Cultures, Texts, Images, Romance Studies
Structured around the three major strands mentioned by its name, the Institute of Romance studies, Media and Arts gathers expertise and innovative critical thinking in the areas of literary theory, visual semiotics, cultural studies and related fields.
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Literary Theory, Visual Semiotics & Cultural Studies
Our Research
Research in our institute is based on three pillars – Romance studies, Media and Arts -, and is hence fostering research at the crossroads of various disciplines and interpretative communities.
The first pillar is intended to give scientific legitimacy and to address educational needs of a deeply rooted French and Romance cultures in Luxembourg.
The second pillar, which is an essential component of a Humanities department, aims at strengthening artistic studies at the university.
The third pillar, a thorough reflection on media is indissociable of the two others, since literary or artistic contents exist only through the vehicle of a medium. It also provides critical thinking on the digital era we are immersed in.
Our research focuses on:
- Literary Theory: French and comparative literature, Italian Studies, Portuguese Studies, Stylistics and Poetics, Children’s Literature, Autobiography and Migration, Geocriticism, Women’s Literature, Didactics of language and literature
- Visual semiotics: Film studies, Word & Image Studies, Media Studies, Aesthetics, Digital humanities
- Cultural studies: Fashion and Religion, Gender Studies, Migration, Mediterranean Cultures