{"id":61,"date":"2015-08-31T11:24:27","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T15:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/alex-e-dauge-roth\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T11:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T15:56:14","slug":"alexandre-e-dauge-roth","status":"publish","type":"faculty-profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/alexandre-e-dauge-roth\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexandre E. Dauge-Roth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Alexandre Dauge-Roth, Ph.D University of Michigan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alexandre Dauge-Roth is Professor of French and Francophone Studies. His scholarship and teaching investigate the social dynamics and polemical tensions between personal memory and collective trauma through testimonial literature, cinema, and documentaries. He published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/us\/writing-and-filming-the-genocide-of-the-tutsis-in-rwanda-9780739147627\/\"><em>Writing and Filming the Genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda: Dismembering and Remembering Traumatic History<\/em><\/a> in 2010 and co-organized in 2014 an interdisciplinary conference and a film series in Paris on the representations of the Genocide against the Tutsi of Rwanda:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lespressesdureel.com\/ouvrage.php?id=5934&amp;menu=0\">Rwanda 1994-2014 : constructions m\u00e9morielles et \u00e9criture de l\u2019histoire.<\/a> He has also explored social practices of exclusion and rebranding of the self in the context of the AIDS pandemic in France as well as in Sub-Saharan Africa through the works of Koulsy Lamko and Fanta Regina Nacro. He discussed graft and transplant as prominent metaphors for the migrant and the host in the works of Malika Mokeddem and Jean-Luc Nancy. In his research on contemporary French literature, he published essays on Herv\u00e9 Guibert, Fran\u00e7ois Bon, Georges Perec, and Claude Simon. His teaching addresses issues of social belonging and identity through the historical, political, and medical representations of borders and the body in contemporary French and Francophone literature and film. During the academic year 2019-20, he directed the Hamilton in France program in Paris. His current research project \u201c(Un)Framing (In)Justice\u201d focusses on the representations of law and justice in Francophone literature and cinema. He is currently Division Chair for the Humanities 2024-2027.<\/p>\n<h3>Teaching (course selection)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>French 240F \u201cBorders and Disorders in French and Francophone Literature and Film\u201d<\/li>\n<li>French 375 \u201cThe French Dis\/Connection in Contemporary Literature\u201d<\/li>\n<li>French 379 \u201cDocumenting the Genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda\u201d<\/li>\n<li>French SH28 \u201cSocial Pulse and Documentary Impulse\u201d<\/li>\n<li>French S38 \u201cLearning With Orphans of the Genocide in Rwanda\u201d<\/li>\n<li>INDS 100. \u201cAfrican Perspectives on Justice, Human Rights, and Renewal\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Recent Theses mentored (selection)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cRepenser le r\u00eave fran\u00e7ais: Immigration et d\u00e9construction du mirage de la \u2018France Eldorado\u2019 dans les \u0153uvres de Fatou Diome et d\u2019Alain Gomis\u201d(2023)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAcceptance ou Soumission, la R\u00e9publique fran\u00e7aise face \u00e0 l\u2019Islam et la la\u00efcit\u00e9\u00a0: Abd Al Malik face \u00e0 Michel Houellebecq\u201d (2023)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cUn Paradis peut en cacher un autre: Analyse sociologique de 3 g\u00e9n\u00e9rations de Franco-Am\u00e9ricains\u201d (2022)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDe l\u2019aspiration enfantine aux explosions sociales : comment le r\u00e9alisateur Nabil Ayouch (re)pr\u00e9sente les groupes marginalis\u00e9s au Maroc\u201d (2019)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLe r\u00e9alisme et le symbolisme dans la repr\u00e9sentation la Grande Guerre dans\u00a0<em>J\u2019accuse\u00a0<\/em>d\u2019Abel Gance,<em>\u00a0Les Croix de bois\u00a0<\/em>de Raymond Bernard et<em>\u00a0Un tr\u00e8s long dimanche de fian\u00e7ailles\u00a0<\/em>de Jean-Pierre Jeunet\u201d (2017)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cQuand filmer c\u2019est faire silence, quand dire c\u2019est donner \u00e0 voir le hors-champ\u00a0: Le triptyque de Raoul Peck, Philippe Van Leeuw et Kivu Ruhorahoza face \u00e0 l\u2019oblit\u00e9ration g\u00e9nocidaire\u201d (2015)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLes Mutations d\u2019un lieu de m\u00e9moire. Le V\u00e9lodrome d\u2019Hiver au cin\u00e9ma : 1970 et 2010\u201d (Honors 2015)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLes doubles-soi\u00a0: la qu\u00eate de l\u2019identit\u00e9 dans <em>le Ventre de l\u2019Atlantique<\/em> par Fatou Diome et <em>Riwan ou le chemin de sable <\/em>par Ken Bugul\u201d (2014)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAttachements et d\u00e9tachements m\u00e9moriels dans <em>L\u2019Acacia<\/em> de Claude Simon ou le processus d\u2019\u00e9criture comme proc\u00e8s des repr\u00e9sentations\u201d (Honors 2013)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cUne nouvelle attente du voyage dans <em>L\u2019usage du monde<\/em> de Nicolas Bouvier\u201d (2012)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLe Retour de la Chine en Afrique: une deuxi\u00e8me colonisation ou un partenariat mutuellement avantageux?\u201d (2012)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDu Fait divers au fait litt\u00e9raire: L\u2019art de cr\u00e9er un dialogue face \u00e0 l\u2019innommable\u201d (2012)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMoving Beyond \u2018La Fran\u00e7afrique\u2019\u201d (2008)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"height: 584px\" width=\"625\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEB40X60Rwandaok_11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-476 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEB40X60Rwandaok_11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"173\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEB40X60Rwandaok_11.jpg 170w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEB40X60Rwandaok_11-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 173px) 100vw, 173px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEB9_3-Discursive-Geographs-copy-197x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEB9_3-Discursive-Geographs-copy-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEB9_3-Discursive-Geographs-copy-197x300.jpg 170w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEB9_3-Discursive-Geographs-copy-197x300-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEB9_4-surVivantes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEB9_4-surVivantes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEB9_4-surVivantes.jpg 170w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEB9_4-surVivantes-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEB9_2-esprit-createur2005-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-479\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEB9_2-esprit-createur2005-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEB9_2-esprit-createur2005-copy.jpg 170w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEB9_2-esprit-createur2005-copy-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEB9_5-book-cover-Web-198x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEB9_5-book-cover-Web-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEB9_5-book-cover-Web-198x300.jpg 170w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEB9_5-book-cover-Web-198x300-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/Traumatisme-et-memoire-culturelle-cover-2023.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5945\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/Traumatisme-et-memoire-culturelle-cover-2023-213x300.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/Traumatisme-et-memoire-culturelle-cover-2023-213x300.webp 213w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/Traumatisme-et-memoire-culturelle-cover-2023-142x200.webp 142w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/Traumatisme-et-memoire-culturelle-cover-2023.webp 371w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 181px) 100vw, 181px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Publications (selection)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cFace aux t\u00e9moignages des Tutsis du Rwanda\u00a0: pour une p\u00e9dagogie transformatrice de la lecture.\u201d In Silke Segler-Me\u00dfner &amp; Isabella von Treskow eds. <em>Traumatisme et m\u00e9moire culturelle\u00a0: France et Espaces francophones<\/em>. Berlin : De Gruyter. 2023. 389-408.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFilming with Orphans of the Genocide: A Transformative Dialogue through A Double-Lens Approach.\u201d Rangira B\u00e9a Gallimore &amp; Gerise Herndon eds. <em>Art and Healing: Gender, Genocide, and Aesthetic Expression<\/em>.\u201d Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. Fall 2019. 109-126.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cConferring Visibility to Trauma within Rwanda\u2019s National Reconciliation: Kivu Ruhorahoza\u2019s Disturbing and Salutary Camera.