Dr Isabel Maloney
- Research Fellow, Emmanuel College
Contact
Location
- Emmanuel College
- St Andrew's Street, Cambridge, CB2 3AP
About
Isabel is a Research Fellow at Emmanuel College. She received her BA, MPhil, and PhD from Cambridge, and previously held the Henry Fellowship at Yale University. She has also lived and worked in Italy and France, having studied at the Università degli Studi di Firenze, and taught in the English department at the École normale supérieure de Lyon. She has also worked at the British Library on a project related to manuscript and archival resources in the French language.
Research
Isabel’s research focuses on nineteenth-century French literature and visual culture, particularly the novel, cultural history, feminism and sexuality, and popular forms. She is currently at work on two book projects. The first is about the censorship of novels in late nineteenth-century France, and explores controversial works by authors such as Léon Cladel, Lucien Descaves, and Guy de Maupassant. She is also pursuing a book-length project on feminist popular fiction in the nineteenth century.
Teaching and supervision
Isabel has taught on all parts of the MMLL Tripos, including the following papers:
- FR1: Introduction to French Literature, Film, and Thought
- FRB2: Translation from French
- FR5: Revolutions in Writing, 1700-1900
- FR11: Desire and Power in Nineteenth-Century French Culture
She welcomes inquiries from students wishing to work on topics related to nineteenth-century French culture for Year Abroad Projects and optional dissertations.