Timothee Valentin, PhD

I am from the North of France and came to the US in 2015 to join the graduate program of French and Francophone Studies at Penn State University. There, I have taught a wide range of classes from basic language to upper-level thematic courses, in both French and English. I particularly enjoy teaching about the diversity of the Francophone spaces, especially through popular culture.

My research focuses the rise of a workers' movement in Guadeloupe at the turn of the 20th century. I focus on the role of women within this movement and the different political practices they used at a time where they legally had no political rights.

PhD, Penn State University

Edited Book:

Sully Lara, Mœurs créoles : La Fiancée du maître d’école, (1899) (Paris: L’Harmattan, 2022):
https://www.editions-harmattan.fr/livre-moeurs_creoles_la_fiancee_du_maitre_d_ecole_timothee_valentin-9782343253220-72192.html