\u201d In Nick Hodgin &amp; Amit Thakkar eds. <em>Scars and Wounds: Trauma on Film in National and International Contexts. <\/em>London: Palgrave MacMillan. 2017. 77-100.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLe cin\u00e9ma face \u00e0 l\u2019oblit\u00e9ration g\u00e9nocidaire. Silences \u00e9loquents et hors-champ int\u00e9rieur chez Philippe Van Leeuw et Kivu Ruhorahoza.\u201d Co-authored with Ayse Irem Ikizler. <u>Pr\u00e9sence Francophone<\/u> 85 (Winter 2015) 114-136. Special issue on \u00abTwenty years after the 1994 genocide: The Artistic Production on and in Rwanda\u00bb.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cVingt ans apr\u00e8s\u2026 t\u00e9moigner pour faire corps avec son pr\u00e9sent.\u201d Foreword and Afterword to \u00c9lise Rida Musomandera <em>Le Livre d\u2019\u00c9lise. <\/em>Paris : Les Belles Lettres, collection \u201cM\u00e9moires de Guerre.\u201d 2014. 11-14 &amp; 97-102.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLa rencontre testimoniale ou le devoir d\u2019hospitalit\u00e9 et d\u2019interruption face \u00e0 l\u2019ob-sc\u00e8ne.\u201d In Emmanuel Alloa &amp; Stefan Kristensen eds. <em>T\u00e9moignage et survivance<\/em>. Gen\u00e8ve : M\u00e9tisPresses, collection \u201cImprescriptible.\u201d 2014. 203-224.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFostering a Listening Community Through Testimony: Learning with Orphans of the Genocide in Rwanda.\u201d <em>Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship<\/em>. Vol.5.2 (Fall 2012).<\/li>\n<li><em>Writing and Filming the Genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda: Dismembering and Remembering Traumatic History <\/em>(Lexington Books, 2010)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFace \u00e0 l\u2019oblit\u00e9ration, t\u00e9moigner pour se ressaisir vivante.\u201d Afterword to Esther Mujawayo and Sou\u00e2d Belhaddad <em>SurVivantes<\/em>. Gen\u00e8ve\u00a0: M\u00e9tisPresses, 2011. 281-293.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDu non-lieu au lieu-dit: Plaidoyers de Fran\u00e7ois Bon pour une urbanit\u00e9 contemporaine.\u201d (with an afterword from Fran\u00e7ois Bon) in <em>Discursive Geographies: Writing Space and Place in French.<\/em> Ed. Jeanne Garane. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2005. 237-266.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cStaging Dialogues and Performing Encounters in French AIDS Narratives.\u201d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">French Forum.<\/span> Vol. 29.3 (Fall 2004): 95-109.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cL\u2019intimit\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9preuve de <em>L\u2019intrus <\/em>de Jean-Luc Nancy et de <em>L\u2019Interdite<\/em> de Malika Mokeddem: la greffe comme (des)saisie de soi\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #454545;text-decoration: underline\">L\u2019esprit cr\u00e9ateur <\/span><\/span>Vol. XLIV.1 (Spring 2004): 27-37.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":312,"featured_media":7948,"template":"","class_list":["post-61","faculty-profile","type-faculty-profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","expertise-genocide-studies","expertise-identity-politics","expertise-literary-and-cinematic-analysis","expertise-writing-of-history","expertise-specific-20th-and-21st-century-french-and-francophone","expertise-specific-aids-literature","expertise-specific-autobiography-and-testimony-as-genre","expertise-specific-genocide-against-the-tutsi","expertise-specific-post-genocide-in-rwanda","what-i-teach-colonial-and-post-colonial-history","what-i-teach-community-engaged-learning","what-i-teach-foreign-language-and-cultures","what-i-teach-representation-of-violence-and-national-identity","what-i-teach-xxth-xxist-literature-and-cinema","what-i-teach-specific-diasporic-and-migrant-identity","what-i-teach-specific-documenting-violence","what-i-teach-specific-french-language","what-i-teach-specific-learning-with-genocide-survivors","what-i-teach-specific-literary-and-film-analysis","what-i-teach-specific-literature-and-madness","what-i-teach-specific-national-and-personal-identity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faculty-profile\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faculty-profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faculty-profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/312"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faculty-profile\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5949,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faculty-profile\/61\/revisions\/5949"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}