
- Kiwan, N. New Friends and old foes?, Article, 2011, Ethnicities, 11, 3, pp403 - 407, ISSN/ISBN: 1468-7968
- Kiwan, N., Meinhof, UH. & Gibert, M. Transnational musicians' networks across Africa and Europe, Chapter, 2010, Diasporas
- Kiwan, N. Alterity and Identity in Contemporary Francophone Cultures:, Article, 2009, International Journal of Francophone Studies, 12, 1, pp9 - 17, ISSN/ISBN: 1368-2679
- Kiwan, N. Identities, Discourses and Experiences, Book, 2009
- Kiwan, SN. Equal Opportunities and Republican Revival: Post-Migrant Politics in Contemporary France (2002-2005), Article, 2007, International Journal of Francophone Studies, 10, 1/2, pp157 - 172, ISSN/ISBN: 1368-2679
- Kiwan, SN. & Meinhof, UH. Perspectives on Cultural Diversity: A Discourse Analytical Approach, Chapter, 2006, Transcultural Europe: Cultural Policy in a Changing Europe, edited by U.H. Meinhof and A. Triandafyllidou, Palgrave Macmillan, pp57 - 81
- Kiwan, SN. & Kosnick, K. The 'Whiteness' of Cultural Policy in Paris and Berlin, Chapter, 2006, Transcultural Europe: Cultural Policy in a Changing Europe, edited by U.H. Meinhof and A. Triandafyllidou, Palgrave Macmillan, pp105 - 130
- Kiwan, SN. ‘The Citizen and the Subject’, Chapter, 2006, Redefining the French Republic, edited by Alistair Cole and Gino. Raymond, Manchester University Press, pp97 - 116
- Kiwan, SN. 'Maghrebi Music' In and Beyond the Post-Colonial City, Chapter, 2005, Urban Generations: Post-Colonial Cites, edited by David Richards, Taoufik Agoumy, Taeib Belghazi, Faculty of Letters of Rabat, pp345 - 354
- Kiwan, SN. & Kiwan, D. ‘Citizenship Education: the French and English Experiences’, Chapter, 2005, Young People in Transition: Becoming Citizens, edited by Christopher Pole, Jane Pilcher and John Williams, Palgrave Macmillan, pp136 - 158
- Kiwan, SN. ‘Managing Marginalization: Young French-North Africans and Local Associations’, Article, 2005, Modern and Contemporary France, 13, 4, pp465 - 481, ISSN/ISBN: 0963-9489