Biography
Dr. Lindsey Meyer holds a Ph.D. in French from Emory University. Her research and teaching interests include Caribbean literature and philosophy, 18th-20th century French philosophy, 20th-21st century Haitian literature, existentialism, comparative theories of freedom, histories of the Haitian and French Revolutions, feminist theory, and decolonial theory.
Fall 2024
- FREN 101 - First Year French I
Spring 2025
- FREN 102 - First Year French II
Publications
- “Une créole comme toi”: Creolized Reproductive Justice in Évelyne Trouillot’s Rosalie l’infâme.” Journal of Haitian Studies, Fall 2022, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 122-141.
Presentations
- “Libres et Français: Libète and Liberté Between Haiti and France.” 50th Annual Meeting of SEASECS (The Southeastern American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies), “Ties that Bind: Reflections on the Past and Future of Eighteenth-Century Studies,” Furman University. Greenville, SC. Feb. 29 - March 2, 2024.
- “Freedom as Pouvoir Intime in Marie Vieux-Chauvet’s Amour.” 20th & 21st-Century French & Francophone Studies International Colloquium, “Independence,” Villanova University. Philadelphia, PA. Feb. 22-24, 2024.
- “Comme je suis fatiguée”: Broken Liberation in Marie Vieux-Chauvet's Amour." Annual French Graduate Student Colloquium, Emory University. Atlanta, GA. Feb. 10, 2024.
- “Transnational Parahumanity in Jacques Roumain’s Gouverneurs de la rosée.” Haitian Studies Association (HSA) 35th Annual Conference, “Ayiti Se Tè Glise: Im/Migration, Movement & In-Betweenness,” Morehouse College. Atlanta, GA. Oct. 5-7, 2023.
- “Writing as Marronage: Literary Liberation in Frankétienne’s Mûr à crever.” Haitian Studies Association (HSA) 34th Annual Conference, “Mawonaj/Marronage/Maroonage: Haitian Studies as a Space of Refuge, Resistance, and Freedom,” Howard University. Washington, D.C. Oct. 7-9, 2022.
- “Sou ki pye pou nou danse?: Frankétienne’s Dezafi and Chaotic Iterations of Libète.” Haitian Studies Association (HSA) 33rd Annual Conference, “Nou La Pi Rèd Toujou! Embodying a New Praxis.” Washington, D.C. (Virtual, Covid-19). Oct. 21-23, 2021.
- “Une créole comme toi”: Creolized Reproductive Justice in Rosalie l’infâme.” Haitian Studies Association (HSA) 32nd Annual Conference, “Nou La Pi Rèd! Embodying a New Praxis.” Washington, D.C. (Virtual, Covid-19). Oct. 10, 2020.
- “La Sainte Guillotine, Freudian Aggression, and the Problem of Subversive Power.” 46th Annual Meeting of SEASECS (The Southeastern American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies), “Encounters in the 18th Century: Maps, Materials, and Media.” Macon, GA. Feb. 20-22, 2020.
- “Frog-Eating, Death, and the Possibility of Life: Ecofeminist Action in Claire of the Sea Light.” Haitian Studies Association (HSA) 31st Annual Conference, “Haitian Studies in Changing Climates,” University of Florida. Gainesville, FL. Oct. 17-19, 2019.
- “Toussaint Louverture, C.L.R. James and the Reconstitution of Revolution.” “Onward! (R)Evolutions in the Humanities,” the 8th Annual Graduate Student Conference for the Romance Languages and Literatures Department, State University of New York at Buffalo. Buffalo, NY. Apr. 26-27, 2019.
- “Reconstituting the Past: Toussaint Louverture, Philosophies of History and the Haitian Revolution.” Annual French Graduate Student Colloquium, Emory University. Atlanta, GA. Feb. 9, 2019.
Ph.D. (2024) Emory University; Atlanta, GA
French Language and Literature
Graduate Certificate in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Dissertation - Libète kòm Liberasyon: Relational Theorizations of Freedom in Haitian Literature
B.A. (2017) Wesleyan College; Macon, GA
Majors: French & Philosophy, summa cum laude
Institute of French Cultural Studies Jun. 2022 - Jul. 2022
Department of French & Italian, Dartmouth College
Haitian Summer Institute (Intermediate/Advanced Track) Jun. 2021 - Jul. 2021
Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, Florida International University
Haitian Summer Institute (Beginner/Intermediate Track) Jun. 2020 - Jul. 2020
Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, Florida International University